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Five things to know about Pope Leo XIV

Claire Giangravé and Roxanne Stone

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What a pope from Chicago means for the world of Catholicism

Steven P. Millies

By electing Pope Leo XIV, some see Vatican making very American political play

Jack Jenkins

Robert Prevost, first US pope, will reign as Leo XIV

Cardinal Robert Prevost appears on the central loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica after being chosen the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, choosing the name of Pope Leo XIV, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Claire Giangravé

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — In a shocking vote that caught the Catholic world by surprise, Robert Francis Prevost has been elected the 267th pope, and the first United States citizen to become the bishop of Rome.

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Religious, political leaders react to election of Pope Leo XIV

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Pope Leo XIV Election in Photos

Kit Doyle

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Trump supporters should revisit ‘The Great Gatsby’

Jeffrey Salkin

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‘Sinners’ opens a new conversation about Black religion in film

Christopher S. Gurley Jr.

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Even with Pope Leo XIV in place, US Catholics stand ‘at a crossroads’

Maureen K. Day

(The Conversation) — ‘Cultural Catholics’ who rarely attend Mass now make up half of the US church.

No pope today: Black smoke emerges from Sistine Chapel

Claire Giangravé

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The chances the cardinals would agree on a new leader in their first vote were vanishingly remote, so today’s result reveals little. The next vote will take place Thursday morning, Rome time.

India’s leader Modi touted all was well in Kashmir. A massacre of tourists shattered that claim

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SRINAGAR, India (AP) — India has described the April 22 massacre as a terror attack and blamed Pakistan for backing it, an accusation denied by Islamabad.

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