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Omaha Archbishop McGovern says Pope Leo’s Chicago home plays important role

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Smoke from an explosion rises in the northern Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, on Friday, July 18, 2025. (Credit: Ohad Zwigenberg/AP.)

Netanyahu call to Pope shows Israel has to acknowledge Church’s influence

Jul 20
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The final congregation of the Second Session of the General Assembly of of the Synod on Synodality in October 2024. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

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A view of the Papal Palace in Castel Gandolfo, around 15 miles southeast of Rome May 29, 2021. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Pope Leo will have much to ponder during his vacation in Castel Gandolfo

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Newly elected Pope Leo XIV appears at the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, May 8, 2025. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Survivor letters frame challenge facing Leo XIV on abuse and coverup

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Pope Leo XIV wearing a pallium holds Mass during the formal inauguration of his pontificate in St. Peter’s Square (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV gives first indication of how he might change ‘Synodality’

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Pope Leo XIV meets with Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors on June 5, 2025, in the Vatican. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo’s long meeting with Commission for Protection of Minors shows abuse crisis not over

Jun 8
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The deep structural reform awaiting Leo XIV beneath the Becciu soap opera

Jun 1
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Pope Leo XIV waves to Vatican employees in the Vatican on May 24, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

U.S.-born pope picked the name of the pontiff who condemned ‘Americanism’

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A bird flies by as Pope Leo XIV tours St. Peter’s Square on his popemobile on May 18, 2025. (Credit: Jaquelyn Martin/Pool via AP.)

Leo XIV quotes Leo XIII often, but he reflects Pope Leo X: ‘Let us enjoy the papacy’

May 19
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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
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