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Pope Leo XIV has confirmed his favourite football team is Roma after engaging with a fan. The first US leader of the global Catholic Church responded to a Giallorossi supporter by repeating the popular phrase in the capital “Forza Roma!
To celebrate the election of the 267th pope — the first American-born pontiff — the Detroit Free Press has crafted a commemorative page print. Get yours today.
Reporters have rarely been fans of faith in politics, and often decry the Republican Party’s cozy relationship with religious Americans, such as evangelical Christians. But give them a pope willing to criticize President Donald Trump,
The 73-year-old Florida man appears to be a staunch Trump supporter who uses his Facebook account to go on the attack.
Chicagoans celebrated the historic election of Pope Leo XIV, the first pope from the U.S. and a Chicago native, with joy and hope for a renewed focus on social justice and unity within the Catholic Church.
The pontiff held his first meeting with the news media at the Vatican and called on reporters to choose “the path of communication in favor of peace.”
Cardinal Blase Cupich, the archbishop of Chicago, said on Sunday that he thinks Pope Leo XIV will carry forward Francis’s commitment and focus on immigration, climate change and human trafficking.
America's most European city is buzzing over the news that the Catholic Church's new pope is not only from the U.S. but also has Haitian and Creole ancestors from New Orleans.While Pope Leo XIV was born in Chicago,