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Pope Leo Vows to Look at ‘Challenges’ Facing the Church in the United States in Unearthed Interview
"I hope to be able to respond to [the challenges] with a healthy dialogue," said Cardinal Robert Prevost in 2023.
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What to Make of the New American Pope
“Robert Prevost was a missionary bishop who gave himself fully to his people and who played an important role in the church of his new country, Peru. In fact, he became a Peruvian citizen,” Canadian ...
Cardinal Robert Prevost, born in Chicago, is the first pope from the United States
Prevost, 69, took the name Leo XIV. He grew up in Dolton and attended St. Mary of the Assumption. A childhood friend said ...
Chicago archbishop says Pope Leo will focus on immigration, drug trade, rising sea levels
Cardinal Blase Cupich, the archbishop of Chicago, said on Sunday that he thinks Pope Leo XIV will carry forward Francis’s ...
How a Quiet American Cardinal Became Pope
At a conclave with many new members, a swift, stunning consensus built around an unknown to many outside of the church.
The Latest: Robert Prevost of the United States is named Pope Leo XIV
Black smoke again billowed out of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, the second day of the conclave, indicating that no new ...
Pope Leo XIV's prior social media posts include criticism of JD Vance, Trump admin's immigration policies
The world has a new pope, and for the first time ever, he is from the United States. While the relationship between the new ...
An American Pope Emerges as a Potential Contrast to Trump on the World Stage
Pope Leo XIV’s focus on refugees and his pluralistic background may offer a different view of U.S. values from the ...