Pope Leo XIV made his first appointment of a Chinese bishop under the Vatican’s 2018 agreement with Beijing, signaling he is continuing one of Pope Francis’ most controversial foreign policy decisions.
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VIDEO | Pope Leo’s first month: Your questions answered
On June 9, America Media’s team of experts hosted an exclusive, subscriber-only event to answer your specific questions about Pope Leo XIV, the conclave and this historic time in our church.
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Pope Leo: Papal diplomats must always defend the poor and religious freedom
Every papal diplomat around the world must let people know that the Catholic Church is always on the side of the marginalized and is ready to face everything “out of love,” Pope Leo XIV said.
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What might help Pope Leo fix troubled Vatican finances? His American-ness.
As a Chicago-born math major, canon lawyer and two-time superior of his global Augustinian religious order, the 69-year-old pope presumably can read a balance sheet and make sense of the Vatican’s complicated finances, which have long been mired in scandal.
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Pope Leo at Pentecost: The Holy Spirit opens borders in hearts, in relationships and between peoples
The Holy Spirit “writes in our hearts before all else the commandment of love that the Lord has made the center and summit of everything,” the pope said.
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Pope Leo on Nicaea, synodality and a common date for Easter
Pope Leo told his ecumenical audience: “By celebrating together this Nicene faith and by proclaiming it together, we will also advance towards the restoration of full communion among us.”
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Pope Leo XIV’s first month: Listening before acting
Although no major curial appointments or announcements have been made, one person who had a chance to know then-Cardinal Robert F. Prevost during the Synod on Synodality said the new pope takes his time and listens before speaking or taking concrete action.
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Pope Leo XIV names Uganda native as bishop of Louisiana’s Houma-Thibodaux diocese
“I did not expect this—I am humbled beyond words that the Holy Father has chosen me, not from outside, but from among the ranks of the priests of this beloved Diocese,” the bishop-designate said.
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Not Francis 2.0: Cardinals’ first impressions of Pope Leo XIV
In this episode, we dive into a series of candid interviews conducted by veteran Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell with cardinal-electors from around the world on the new pope.
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‘We call him our cousin’: Black Catholics in New Orleans embrace Pope Leo as their own
NEW ORLEANS (RNS and NPR) — ‘I’m praying for this new pope from the United States who has roots in the 7th Ward. That was a mind-blowing moment for me,’ said one Black priest, whose church is a mile from where the pope’s ancestors once lived.