2 h. ago Pope Leo XIV marvels at ’huge learning curve’ in an interview released on his 70th birthday

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV has marveled at the “huge learning curve” he has taken on as pontiff and likened some aspects of the job to jumping “in on the deep end of the pool very quickly,” in excerpts of an interview released Sunday on his 70th birthday. History’s first American pope said he […]

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4 d. ago Pope Leo on Monday Night Football? Peyton Manning says he tried

Hall of Fame QB sent hand-written letters to the Chicago-born head of the Catholic Church.

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7 d. ago Pope Leo XIV makes Carlos Acutis, nicknamed ‘God’s influencer,’ the first millennial saint

Pontiff also canonized Pier Giorgio Frassati, another popular Italian figure who died young

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7 d. ago Pope Leo XIV declares teen computer whiz Carlo Acutis the first millennial saint

VATICAN CITY —  Pope Leo XIV declared a 15-year-old computer whiz the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint Sunday, giving the next generation of Catholics a relatable role model who used technology to spread the faith and earn the nickname “God’s influencer.” Leo canonized Carlo Acutis, who died in 2006, during an open-air Mass in St. […]

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9 d. ago Carlo Acutis, the saint next door: A teen computer whiz becomes church’s first millennial saint

CHICAGO (AP) — At a Catholic school in Pope Leo XIV’s hometown, fifth graders read comic books about Carlo Acutis’ life titled “Digital Disciple.” They draw pictures of what the teenage Italian computer whiz might have had as his cellphone wallpaper. They discuss the miracles that allegedly occurred thanks to Acutis’ intercession. In the lead-up […]

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1 week ago Pope Leo vows continuity with Pope Francis’ legacy of LGBTQ+ inclusion

The Pope's position on LGBTQ+ Catholics had been something of a question

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1 week ago Meeting with Pope Leo was ‘encouraging,’ says LGBTQ+ Catholic activist

The Rev. James Martin, a New York-based Jesuit author and editor, said Leo told him he intended to continue Pope Francis’ policy of LGBTQ+ acceptance.

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