1 week ago Can Pope Leo remain a U.S. citizen now that he's a foreign head of state?

Pope Leo XIV’s election as the first American to lead the Catholic Church elevated him to the rare position of being a U.S. citizen who is also a foreign head of state

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2 w. ago Pope Leo XIV makes first U.S. bishop appointment, fills San Diego vacancy

Pope Leo XIV has made his first American bishop appointment

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2 w. ago JD Vance brushes off new Pope 'snub' by giving him very unusual gift in closed

Vice President JD Vance and his wife Usha met with Pope Leo XIV on Monday during an official papal audience with the American delegation that traveled to the Vatican for the pope's inaugural mass.

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2 w. ago Pope Leo XIV's inauguration LIVE as he takes first popemobile ride through St Peter’s Square

Pope Leo XIV, history's first American pope, will be installed in a formal ceremony attended by presidents, patriarchs and princes - he was met by crowds waving and cheering 'Viva il Papa!'

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2 w. ago Pope Leo XIV's inauguration LIVE as he calls for 'love and unity' in first address

Pope Leo XIV, history's first American pope, will be installed in a formal ceremony attended by presidents, patriarchs and princes - he was met by crowds waving and cheering 'Viva il Papa!'

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2 w. ago Pope Leo XIV's inauguration LIVE as Vance and Zelenskyy shake hands

Pope Leo XIV, history's first American pope, will be installed in a formal ceremony attended by presidents, patriarchs and princes - he was met by crowds waving and cheering 'Viva il Papa!'

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2 w. ago Pope Leo XIV's inauguration LIVE as Vance and Zelenskyy shake hands amid calls for 'love and unity'

Pope Leo XIV, history's first American pope, will be installed in a formal ceremony attended by presidents, patriarchs and princes - he was met by crowds waving and cheering 'Viva il Papa!'

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3 w. ago This American pope: Leo XIV’s bloodline reflects the US melting pot

A fraught history of race and immigration connect the new pope with his homelandPope Leo XIV, who on Thursday was elected as the first-ever US-born leader of the Roman Catholic church, has a familial bloodline that reflects his homeland’s fraught relationship with race – and why the nation’s stature as a melting pot of origins has long endured, records unearthed by genealogists show.The maternal grandfather of 69-year-old Robert Prevost, the newly minted pope, was evidently born abroad in Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic, according to birth records that professional genealogist Chris Smothers cited to ABC News in a recent report. When Leo’s grandfather, Joseph Martinez, obtained an 1887 marriage license to wed the future pope’s grandmother, Louise Baquié, he listed his birthplace as Haiti, which at the time was the same territory as Santo Domingo, Smothers noted. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago He’s the first American Pope in history, but Leo XIV might not be able to escape the IRS

The native Chicagoan and baseball fan will likely need to get his finances in order with the IRS, like any other American, despite his new status

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3 w. ago Exactly what Pope Leo XIV said just hours after becoming first ever American pontiff

The Mirror can reveal extraordinary new details of what happened when Pope Leo XIV returned to his lodgings on Thursday night just hours after becoming the first American pontiff

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3 w. ago New Pope Leo XIV is 'exact opposite of Donald Trump' and will 'challenge' US president

US President Donald Trump is set to be be "challenged" by fellow American Pope Leo XIV who was elected into the role by cardinals on Thursday as successor to Pope Francis

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3 w. ago The Guardian view on Pope Leo XIV: a different kind of American leader | Editorial

The first pontiff from the United States can be a powerful countervailing voice in the Trump era, and help protect Francis’s legacyTwelve years ago, in the words of the late Pope Francis, the Catholic church went “to the ends of the Earth” in its search for a new pontiff. On Thursday, after surprisingly brisk discussions, the most geographically diverse conclave in history went to the heart of a superpower to find his successor.The election of the first American pope is a remarkable moment. In part the cardinals’ choice of the Chicago-born Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, can be seen as a robust progressive response to the signs of the times. While senior Catholic figures around Donald Trump prosecute an insular Maga agenda, the new pope is as at home in Latin America, having spent two decades working in one of the poorest regions of Peru. Previous posts on a social media account under his name suggest he shared Francis’s withering views on the Trump administration’s...

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3 w. ago As 'Born in the U.S.A.' plays, American cardinals in Rome celebrate Pope Leo XIV

Speakers blasted “Born in the U.S.A

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3 w. ago New Pope Leo holds a 'subliminal power' that could stump US President Donald Trump

American-born Pope Leo XIV exudes a "natural power" that could prove to be a major advantage as he looks set to deal with major global figures such as Donald Trump

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3 w. ago Pope Leo XIV says Catholic Church must illuminate 'dark nights of this world' in first Mass

Friday’s service comes a day after Pope Leo XIV was elected pontiff, becoming the first North American head of the Catholic Church

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3 w. ago Pope Leo XIV live: New American pontiff Robert Prevost holds first Mass amid claims he’s ‘anti

The 69-year-old former cardinal was chosen to be the 267th pope by the Conclave after more than two-thirds of the cardinals voted for him to succeed the late Francis

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3 w. ago Harry Styles bizarrely spotted during Pope announcement and people were distracted by one thing

Harry Styles was among thousands of people who flocked to the Vatican City on Thursday to witness the inaugural public address of Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope in history

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4 w. ago Pope Leo XIV live: New American pontiff Robert Prevost to hold first Mass amid claims he’s ‘anti

The 69-year-old former cardinal was chosen to be the 267th pope by the Conclave after more than two-thirds of the cardinals voted for him to succeed the late Francis

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4 w. ago Pope Leo XIV live: New American pontiff Robert Prevost to hold first Mass after historic election

The 69-year-old former cardinal was chosen to be the 267th pope by the Conclave after more than two-thirds of the cardinals voted for him to succeed the late Francis

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4 w. ago Pope Leo XIV live: First American pontiff takes Catholic Church helm amid increasing global turmoil

The 69-year-old was chosen to be the 267th pope by the Conclave after more than two-thirds of the cardinals voted for him to succeed the late Francis

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