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The Catholic Church has elected the first American pope to succeed Francis. Here's who he is.
Cardinal Robert Prevost of Chicago will succeed Pope Francis as the leader of the Catholic Church. Prevost, the first ...
President Trump Reacts to Catholic Church Picking the First American Pope in History
U.S. President Donald Trump quickly reacted to the appointment of the first American pope on Thursday, May 8. Pope Leo XIV, ...
Trump welcomes Catholic Church’s first American pope: ‘Such an honor’
President Donald Trump embraced Robert Prevost’s election as the Catholic Church‘s next pope. Prevost is the first U.S.-born ...
How a working-class Chicago suburb and a tight-knit Catholic parish shaped the first American pope
In one of Chicago’s south suburbs, while other boys were playing cops and robbers, the future Pope Leo XIV would pretend to hold Mass in the basement of his family’s small brick home, reading from ...
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Who is Robert Francis Prevost, first American pope to lead the Catholic Church?
Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican's powerful office of bishops, was ...
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‘Sense of National Pride’: W.Va. Lawmaker Offers Resolution Honoring First American Pope
W.Va., has introduced a House resolution to celebrate the election of the first-ever pope born in the United States.
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Louisville's Archbishop Shelton Fabre discusses the importance of an American-born pope
The archibishop of Louisville talks about the impact of an American pope on the world, and here in Louisville.
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The challenges facing the first-ever American pope
The world's 1.4 billion Catholics have a new pope, Leo XIV. But the church he now leads is far from unified. What does the ...