who passed away last month at age 88. The election of Leo XIV, the 267th pontiff, marks a historic shift, as no American has ever held the papacy in the Church’s 2,000-year history. Prevost, a ...

As a subscriber, you can gift 3 to 5 articles each month that anyone can read ... If the next pope happens to be African, Asian or Latin American, history will have turned a page.

“In my lifetime, the Church has been blessed with a series of popes each uniquely prepared for his particular moment in history ... month, though some reporting suggested his being an American ...

However, that history sits uneasily with the unbroken run of European popes that stretches from the early Middle Ages to the death of Francis last month ... Asian or Latin American, history ...

Stoyan Nenov/Reuters Some waved American flags in celebration ... one of the longest reigns in papal history — is known for his 1891 encyclical “Rerum Novarum,” which strongly defended ...

May 2025 marks Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in Michigan. The month recognizes the diverse heritage and achievements of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the state and ...

where history buffs and community leaders are begging a development company owned by the Kushner family to allow them to dig for artifacts from American history — before it’s too late.

Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost the 267th pontiff to lead the Catholic Church in a moment of global ...