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Pope Francis' Latin American roots opened a new door in the Catholic Church

Upon his election to the papacy, Pope Francis became the first pontiff to hail from Latin America. His impact, though, stretched far beyond his home country of Argentina. When elected to the papacy, ...
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The unlikely story of the election of the first American pope

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is an extract from CNN Vatican correspondent Christopher Lamb’s new book, “American Hope: What Pope Leo XIV Means for the Church and the World.” It will be published on March 26 by ...
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What we knew then — and what we know now — about history's first US-born pope

When white smoke billowed out of the Sistine Chapel last May, NCR's former Vatican correspondent Christopher White was there.
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The unlikely story of the election of the first American pope

VATICAN — On May 3, 2025, one week after the funeral of Pope Francis, President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated image of himself dressed in the white cassock and miter of a pope. The image ...