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House divided: Who will get Pope Leo’s childhood home outside Chicago?
There’s a growing schism in the first American pope’s hometown. At stake is his childhood home. An auction for the house ...
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Pope Leo is related to Madonna, Justin Bieber: NY Times
The Times discovered that the Chicago native is related to Pierre and Justin Trudeau, Angelina Jolie, Hillary Clinton, Justin ...
Scandal, slavery and celebrity are all part of Pope Leo XIV's ancestry
Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. takes a deep dive into the pope's past in New York Times Magazine piece.
What do Americans think about Pope Leo XIV? A new poll offers insight
While there’s plenty of room for views to shift as Pope Leo’s agenda becomes clear, people are watching how the first ...
Pope Leo is Related to Hillary Clinton and Justin Trudeau: Genealogists
According to Gates Jr., Pope Leo is also related to Boucher de Grandpre, who fought against the British during the ...
At Chicago baseball stadium, Pope Leo makes his first pitch to America
Chicago’s elation over the hometown boy’s election led to a huge party for the first U.S. pope, who will begin to chart his ...
Pope Leo appears to take massive swipe at Trump travel ban in sermon
In a sermon on a major Christian holiday, Pope Leo XIV appeared to take a shot at travel bans recently put in place by ...
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Q&A with David Kertzer: What it means to have an American pope
After the white smoke cleared, Brown papal historian David Kertzer reflected on the significance of an American pope, how the ...
Finding the Pope’s Roots
Noblemen, enslaved people, freedom fighters, slaveowners: what the complex family tree of the first American pontiff reveals.
Can an American pope apply US-style fundraising and standards to fix troubled Vatican finances?
One of the greatest challenges facing Pope Leo XIV is financial. He has inherited the Holy See’s chronic, 50 million to 60 ...