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White smoke at Vatican, phones blowing up in Chicago: Their old classmate Robert is pope
On May 8, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected as Pope Leo XIV. He was born in Chicago and raised on the South side of town. Many Americans, particularly in Chicago, have reveled in his ...
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What is Pope Leo XIV doing on his first full day as head of the Catholic Church?
Pope Leo XIV gave his first homily at a Mass on Friday, one day after he was selected by a conclave of cardinals at the Vatican to lead the Catholic Church. The first U.S. pope in history said he ...
Esquire22d
The New Pope Is a Child of the American Suburban Church
The previous Leo, the 13th of that name, was pope for 25 years, the fourth-longest papacy in history, if you count St. Peter himself. He died in 1903 having spent his papacy wrestling the church ...
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Who is the new pope? Meet Pope Leo XIV, the first American leader of the Catholic Church.
The successor to Pope Francis, who will go by the name Leo XIV, goes down in history as the first pope from the United States. Francis, a native of Argentina, was the first pope from the New World ...
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Who Is the New Pope, Cardinal Robert Prevost? What to Know About the First American Pontiff
Cardinal Robert Prevost, whose papal name will be Pope Leo XIV, will make history as the first American pope Jordana Comiter is an Associate Editor on the Evergreen team at PEOPLE. She has been ...
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Pope Leo XIV Celebrates His First Mass with Cardinals After Conclave: 'I Can Rely on Each and Every One of You'
Magazine, MyLondon, GRM Daily, and more. HANDOUT/VATICAN MEDIA/AFP via Getty Pope Leo XIV made his first appearance at Mass in the Sistine Chapel on Friday, May 9 Over 130 Cardinals were in ...
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Pope Leo XIV celebrates first Mass with cardinals
Editor's Note: For the latest updates onPope Leo XIV's first full day as pontiff, visit USA TODAY's coverage for Friday, May 9. Pope Leo XIV marked his first full day as leader of the 1.4-billion ...
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Pope Leo XIV honored by Trump: "It is such an honor to realize that he is the first American Pope"
Washington — President Trump celebrated the election of the first U.S.-born pope, calling it a "Great Honor" that Robert Francis Prevost, who chose Leo XIV as his papal name, was selected ...
New York Post21d
Pope Leo’s childhood home is for sale — and its owner is jacking up the price: ‘A winning lottery ticket’
This house of God is a total real-estate blessing! The owner of Pope Leo XIV’s childhood home in the suburbs of Chicago yanked the humble abode off the market overnight with potential plans to ...
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Pope Leo asks cardinals to make themselves ‘small’ in first Mass as pontiff as cardinals deny he’s a ‘counterweight’ to Trump
On most days, the Sistine Chapel is one of the world’s busiest tourist destinations, but this week it served as the world’s most secretive polling station as 133 cardinals voted for the 267th ...
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Pope Leo's childhood home was on the market for under $250K — until Thursday
Pope Leo's childhood home in a Chicago suburb was recently listed for sale for under $250,000 -- until Thursday, that is. It appears the listing for the small home in Dolton, Illinois, a suburb ...