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Many U.S. Catholics don't fully practice their faith. Could Pope Leo's papacy change that?
Though 1 in 5 Americans identify as Catholic, a Pew report shows nearly half have a personal connection to the faith.
Pope Leo's First US Bishop Takes Action Against Trump Migrant Crackdown
The first U.S. bishop appointed by Pope Leo XIV has called for priests, deacons and parish leaders to accompany migrants to ...
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The Common Sense Papacy? In First Month, Leo XIV Appears To Pluck From Both Francis And Benedict
Agostino Giovagnoli, a professor of Church history at Milan’s Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, described the more ...
Five Key Discoveries in the Family Tree of Pope Leo XIV
Through a distant maternal ancestor, who was born in the 1590s, Pope Leo is ninth cousins, various times removed, with some ...
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Q&A with David Kertzer: What it means to have an American pope
After the white smoke cleared, Brown papal historian David Kertzer reflected on the significance of an American pope, how the ...
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Pope Leo XIV Criticizes Nationalism, Echoes Familiar Calls For Peace Without Naming Names
Mass before tens of thousands in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Leo XIV took aim at the rise of “political nationalisms,” though he ...
How the Vatican manages money and where Pope Leo XIV might find more
The Vatican doesn’t tax its residents or issue bonds, and it's got a very big budget problem. It primarily finances the ...
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Pope Leo XIV to spend summer holidays at Castel Gandolfo
Pope Leo XIV will spend two weeks in Castel Gandolfo, the traditional summer residence of popes near Rome, the Vatican said ...
Finding the Pope’s Roots
Noblemen, enslaved people, freedom fighters, slaveowners: what the complex family tree of the first American pontiff reveals.