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Pope Leo XIV: What we know already (and what we can expect)

Guess who’s coming to dinner? The future pope!

May 9
John L. Allen Jr.

In the photo released by the Diocese of Chulucanas, Bishop Robert Prevost, third from right, poses with members of the clergy in Chulucanas, Peru, on Aug. 12, 2024. (Credit: Diocese of Chulucanas via AP.)

Serious questions of credibility surround coverup allegations against new pope

May 9
Elise Ann Allen

Mass for the Church of Pope Leo XIV with the Cardinal Electors, and other Cardinals present in Rome, in the Sistine Chapel, May 9, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo XIV notes even some baptized Christians ‘in state of practical atheism’

May 9
Crux Staff

Ximena Valdivia Muro, a coordinator of the Youth Pastoral Ministry, during her visits to Cardinal Robert Prevost - now Pope Leo XIV - in the Vatican. (Credit: Private photo given to Crux.)

Diocese of Chiclayo in Peru celebrates former bishop Prevost’s election as Pope Leo XIV

May 9
Eduardo Campos Lima

Pope Leo XIV, with Monsignor Leonardo Sapienza, walks out of the Vatican's Synod Hall on May 10, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo XIV: What we know already (and what we can expect)

May 11
Christopher R. Altieri

A man holds a Bible in prayer. (Credit: Pixabay.)

Sacred Scripture and good spiritual books can help struggling souls

May 11
Father Jeffrey F. Kirby

A screen flags the news of new Pope Leo XIV during the second round match between Fabio Fognini of Italy and Jacob Fearnley at the Italian Open tennis tournament in Rome on May 8, 2025. (Credit: Alfredo Falcone/LaPresse via AP.)

Pope Leo XIV is a tennis player. Tsitsipas would be happy to hit some balls with him

May 11
Andrew Dampf,
Associated Press

Chicago Sun Times newspaper headlines after Chicago native Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost becomes Pope Leo XIV, published on May 9, 2025. (Credit: Melina Walling/AP.)

‘DA POPE!’ Leo XIV’s Chicago roots unleash spate of holy humor

May 11
Matt Sedensky,
Associated Press

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