A social media exchange on the outcome of the recent papal conclave caught my attention the other day. It went like this: A: ...

The new pope will need to unify a church that is increasingly global and moving beyond its eurocentric pastPope Leo XIV has ...

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The pope is many things, by definition and as a byproduct of his job description. The bishop of Rome. The worldwide leader of ...

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ROME - The new Chicago-raised Pope Leo XIV faces an immediate challenge in his native country: taming the brawling U.S. tribe ...

Though Leo XIV is from Chicago, his election to the papacy reflects the move of Christianity toward the Global South.

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NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, Archbishop of New York, about the significance of the Cardinals electing the first pope from the United States.

Pope Leo XIV made his first trip outside Rome since being elected as leader of the Catholic Church. The pope was driven to ...

There is little without precedent in the Catholic Church, but it is fair to say nothing exactly like the election of Pope Leo ...

Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, was elected and accepted his fate as the next Bishop of Rome, leader of the world's ...