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Who is the new pope? American Cardinal Prevost becomes Pope Leo XIV
After less than 24 hours of seclusion in the Vatican, cardinals ended the 2025 papal conclave with the election of a new ...
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Photos: Cardinals return to the Sistine Chapel for a second day of voting to elect a new pope
Cardinals returned to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday to resume voting for a new pope after the first conclave ballot failed ...
Robert Prevost, first pope from US in history of the Catholic Church, takes the name Leo XIV
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born ...
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Papal conclave: Cardinals to convene for evening ballot sessions after inconclusive morning
The papal conclave will soon gather for an evening vote to pick the next head of the Catholic Church. Twice now, black smoke ...
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‘Pope Leo XIV has my absolute loyalty’: Louisville Archbishop celebrates historic election of first American pope
Louisville Archbishop Shelton Fabre said newly elected Pope Leo XIV is the right man to lead the Catholic church in these ...
St. Francis De Sales students learn about conclave
As Catholics from around the world were watching the white smoke pour out of the chimney in the Vatican, students in Toledo ...
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Vermont’s faithful react to selection of American pope
An American will lead the Catholic Church for the first time in history. Our Kendall Claar has reaction from Vermonters and ...
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Cardinal Robert Prevost from Chicago becomes first US pope
Chicago Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected on Thursday after four rounds of voting as the new head of the Catholic ...
Chicago in the Vatican: what America’s first pope means for the Catholic church
Born in Chicago in 1955, Prevost carved out a career in the church soon after leaving school. He studied mathematics at Villanova before going on to join the Order of St Augustine and being ordained ...