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With a born-and-raised Chicagoan leading the Catholic church, some small business owners have sprung into action to cash in.
Pope Leo XIV spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after a tank hit the only Catholic church in Gaza, killing ...
Pope Leo XIV is still keeping his cards close to his cassock, but people who have observed him over the years are helping ...
Pope Leo XIV got a special visit from Finding Your Roots writer, host and executive producer Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., to ...
Pope Leo XIV signaled commitment to continuing the fight against clergy sexual abuse by appointing France's Bishop Thibault Verny to head the Vatican’s child protection advisory commission on Saturday ...
Pope Leo received an official copy of his family tree, which includes his ties to "free people of color" in New Orleans.
Seminaries are at the healthiest point they have been in for decades in terms of culture and quality of priestly formation, ...
Serving life by caring for others is “the supreme law” that comes before all of society’s rules, Pope Leo XIV said in his first Angelus address at the papal summer residence.
With the discovery that Pope Leo XIV has roots in Black Creole New Orleans, the time seems right to read about the racial and ...
Millions of people around the world were stunned when Pope Leo XIV was elected earlier this year as the first American-born pontiff, but one Vatican correspondent was not. Christopher White was one of ...
Leo XIV, a native of Chicago, can use his American upbringing to enhance significantly his papal ministry, but he must be careful to avoid the pitfalls also inherent in being a Yankee in Saint Peter's ...
Explore how Pope Leo turns to American Catholic conservatives amid Vatican's financial struggles, looking to stabilize the Church's strained budget.