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Pope Leo affirms marriage between man and woman, but some Chicago Catholics hope for LGBTQ outreach
Some Catholics in Chicago still hope the new pope will signal greater acceptance for the LGBTQ+ community — with time.
How a Chicago native became pope: See Robert Francis Prevost's path to making history
Taking the name Leo XIV, the American was elected to be the 267th pontiff and spiritual leader of the world's 1.4 billion ...
How a working-class Chicago suburb and a tight-knit Catholic parish shaped the first American pope
In one of Chicago’s south suburbs, while other boys were playing cops and robbers, the future Pope Leo XIV would pretend to hold Mass in the basement of his family’s small brick home, reading from ...
Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost elected first American pope, becomes Pope Leo XIV
Never in the history of the Roman Catholic Church has there been an American pope, but now, one name has been coming up as a ...
Midwestern native Robert Francis Prevost has been named as Pope Francis' successor.
Pope Francis' successor has been elected, and it's the first American pope. Here's what we know about Cardinal Robert Prevost ...
New Pope Elected: Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost Emerges Victorious From Conclave After White Smoke Billows From Sistine Chapel
Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, was chosen as the 267th Pope elected by 133 cardinals locked inside the Sistine ...
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WE HAVE A POPE: American Cardinal Robert Francis Provost of Chicago named leader of Catholic Church, takes the name Leo XIV
An American is now leading the Roman Catholic Church and more than 2 billion Catholics around the world. Cardinal Robert ...
White smoke at Vatican, phones blowing up in Chicago: Their old classmate Robert is pope
Those who knew Pope Leo XIV as a younger man say his path to the papacy has prepared him well for the challenges ahead.
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Try These Iconic Chicago Foods In Honor Of The New Pope
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Pope Leo XIV - first U.S. pontiff, and a baseball fan: Editorial Board Roundtable
So what can we expect from Pope Leo XIV, and what do we hope he will bring to his papacy? The Editorial Board Roundtable ...
'Pray for the new pope Americano': Italians warm to Chicago-born Pope Leo as merch hits Rome streets
Italians — and Romans in particular — have had mixed responses to the so-called “American pope.” Most are cautiously ...
Long Drives and Short Homilies: How Father Bob Became Pope Leo
A résumé of deep religious education, frontline pastoral experience, parish management and Vatican governance — along with a ...