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How Jude Law’s ‘The Young Pope’ predicted the first American Pope
I knew it was bound to happen at some point, but this soon – if you’re thinking in context, 10 years is not that far off. So, ...
Pope Leo suggests people may return to the church because of an American pope
The new pontiff spoke to NBC News anchor Lester Holt, who was part of a news conference for some 6,000 journalists from ...
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 ...
World Catholics See the First American Pope as Hardly American
Catholics around the world were skeptical at first about an American pope. But Pope Leo XIV’s multicultural and multilingual ...
American Pope promises to have an ‘an active social media presence’ after using his old account to criticize Trump
American Pope promises to have an ‘an active social media presence’ after using his old account to criticize Trump - Pope ...
"A pope of the people": The first American pontiff is no Marxist, but friends say he's a reformer
Despite being the first pope from America, a country where the Catholic Church is known for its relative conservatism, Pope ...
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Concordia students were visiting Rome when Pope Leo, 1st American pope, was chosen
A group of Concordia students taking part in a May seminar found themselves in Rome as the American pope, Leo XIV, was named.
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Trump Takes Credit for American Pope in Barely Coherent Post
He lashed out at Martha Raddatz for suggesting “Pope Leo’s selection had nothing to do with Donald Trump,” which she didn’t ...
Celebrate Pope Leo XIV, the first American pontiff, with commemorative page print
To celebrate the election of the 267th pope — the first American-born pontiff — the Detroit Free Press has crafted a ...
Vice President JD Vance, Marco Rubio to attend Pope Leo XIV’s first mass
Vance will travel this weekend to Vatican City where he will attend the inaugural Mass of Pope Leo XIV, history’s first ...
Who is Pope Leo XIV? American Cardinal Robert Prevost is the new pope
The 2025 papal conclave at the Vatican ended with the election of American-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV. Here ...
The True Meaning of an American Pope
"This is more than a Catholic triumph; it’s a cultural watershed for the United States," writes Christopher Hale.