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Pope Leo Vows to Look at ‘Challenges’ Facing the Church in the United States in Unearthed Interview
"I hope to be able to respond to [the challenges] with a healthy dialogue," said Cardinal Robert Prevost in 2023.
Heartbreak and acceptance for Philly’s Catholic Filipinos over pope
Philadelphia Filipinos had been rooting for Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle to be the next pope and are disappointed.
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Lexington Catholic students celebrate first American pope
Catholics around the world are continuing to celebrate the selection of a new leader of the church, including students at ...
Pope’s Childhood in a Changing Chicago Tells a Story of Catholic America
Chicago’s South Side was solidly working class during Pope Leo’s childhood, said Rob Paral, a researcher at the Great Cities ...
Warm American welcome for new pope masks US church's deep divide
As Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass as pontiff at the Sistine Chapel on Friday, he spoke a few words in English. It was ...
Catholics Overseeing Gaza Church Send Message as New Pope Inherits War
The Catholic office overseeing the Gaza church with which the late Pope Francis communicated daily has shared with Newsweek a ...
Opinion: Time for the Catholic Church to re-examine its patriarchy
Angela S. Mattie is an attorney and professor at Quinnipiac University, where she hold an appointment in both the schools of ...
Much like L.A., this American-born pope transcends borders
The faithful in Los Angeles, America’s most Catholic city, were delighted — and a little stunned — to learn a Chicago-born ...