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The first American pope succeeds Francis, preaching peace while confronting Church divides and urgent global crises.
Robert Prevost has been elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church. The Chicago-born ...
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The newly anointed Pope Leo XIV came to the balcony clad in a white cassock topped by a red cape trimmed in ermine and draped ...
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On day two of the conclave and after only four rounds of voting, Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected and will be known as ...
Assumption Cemetery in Glenwood and Holy Sepulchre in Alsip, where Robert Prevost’s close relatives reside, remained peaceful ...
Pope Leo XIV is now the most powerful American Catholic in the world, and experts say he must aptly walk the line between U.S ...