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The likelihood that the newly elected pope has consumed a Chicago style hot dog is not zero. And that means something.

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For close watchers of the Catholic Church, the election of a U.S. pope seemed impossible. The "Trump effect" on the U.S. and global order ch...

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Pope Leo is seen as a centrist who shares his predecessor's progressive views on certain social issues. Here's what we know so far.(Image cr...

Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed the leaders of China and Brazil to commemorate the anniversary.

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Souter was appointed to the Supreme Court by President George H. W. Bush in 1990. He retired in 2009.(Image credit: Getty Images/Getty Image...

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Celebrations included a massive military parade in Moscow's Red Square, where Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted several foreign leader...

During his homily, delivered in Italian, Leo XIV said that Christians must serve a world that is often hostile to their beliefs.(Image credi...

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The cardinals have elected a new pope: Robert Prevost, a cardinal born in Chicago. He has taken the name Leo XIV. He is the first American p...

Pope Leo XIV was born and raised in Chicago. He is of French, Italian and Spanish descent. He spent years working as a missionary in Peru.

The world's 1.4 billion Catholics now have a new pope. Robert Prevost, who was born in Chicago and spent two decades of service to the churc...

The escalation began after India accused Pakistan of being behind an attack where gunmen killed 26 people, mostly tourists, in India-adminis...

The abrupt change came the day after Cameron Hamilton testified on Capitol Hill that he did not agree with proposals to dismantle an organiz...

Cardinal Robert Prevost made his first speech as Pope Leo XIV on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, shortly after being elected pontiff. T...