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Pope Leo affirms marriage between man and woman, but some Chicago Catholics hope for LGBTQ outreach
Some Catholics in Chicago still hope the new pope will signal greater acceptance for the LGBTQ+ community — with time.
Pope Leo XIV affirms family is based on union between a man and a woman, unborn has inherent dignity
Pope Leo XIV has affirmed core Catholic teaching on marriage and the unborn in his first meeting with the ambassadors ...
Erie Catholic bishop once met new pope; Episcopal bishop headed to Leo XIV's inauguration
One Erie bishop met the new pope almost a decade ago in Rome. Another bishop with local ties is going to Pope Leo XIV's ...
Pope Leo XIV takes helm of Catholic Church amid a priest shortage in the U.S.
Rolwing's calling comes as the Catholic Church in the U.S. faces a serious priest shortage. Between 1970 and 2024, the number of priests fell by more than 40%, from 59,192 to 33,589, according to ...
West St. Paul pastor recalls spending the summer of 1980 in Minnesota with a friend — Pope Leo XIV
While working at a Minneapolis hospital, the future pope saw “The Blues Brothers” at a Roseville theater and ate at Black ...
Alexander: Can we talk baseball and tennis with the new pope?
This week’s bucket o’ notes also discusses the fluidity of college eligibility, the return of a future Hall of Famer and the ...
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Pope Leo XIV on social media: Instagram and X accounts up and growing
While Pope Leo XIV has deleted the account he began as Father Robert F. Prevost on Twitter, now X, in 2011, the Vatican has ...
After meeting Pope Leo XIV, Jannik Sinner leads Italy’s charge at the Italian Open
The Italian Open crowd has had plenty of local success to celebrate over the last week-and-a-half, with Jannik Sinner and ...