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'Providential': Black Catholics react to Pope Leo XIV, the Creole
Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, is now known to be of African ancestry, part of a growing picture Americans are ...
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Who Is the New Pope? Vatican Awaits Historic Announcement
A sign from the Vatican! On the evening of May 8, 2025, white smoke rose from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican ...
Pope Leo XIV’s unexpected New Orleans Creole background excites city’s large Catholic community
When Father Tony Ricard watched the new pope deliver his first address to the faithful Thursday in St. Peter’s Square, he ...
People are demanding answers over Pope Leo XIV's coat of arms design
According to Vatican News, Pope Leo XIV's coat of arms is intended to reflect his Augustinian roots and the values he seeks ...
An American Pope Emerges as a Potential Contrast to Trump on the World Stage
Pope Leo XIV’s focus on refugees and his pluralistic background may offer a different view of U.S. values from the ...
What Pope Leo’s Augustinian Background Tells Us About his Papacy
Pope Leo XIV is the first Pope from the Order of St. Augustine, which suggests he will promote peace and dialogue.
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Pope Leo XIV can accelerate ‘Leonine revolution’ in the Church, theologian says
George Weigel held a public lecture at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas on the “10 Markers of a Church ...
World Catholics See the First American Pope as Hardly American
Catholics around the world were skeptical at first about an American pope. But Pope Leo XIV’s multicultural and multilingual ...
Pope Leo XIV's family tree shows Black roots in New Orleans
Baquié's birth records show she was born in New Orleans. Despite Martinez being born abroad, his father -- the pope's ...
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What do Catholics around the world hope for from a new pope? Some wish for a version of Pope Francis
“Whichever pope will be elected, it has to be about the glory of God, not about being whichever cultural, race or gender ...
Pope Leo's family tree shows ties to a prominent Creole family of color in Louisiana
The pope’s great-great-grandmother Celeste Lemelle was a free woman of color from a Creole family that made its wealth from ...