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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 ...
VP Vance, who Pope Leo XIV previously criticized, to attend pope's first mass in Vatican City
Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio will attend the inaugural mass of Pope Leo XIV this Sunday, May 18 ...
Trump Says He's Open to Talking to Pope Leo About Immigration
U.S. President Donald Trump said he was open to talking to Pope Leo XIV about immigration. The new pope's brother John ...
A new pope confronts his church’s abuse scandal amid praise and scrutiny
Even as Pope Leo XIV's profile as a humble champion of the disenfranchised takes shape, a looming question is how he will ...
Vance and Rubio to travel to the Vatican for Pope Leo XIV's inauguration
The new pope will preside over an inauguration Mass on Sunday in St. Peter’s Square, according to the Vatican.
From Chicago to Châteauneuf-du-Pape: What does a pope's hometown reveal?
From Polish pilgrimage trails to French vineyards, the places popes come from often gain new meaning. With the announcement ...
Pope Leo Issues Five-Word Message to the US
Pope Leo XIV sent a message to the United States on Monday after addressing the crowds in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican ...
Trump and Pope Leo are now Earth’s most powerful Americans. They lead in different roles and realms
The contrast between President Donald Trump and Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV couldn’t be more stark, politically, personally or ...
The Surprising Health Benefits of Becoming Pope
Such a demanding job can be good for the brain and body. But Pope Leo XIV may also have to contend with challenges that are ...
Pope meets with head of Greek Catholic Church in Ukraine, who invites him to Kyiv
Pope Leo XIV met Thursday at the Vatican with the head of the Greek Catholic Church in Ukraine, in one of his first audiences ...