Pope Leo Issues 5-Word Message to US
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"I hope to be able to respond to [the challenges] with a healthy dialogue," said Cardinal Robert Prevost in 2023.
A plume of white smoke emerged from the Sistine Chapel chimney, signaling a new pope has been selected following Francis’ death.
The school's students and staff expressed shock and excitement following the recent election of the first-ever American pope.
Prevost, 69, took the name Leo XIV. He grew up in Dolton and attended St. Mary of the Assumption. A childhood friend said maybe now that he's pope, their old church will be reopened.
The first American pope arrives at a time of extraordinary complexity and tension in the church in the United States.
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The Latest: Robert Prevost of the United States is named Pope Leo XIVBlack smoke again billowed out of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, the second day of the conclave, indicating that no new pontiff has been chosen after the second or third ballots.
Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S. pope, descends from Creole and free people of color in Louisiana, highlighting complex issues to race and class in American history.
Catholics around the world were skeptical at first about an American pope. But Pope Leo XIV’s multicultural and multilingual identity has put them at ease.