Mountainburg's Michael Deel meets Pope Leo XIV while conducting research at the Vatican

For Michael Deel, a doctoral student in Salve Regina University's Ph.D. program in international relations, research has taken him far beyond the classroom - all the way to the rarely accessed Vatican archives in Rome and into a private audience with Pope Leo XIV. The moment marked a once-in-a-lifetime highlight in Deel's doctoral journey, but it also underscored the real-world stakes of his research: understanding how diplomacy can protect vulnerable communities living under authoritarian regimes.

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