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Who is Pope Leo? | The rapid rise of Cardinal Prevost
From priest to pope—will his missionary past define him as the leader of 1.4 billion Catholics, or will Pope Leo become ...
Chicago suburb where Pope Leo XIV grew up poised to buy his childhood home
A village in Chicago’s south suburbs is poised to purchase Pope Leo XIV’s childhood home after its board voted unanimously on ...
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‘Whoa’: Pope Leo XIV Shock to Learn He Has Black Grandparents, Celebrity Cousins and Enslaved Ancestors
When Henry Louis Gates Jr. set out to trace the family tree of America's first pope, he had no idea he was about to uncover ...
America Magazine3d
Who is Pope Leo? | 5 surprising things I learned while reporting on Robert Prevost
Although I had set out to answer the question, “Who is Pope Leo XIV?” the question I had succeeded in answering was “Who is ...
The Making of an American Pope
Pope Leo XIV, 69, is the person to whom lots of people look when they want to come in contact with God. John Prevost, 71, is ...
National Catholic Reporter1d
Where did Pope Leo get that suit? Chicago, of course
The vestments, created by the House of Hansen in former Cardinal Robert Prevost's hometown, were made of an ecclesiastical ...
America Magazine12d
How will Pope Leo change the process for choosing bishops?
At the time of his appointment as prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops in 2023, then-Cardinal Robert Prevost described in an ...
LGBTQ Nation on MSN5d
Pope Leo will bless same-sex unions despite having once decried the “homosexual lifestyle”
Leo will continue his predecessor's historic decision allowing priests to honor queer couples, though same-sex marriage ...
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Sen. Tim Kaine sees Pope Leo XIV following Francis on path of servant leadership
Sen. Tim Kaine, a Catholic, writes about his hopes for the pontificate of Leo XIV. As a servant leader, the new pope can orient us toward unity and affect the world far beyond the confines of the ...