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‘He’s one of us’: South Holland church celebrates bragging rights as Pope Leo XIV’s de facto home parish
After a series of closures by the Chicago Archdiocese, Christ Our Savior Church in South Holland has bragging rights as Pope ...
Whoops, waves, tears: Faithful react to Pope Leo’s first Sunday blessing in St. Peter’s Square
Tens of thousands of faithful Catholics gathered in St. Peter’s Square to watch Pope Leo XIV deliver the first Sunday ...
How Pope Leo XIV may lead church and navigate an increasingly vocal Catholic right in US
The historic election of Pope Leo XIV as the first U.S.-born pope is already upending an earlier calculus about U.S.
Pope Leo XIV says advancement of AI played a factor in his papal name selection
Pope Leo XIV revealed that his papal name was partially inspired by the looming challenges of a world increasingly influenced ...
Pope Leo XIV says AI poses new challenges for 'human dignity' and 'justice'
Pope Leo XIV, elected last week after the death of Pope Francis, discussed AI during an address to the College of Cardinals ...
Pope Leo XIV lays out vision of papacy and identifies AI as a main challenge for humanity
Pope Leo XIV has laid out the vision of his papacy and has identified artificial intelligence as one of the most critical ...
Pope Leo’s debut: ‘Clear connections’ to Francis, but ‘he’s his own man’
As much as Leo he has echoed Francis, the first American pope is fast emerging as his own man. VATICAN CITY — As he has done ...
Pope Leo XIV Calls for End to War in First Sunday Blessing as Pontiff
The new pope echoed themes that Francis, his predecessor, regularly addressed, as he appeared in front of thousands of the ...
Will Pope Leo XIV accept LGBTQ+ people as Francis did? Here's why advocates have hope.
We’re going to take a wait-and-see approach,” said Francis DeBernardo, executive director of New Ways Ministry, a national ...