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Pope Leo meets with media, shares message to US: ‘God bless you all’
Pope Leo XIV met with thousands of journalists in Rome on Monday, thanking them in Italian for their work covering the papal election.
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.
Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, known as the 'saint of the north' in Peru for his closeness to poor
Robert Prevost may have made history Thursday by becoming the first pope from the United States. But in Peru, he is known as ...
The Latest: Robert Prevost of the United States is named Pope Leo XIV
Black smoke again billowed out of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, the second day of the conclave, indicating that no new ...
Pope Leo XIV receives royal welcome, urges for peace in Ukraine and Gaza
The election of Pope Leo XIV, the first pontiff from the United States, commanded the attention of the entire world. There ...
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’s boyhood home in Dolton was on the market until Thursday. What comes next for the house?
The pontiff had lived in the house full-time until going off to a Michigan seminary for high school in 1969 and following ...
Election of Pope Leo XIV evokes pride — and hope — among Chicago faithful: 'Our hometown hero'
Chicagoans celebrated the historic election of Pope Leo XIV, the first pope from the U.S. and a Chicago native, with joy and ...