16 h. ago ‘DA POPE!’ Leo XIV’s Chicago roots unleash spate of holy humor

A Chicago-born cardinal walks into a conclave. The rest of the joke tells itself. In the breathless day since Pope Leo XIV’s election as the first American pontiff, the memes, doctored images and tongue-in-cheek references have piled up deeper than Chicago’s pizza and more loaded than its hot dog, seemingly irresistible to comics and commoners […]

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20 h. ago Pope Leo XIV brings hope to Chicago sports fans as Cubs, White Sox duel for his favour

The sports loyalties of Pope Leo XIV became a topic of conversation almost as soon as the white smoke emerged from the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel. Elected on Thursday, Robert Prevost is the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church. The Chicago-born missionary, who took the name Leo XIV, also […]

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21 h. ago The Latest: Pope Leo XIV celebrates his first Mass as pontiff in the Sistine Chapel

He presided over the cardinals who elected him to succeed Francis and follow in his social justice-minded footsteps

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22 h. ago In 1st mass as pope, Leo XIV hopes Catholic Church can be beacon of light

Pope Leo XIV, who was born in Chicago but spent two decades as a missionary in Peru, said a few words in English before continuing his homily in fluent Italian.

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23 h. ago Pope Leo XIV addresses cardinals in English at his first Mass

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV, history’s first North American pope, celebrated his first Mass as pontiff on Friday, presiding in the Sistine Chapel with the cardinals who elected him to succeed Pope Francis and follow in his social justice-minded footsteps. Wearing white vestments, Leo processed into the Sistine Chapel and blessed the cardinals as […]

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23 h. ago Pope Leo XIV’s brother says he felt ‘disbelief’ over sibling named pontiff

The brother of Pope Leo XIV says he felt a sense of intense pride over the Chicago-born missionary becoming the first pope born in the U.S.

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36 h. ago 'Great joy': Election of first American Pope celebrated in Edmonton

The Vatican announced Thursday the election of Cardinal Robert Prevost as the new Pope, taking the name of Pope Leo XIV.

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38 h. ago Michael Higgins: Expect Pope Leo XIV to bring more liberal controversy

He has already supported allowing divorced Catholics to receive Holy Communion and allowing same-sex blessings

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38 h. ago Full text: Read the first address of Robert Francis Prevost, to be known as Pope Leo XIV

'God loves us. God loves everyone. Evil will not prevail,' he said on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican

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40 h. ago Before being named Pope Leo XIV, he was Cardinal Robert Prevost. Who is he?

Aged 69 and originally from Chicago, Prevost has spent most of his career as a missionary in Peru and became a cardinal only in 2023.

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42 h. ago White smoke pours out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signalling the election of a new pope

The smoke signal means the winner secured at least 89 votes of the 133 cardinals participating in the conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis.

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42 h. ago Robert Prevost, first American pope in history of the Catholic Church, will take the name Leo XIV

The smoke signal means the winner secured at least 89 votes of the 133 cardinals participating in the conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis.

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42 h. ago What we know about the first American Pope, Robert Francis Prevost

The 69-year-old from Chicago will be known as Pope Leo XIV

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42 h. ago Trump congratulates Robert Francis Prevost, first American Pope in history

'What a great honour for our country,' Trump said in a social media post. The 69-year-old from Chicago will be known as Pope Leo XIV

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46 h. ago Why might papal voting might have taken longer Wednesday evening?

The cardinals have been sworn to secrecy in the centuries-old ritual to elect a new leader of the 1.4 billion-member Catholic Church

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46 h. ago Conclave: A hot mic moment feeds conjecture over papal candidates

Many faithful are hoping that the second day of the conclave will give the church and the world a new pope

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46 h. ago White smoke pours out of the Sistine Chapel chimney — a new pope has been elected

That means the winner secured at least 89 votes of the 133 cardinals participating in the conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis

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48 h. ago No pope elected yet: Black smoke again pours from the Sistine Chapel chimney

With no one securing the necessary two-thirds majority, or 89 votes, the 133 cardinals will return to the Vatican residences where they are being sequestered

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62 h. ago Conclave indicates it has not elected pope on first vote as black smoke rises from Sistine Chapel

With no one securing the necessary two-thirds majority, or 89 votes, the cardinals will retire for the night

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2 d. ago Conclave: Cardinals are preparing to enter the Sistine Chapel. Here’s what will happen inside

That will be immediately followed by the revelation of his birth name, in Latin, followed by the papal name he has chosen, also in Latin

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