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The Holy Family Catholic Parish wants to know what members want to see in a new church. A town hall meeting will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Parish Center, 2300 Church Road, in Arnold. At the ...

Pope Leo XIV’s first homily, delivered to his fellow cardinals in the Sistine Chapel, was a mission statement about missions. First, that the Roman Catholic Church must be humble and lead ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass as leader of the Catholic Church in the Sistine Chapel, a day after he was elected the first American pontiff by the papal conclave. Robert Prevost ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — For the first time in the over 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church, an American Cardinal was elected as Pope, and not only is the new Pope American, he’s a Chicagoan ...

The Catholic church has a new leader, Robert Cardinal Prevost, after four rounds of voting, making history as the first U.S. pontiff and taking the name Pope Leo XIV. The papal conclave was ...

Enormous bells of St. Peter's Basilica began to ring, tolling the news that the Catholic Church has a new pope. The vote came on the second day of the papal election process known as the conclave.

"May we all work together towards the place where God has prepared for us," he said, according to a translation from NBC News. He stressed the need to "build bridges" with "dialogue" and "love ...

White smoke poured from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter’s Basilica tolled Thursday after cardinals elected the 267th pope to lead the Catholic Church on the ...

VATICAN—Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected by the 133-member Conclave as the 267th Bishop of Rome — new Pope of the Holy Roman Catholic Church. He will assume the name, Pope Leo XIV. Cardinal ...

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That Leo softened the church’s confrontational stance toward modernity, especially science and politics and laid the foundation for modern Catholic ... is it that the Holy Father is able to ...