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The last non-European pontiff before him was Pope Gregory III, who reigned from 731 to 741 and was born in what is now Syria. With a span of more than 1,270 years between them, Pope Francis’s ...

Pope Leo XIV vowed Sunday to work for unity in a polarized Catholic Church and world, as history’s first American pope ...

The Catholic Church’s first pope from the Augustinian order is already helping to educate the faithful through his deep ...

The contrast between President Donald Trump and Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV couldn't be more stark, politically, personally or ...

The motto of one newly elected American world leader: " Fight! " The other introduced himself to the world with his first ...

One day after the Chicago-born Prevost became Pope Leo XIV, the cardinals met on ... evening as the new leader of the Catholic Church’s 1.4 billion global faithful. The United States had 10 ...

ShareWith his election yesterday by 133 Catholic Cardinals as the Bishop of Rome and the Leader of the 1.4 billion Catholics around the World, Robert Cardinal Prevost becomes the first Catholic leader ...

Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich and Cardinal Wilton Gregory, also a South Side native, spoke about their experience in the conclave and electing the first American pope, Leo XIV, who is from this city.