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Will Pope Leo XIV visit Chicago? Here's what he told NBC's Lester Holt
Pope Leo XIV is busy in his first full week of work in the Vatican, but will he consider making a trip home to Chicago in the ...
Who is the new pope? Meet Pope Leo XIV, the first American leader of the Catholic Church.
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been named the first American pope of the Catholic Church. What to know about Pope Leo ...
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Election of Pope Leo XIV evokes pride — and hope — among Chicago faithful: 'Our hometown hero'
Chicagoans celebrated the historic election of Pope Leo XIV, the first pope from the U.S. and a Chicago native, with joy and ...
Pope Leo XIV’s unexpected New Orleans Creole background excites city’s large Catholic community
When Father Tony Ricard watched the new pope deliver his first address to the faithful Thursday in St. Peter’s Square, he ...
Robert Prevost of the United States is named Pope Leo XIV
Robert Prevost of the U.S. is the new Catholic pontiff, taking the name Pope Leo XIV. The Chicago-born cardinal ministered in ...
Pope Leo XIV’s boyhood home in Dolton was on the market until Thursday. What comes next for the house?
The pontiff had lived in the house full-time until going off to a Michigan seminary for high school in 1969 and following ...