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Pope Leo XIV live updates: New pope addresses faithful at Vatican
The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel released a plume of white smoke on Thursday evening local time, signaling that ...
Leo XIV Outlines a Path for a Modern Church That Follows Francis’ Steps
The new pope said he would be guided by a key document that his predecessor wrote listing the church’s priorities, including ...
‘He’s one of us’: South Holland church celebrates bragging rights as Pope Leo XIV’s de facto home parish
After a series of closures by the Chicago Archdiocese, Christ Our Savior Church in South Holland has bragging rights as Pope ...
Pope Leo XIV must carefully thread needle between Catholic Church's mission, US politics: Experts
Pope Leo XIV is now the most powerful American Catholic in the world, and experts say he must aptly walk the line between U.S ...
How Pope Leo XIV may lead church and navigate an increasingly vocal Catholic right in US
The historic election of Pope Leo XIV as the first U.S.-born pope is already upending an earlier calculus about U.S. conservative opposition to reform.
Pope Leo XIV celebrates first Mass as leader of the Catholic Church
Live updates and latest news as the first North American pope steps into his role as the new leader of the Catholic Church.
Can Pope Leo XIV's boyhood church — St. Mary of the Assumption — be saved
The church's owner hopes the papal link can help efforts to save and reuse the parish buildings on the Far South Side.
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5 things to know about Pope Leo XIV, the first American to lead the Roman Catholic Church
White smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney in Vatican City Thursday as the world gathered to watch a new pope take ...
Leo XIV, becomes first North American to lead the Catholic Church
The Chicago-born pontiff is the first American to lead the Catholic Church, and while his positions on some of the church’s ...
Robert Prevost, first pope from US in history of the Catholic Church, takes the name Leo XIV
Robert Prevost has been elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church. The Chicago-born ...
Pope Leo XIV says advancement of AI played a factor in his papal name selection
Pope Leo XIV revealed that his papal name was partially inspired by the looming challenges of a world increasingly influenced ...