Pope Leo XIV’s election as the first American to lead the Catholic Church elevated him to the rare position of being a U.S.

It’s not clear what happened to the citizenship ... John Paul was the first non-Italian pope in 455 years. Margaret Susan Thompson, a Syracuse University history professor and expert on American ...

When the Associated Press reported on Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio's election as Pope Francis, they noted that Bergoglio was first non-European ... 2025, an Italian church historian said that ...

Editor's note: White smoke from the chimney of the ... His successor, Pope John Paul II, was Polish, the first non-Italian pope in 455 years. With the election of Parolin, the church would return ...

"He'll be participating in the election of a pope for the first time. That's ... non-Catholic-majority country was unclear, Dr Hodge added. "You never know with a conclave, because, as the Italian ...

Leo XIV (center) is the fourth non-Italian pope in a row, symbolising the Church’s true universality. (Photo: Vatican Media) The election of Pope Leo XIV — the first North American and the first ...