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Pope Leo XIV offers message of unity for polarized Catholic Church as pontificate officially starts
Pope Leo XIV vowed Sunday to work for unity in a polarized Catholic Church and world, as history’s first American pope ...
The Church Could Use an American Pope
To convey how all-encompassing the Roman Catholic Church was during the Middle Ages, the historian R.W. Southern once offered ...
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Pope Leo takes charge of Catholic Church with Vice President Vance looking on
Pope Leo XIV formally assumed his role as the first American-born leader of the global Catholic Church with a Mass in St. Peter's Square in Rome drawing tens of thousands of people, ...
Pope Leo XIV didn't say JD Vance 'flip-flops faster than pages in the Bible'
In May 2025, a video spread on social media that appeared to show Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Prevost, criticizing U.S. Vice President JD Vance, saying, "You flip-flop faster than pages in the Bible." ...
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In his second week, Pope Leo moves on his ambitious agenda
As Pope Leo settles into the job, he signals what's ahead for the new papacy, taking action on the vision he sketched out in a 500-word speech.
Dolton's plan to acquire Pope Leo XIV's childhood home, possibly through eminent domain, raises legal questions
The plan – intersecting the use taxpayer funds and a religious organization – has raised concerns, and not just limited to ...
What are Pope Leo XIV's key views? From abortion to LGBT rights
What are Pope Leo XIV's key views? From abortion to LGBT rights - A trailblazer in his own right already, what do we know ...