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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.
Pope Leo XIV must carefully thread needle between Catholic Church's mission, US politics: Experts
In an instant, Cardinal Robert Prevost became the most powerful and influential American Catholic when he was selected to be pope and rechristened Pope Leo XIV on May 8. Vatican experts told ABC News ...
How Will Pope Leo Approach the Rising Right Wing of the U.S. Church?
The first American pope arrives at a time of extraordinary complexity and tension in the church in the United States.
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 ...
The Latest: Robert Prevost of the United States is named Pope Leo XIV
Cardinal Robert Prevost has taken the name Leo XIV. The Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and ...
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 ...
From Villanova to the Vatican: Alma mater is floored it taught the 1st U.S. pope
Robert Prevost, now known as His Holiness Pope Leo XIV, graduated from Villanova with a Bachelor of Science in mathematics in ...
Pope Leo XIV live updates: Pontiff says AI is main challenge for humanity as he sets out vision of his papacy
Pontiff says AI is main challenge for humanity as he sets out vision of his papacy - New leader of the Catholic Church says ...