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Pope Leo, who was elected in May to the surprise of close conclave watchers, is the first to hail from the United States in the history of the church. A Chicago native, he attended Villanova ...
ROME -- ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV kicked off a weeklong celebration of Catholic clergy Tuesday by encouraging seminarians to ...
Jonathan Roumie, the actor who plays Jesus on the hit biblical series "The Chosen," met the new pope at the Vatican this week ...
Readers can look to the past to discover more about the man who became the first truly American Pope.
When the world goes off kilter, words from the Vatican can seem toothless. But don’t underestimate the power of the Church’s ...
In order to become a pope, a candidate need only be Catholic and male. However, for centuries, popes have only been chosen from among the Catholic cardinals, the church's most senior officials.
Pope Francis. “It (the embalming process) involves the injection of preservative liquids through the circulatory system, followed by aesthetic care of the face and hands,” Andrea Fantozzi ...
After Pope Francis’s death at the age of 88, the process of electing the next pontiff will begin. Cardinal electors, the vast majority of whom Francis appointed, will choose a candidate under ...
Behind the name Pope Leo and its ties to social justice 01:59. Cardinal Robert Prevost has been announced as the new pontiff and has chosen the name Pope Leo XIV.. There are no written rules or ...
Pope Leo said on Thursday that conflicts in the Middle East were raging with an unprecedented "diabolical intensity" and ...