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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 ...
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Pope Leo XIV, Ocáriz discuss process of revising Opus Dei’s statutes
Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday briefly discussed the revision of Opus Dei’s statutes with the apostolate’s prelate, Monsignor ...
JD Vance Plans Return to Vatican for Pope Leo’s Inaugural Mass
Vice President JD Vance will attend the inaugural mass of Pope Leo XIV following the pontiff’s historic election as the first ...
Those who've worked with Pope Leo XIV are optimistic he'll elevate women's roles — with limits
Before becoming Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost presided over one of the most revolutionary reforms of Pope Francis’ ...
Fortunately for me and others, God loves losers, outcasts and the quirky | Opinion
There’s something awry in my head that zigs when everybody else zags. I can’t explain it and can’t stop it. I’m weird.
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The elevation of Pope Leo XIV is also raising hopes for a revival of his boyhood hometown
The pope’s surprise Chicago roots are fueling hopes for economic revival in Dolton and the South Suburbs through tourism and new development.
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Pope Leo, populism, and the American economy
Regarding America broadly, here are Leo XIII’s thoughts on the United States in 1895: He “esteemed and loved exceedingly the young and vigorous American nation, in which We plainly discern latent ...