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The new pope is American. Here’s why readers are surprised.
Cardinal Robert Prevost, born in Chicago, is the first U.S.-born pope in the Church's history. Here's how readers reacted to ...
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Boston LGBTQ+ groups cautiously hopeful on new pope, but abuse survivors concerned
The election of Leo, the Catholic Church's first American pope, is drawing a mixed response from groups often at odds with ...
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Mass. leaders offer congratulations as an American becomes pope
Massachusetts Catholics and political leaders took a moment to recognize new Pope Leo XIV after Cardinal Robert Prevost was ...
Former US Vatican ambassador and Boston Mayor Ray Flynn surprised by choice of new pope
I’m just astonished that actually they’ve chosen an American pope. I wasn’t expecting this at all,” Stacey Cannon said.
The Latest: Catholic cardinals to sequester themselves in the Vatican for the start of the conclave
Catholic cardinals will sequester themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a conclave to elect the ...
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Catholic elementary school students in Dorchester conduct a classroom conclave
Students at a Catholic elementary school in Dorchester not only witnessed the election of a new pope, but also got to learn<a ...
Even Pope Leo played church with Necco wafers as a child
Necco Wafers are displayed in Boston. A class action suit was filed Friday, July 27, 2018, on behalf of workers who lost ...
Warm American welcome for new pope masks US church’s deep divide
The US Catholic Church may ultimately pose some of the most serious challenges for the new pope. Read more at ...
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Can public money flow to Catholic charter school? The Supreme Court will decide
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Catholic Church in Oklahoma wants taxpayers to fund an online charter school that “is faithful to ...