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The United States President Donald Trump likes to have his way, but he is not entirely getting it with the Roman Catholic ...
The Newark-born singer Connie Francis had a massive run of pop hits in the late ’50s and early ’60s. Three of her singles — ...
Hundreds of thousands of people gathered for Pope Francis' funeral on Saturday in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. Francis died on April 21 at the age of 88 after 12 years at the head of the ...
The Detroit Free Press created a commemorative page print celebrating the election of Pope Leo XIV, the first American-born pontiff. The page print features an image of the new pope and is ...
He was born in Chicago, Illinois and was appointed as prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops by Pope Francis in 2023. While little concrete is known about the new Pope's political leanings ...
While President Trump welcomed the U.S.-born ... on Steve Bannon’s popular right-wing “War Room” podcast piled on, casting Leo as a progressive figure and a continuation of Francis, an ...
VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV, history’s first U.S.-born pontiff, said Friday that ... who elected him to follow in the footsteps of Pope Francis, who put a commitment to social justice at ...
but Steve Bannon apparently saw it coming. The MAGA firebrand told Piers Morgan at the end of April that the Chicago-born Prevost was one of the underdogs in the running for the papacy.
Editor's note: Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected as the 267th leader of the Catholic Church on May 8, 2025. This story was originally published on May 5, 2025. A Chicago-born Cardinal is ...
via Jari C. Honora Robert Francis Prevost, the Chicago-born cardinal selected on Thursday as the new pope, is descended from Creole people of color from New Orleans. The pope’s maternal ...
Former Sen. Joe Donnelly, who served as U.S. ambassador to the Holy See and spent a lot of time with Pope Francis, joins TODAY to talk about the conclave choosing Cardinal Robert Prevost as the ...
This live blog has ended— follow the latest updates here. The conclave chose American-born Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost to be the next pope. He will be known as Pope Leo XIV. Leo is the first ...