Pope Leo XIV, has a patchwork background that speaks to the melting pot that is the United States — and his birthplace, the ...

From delivering help to flood-ravaged regions to singing Christmas songs to blessing babies, Pope Leo XIV tried to be a ...

Catholics around the world were skeptical at first about an American pope. But Pope Leo XIV’s multicultural and multilingual ...

From Polish pilgrimage trails to French vineyards, the places popes come from often gain new meaning. With the announcement ...

(THE CONVERSATION) In his first appearance as Pope Leo XIV on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, the man born Robert Francis Prevost spoke for 10 minutes in Italian. Then he transitioned to Spanish ...

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New pope's deliberate decision to identify with Peru in particular and the Global South generally is no accident ...

In the end, the most fundamental part of Leo’s identity may not be either his American or his Peruvian nationality, argued ...

Pope Leo XIV, who was born in Chicago as Robert Prevost, was the first American to be elected Pope - but an expert has warned ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost becomes first U.S. pope, Pope Leo XIV, amid controversy and comparisons to predecessors.

The new leader of the Catholic Church, American Robert Francis Prevost Martinez, has a surprisingly strong connection with ...