Pope Leo XIV Survived a Bomb Threat and Charmed Locals
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The U.S.-born pope spent about a dozen years as a missionary in Peru and returned there later to serve as a bishop.
Eastern and Latin alike — who, above all in the Middle East, persevere and remain in their homelands,” Leo said May 14.
It still may be hard to believe, but the new pope is from Chicago. In just a few days, those who consider Pope Leo XIV their own are headed to Rome for his installation ceremony. Six Augustinians from the Catholic Theological Union in Hyde Park,
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The contrast between President Trump and Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV couldn’t be more stark, politically, personally, or in their world views.
On "This Week," Cardinal Cupich said Pope Leo XIV may call for changes to the United States immigration system.
Philadelphia woman confirmed by Pope Leo XIV in Peru says she prays for pontiff daily 02:01. As the world looks to the future under newly elected Pope Leo XIV, one woman in Philad
Augustinian Sister Marlene Quispe of the Monastery of the Incarnation in Lima, Peru, said that as their religious brother, the future pope walked the path toward what St. Augustine of Hippo, the order’s founder, wanted: unity.
On Saturday, Leo invoked his namesake, Pope Leo XIII, who is credited with shaping Catholic social teaching and who wrote in his 1891 encyclical, Rerum Novarum, about the rights of workers and challenges of capitalism in the industrial age.
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