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Cardinal Dolan played ‘kingmaker’ in Pope Leo XIV’s shock election: reports
The powerful Big Apple cardinal served as “kingmaker” for fellow US Cardinal Robert Prevost of Chicago, rallying support in ...
Nancy Pelosi wants newly elected American Pope Leo to speak out against mass deportations
Calif., said Friday that she hopes the newly elected Pope Leo XIV will be vocal about opposing mass deportation.
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The new American pope launches 1,000 memes
Americans quickly started reacting online to the election of Pope Leo XIV, the first pope from the United States. And of ...
Warm American welcome for new pope masks US church's deep divide
As Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass as pontiff at the Sistine Chapel on Friday, he spoke a few words in English. It was ...
The True Meaning of an American Pope
"This is more than a Catholic triumph; it’s a cultural watershed for the United States," writes Christopher Hale.
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Pope Leo XIV's previously unknown Creole roots are a most American story
Census records for Leo's maternal grandparents hint at the complexity of Creole identity and of Black identity in America.
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An American Pope Emerges as a Potential Contrast to Trump on the World Stage
Even though Pope Leo is an American by birth, he has spent most of his adult life outside the country, and now as the head ...
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"A marxist Pope": defense of Immigrants and criticisms of Vance ignite the MAGA movement
Trump Celebrates the "Honor" of the First American Pontiff, But His Supporters Consider Him a Danger. The election of ...