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Pope Leo XIV lays out his vision for the papacy and identifies AI as a main challenge for humanity
In his first formal audience on Saturday, Leo made clear he will follow in the modernizing reforms of his predecessor, Pope ...
Pope Leo XIV’s Creole heritage highlights complex history of racism and the church in America
The new pope’s French-sounding last name, Prevost, intrigued Jari Honora, a New Orleans genealogist, who began digging in the ...
‘Leo will follow Francis.’ Amazon Catholics hope the new pope will protect the rain forest
The bishop sat quietly near the front row, hands folded, listening as Indigenous leaders and church workers spoke about the threats to Peru’s northern forests, a part of the ...
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In boots during floods, in vestments at Mass: Peruvians claim Leo XIV as a local
Between 2015 and 2023, then-Bishop Robert F. Prevost shepherded the Diocese of Chiclayo through some of its most difficult ...
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Pope Leo XIV: Why the cardinals chose the Chicago native and Augustinian to lead the church after Francis
When the 69-year-old Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost on May 8, 2025, appeared on the main balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica for the first time as Pope Leo XIV, he was cheered loudly by the huge crowd of ...