The Catholic Church has a new leader. Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost, took the reins after a recent election. His past comments on LGBTQ+ issues have sparked conversations. Back in 2012, when he was the Augustinian prior general in Chicago, he criticized what he called the “homose
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The Roman Catholic Church has a new leader. The new pope is Robert Francis Prevost. He is the first American to hold this position. He took the name Leo XIV. He is 69 years old. He was born in Chicago. He spent 20 years working in Peru. He held his first mass in the Sistine Chapel. The elect
The Vatican saw a historic shift with the election of the first US-born Pope. Robert Francis Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV, took the stage at his inaugural mass. He immediately set the tone for his papacy by addressing a pressing issue: the dwindling faith among people. He pointed out that many
