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‘The pope is more Peruvian than the potato.’ Why Pope Leo XIV’s roots resonate in Chicago.
Pope Leo XIV, has a patchwork background that speaks to the melting pot that is the United States — and his birthplace, the ...
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Yes, the New Pope Is American. But Did You Know He’s Also Peruvian?
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost made history on May 8, 2025, when he stepped onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica as the ...
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 ...
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Pope Leo XIV and the Church’s coming of age in the Global South
New pope's deliberate decision to identify with Peru in particular and the Global South generally is no accident ...
National Catholic Register1dOpinion
A Pope From the Missions
COMMENTARY: Pope Leo XIV is the first true missionary to lead the Catholic Church since Christ chose St. Peter.
Robert Francis Prevost becomes first U.S.-born pope
Latest news and live updates as the election process for the next pope continues. The cardinals met for their first conclave ...
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In Pope Leo, Some in MAGA Movement See an Antagonist
But the pope’s multicultural and multilingual identity has put them at ease. Locals in Chiclayo Cheer the ‘Peruvian Pope’: From delivering help to flood-ravaged regions to singing Christmas ...
Irish Mirror7d
New Pope elected recap as American cardinal selected as new Pontiff
The new Pope has chosen Leo XIV as his papal name. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been elected as the new Pope, the ...
The Spokesman-Review6d
World Catholics see first American pope as hardly American
ROME – The surprising election of the first American pope felt fraught and ... the most fundamental part of Leo’s identity may not be either his American or his Peruvian nationality, argued ...