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Can Pope Leo Keep U.S. Citizenship?
He now leads a sovereign nation, Vatican City, and the U.S. State Department says that for an American…
Pope Leo XIV: Why the College of Cardinals chose the Chicago native and Augustinian to lead the church after Francis
When the 69-year-old Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost on May 8, 2025, appeared on the main balcony of St.…
The Definitive Who’s Who of the 2025 Papal Conclave
As the Catholic Church prepares for one of its most sacred traditions, all eyes turn to the Vatican…
Conclave: How A New Pope Is Chosen
The passing of Pope Francis has triggered one of the oldest traditions in the Catholic Church: the conclave.…
What will happen at the funeral of Pope Francis
The 88-year-old pontiff had been well aware of his fragile state and advanced age. As early as 2015,…
Francis − a pope who cared deeply for the poor and opened up the Catholic Church
Pope Francis, the Catholic Church’s first Latin American pontiff, has died, the Vatican announced on April 21, 2025.…
Three ways Pope Francis influenced the global climate movement
Indigenous representatives of Amazonian communities with Pope Francis in the Vatican gardens Celia Deane-Drummond, University of Oxford The…
How the next pope will be elected – what goes on at the conclave
Cardinals attend Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica, before they enter the conclave to decide who the next pope…
Pope Francis dies: an unconventional pontiff who sought to modernise Catholicism
From the moment of his election in 2013, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the man who became Pope Francis, proved…
Pope Benedict XVI: A man at odds with the modern world who leaves a legacy of intellectual brilliance and controversy
Benedict XVI leaves behind a complex legacy as a Pope and theologian. To many observers, Benedict, who died…
Pope Francis’ Visit To America, In Pictures
During the pope’s first trip to the United States, Catholics and non-Catholics alike navigate crowds in three cities…
The Hard Work Of Pope Francis’ Balancing Act
On his first visit to the United States, as well as addressing a joint session of Congress, Pope…
Even The Pope Gets It – Carbon Markets Won’t Fix The Climate
Pope Francis’s encyclical on the environment has quickly made him one of the world’s most significant figures in…