Indeed, the first Pope Leo — known as Leo the Great — served 440-461. He is best known as the pope who persuaded Attila the ...

Pope Leo XIV "being an American, first off ... through donations from members and their community. That "personal connection," according to Connor, "will really go a long way, especially in ...

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In a historic celebration, Pope Leo XIV, the first United States-born pontiff in the nearly 2,000-year history of the ...

One intriguing connection, though ... if Vance’s side seems increasingly at odds with a well-loved American pope. Pope Leo XIV is certainly not a politician. Nonetheless, the Church’s ...

Pope Leo XIV's papal name has a storied history ... was head of the Church from 1878 until 1903, and was a force of connection as the Church navigated relationships with civil governments ...

The joy of the largest community of Peruvian faithful outside of Peru, found in Paterson, New Jersey, is impossible to ...

Pope Leo XIV made history last week as the first American elected to lead the Catholic Church. While he now presides over a flock of 1.4 billion people worldwide from within Vatican City ...

The first American pope, Leo XIV, is expected to bring a ... (There is also a Missouri connection: Leo XIV entered the Order of St. Augustine as a novice in 1977 in St. Louis.) ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, an American, has been named the new pope of the Catholic Church, USA TODAY reports. The successor to Pope Francis, who will go by the name Leo XIV, goes down in ...

Engstrand said, “It also adds to in some way a personal connection ... of American presence, to help be a bridge to facilitate the dissemination of the message of Christ and of Pope Leo XIV ...