Sunday, 25 May 2025 Pope Leo XIV smiles during his first general audience in St. Peter’s Square on May 21, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA
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Follow our live coverage as Pope Leo XIV, first U.S.-born pope in history, begins his pontificate: Experience history in the making with former Cardinal Robert Prevost.
Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Prevost in Chicago, has become the first U.S.-born pontiff and now leads both the Holy See and Vatican City. His dual role as an American citizen and a foreign head of state raises legal and constitutional questions. While U.S. law allows for “active review” of such...
Fact check: Is Pope Leo XIV affiliated to the US Republican Party?
Speculation has been rife about the political affiliations of Pope Leo XIV, but there is no evidence that he is a "registered..
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Pope prays for Chinese Catholics to be in communion with Rome in first comments following feast day
Leo noted that on the feast day, “in the churches and shrines in China and throughout the world,..
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