Pope delivers message of hope
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Pope Leo XIV has made waves with some of his fashion choices, returning to much of the traditional pomp of popes past.
Thousands of people turned out at Rate Field on Saturday afternoon for a celebration honoring Pope Leo XIV. While the Chicago-born pontiff — now the world's most famous White Sox fan — did not attend the celebration,
Just over a month after Pope Leo XIV became the first U.S.-born pontiff in the history of the Catholic Church, a new poll shows that American Catholics are feeling excited about their new religious leader.
"What does the pope think about us being related? That's my question," one cousin said. "What does he think of us because we're Afro American?" She plans to write a letter inviting Leo to her home if he ever visits New Orleans.
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DPA International on MSNPope Leo praises sport as a means of reconciliation and encounterPope Leo XIV stressed the importance to society of sport in his Angelus address in the Vatican on Sunday. Sport was more than physical achievement, but could also "become an important means of reconciliation and encounter: between peoples and within communities,
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Recognize that God is present,” he said in a recorded video to a crowd gathered at the home stadium of the White Sox.
Pope Leo XIV has reacted to the terrible massacre of nearly 200 people in the Yelwata community in the Guma local government area of Benue state.