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German cardinal on American pope: ‘I didn’t expect it’ but sees hope for synodality clarity

May 10, 2025 Catholic News Agency 1

Cardinal Rainer Woelki arrives at the Vatican on March 5, 2013. / InterMirifica.net

CNA Newsroom, May 10, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA).
Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki has candidly confessed he “didn’t expect” the election of Pope Leo XIV, praising the n… […]

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Americans in St. Peter’s Square celebrate historic election of Pope Leo XIV

May 9, 2025 Catholic News Agency 1

Americans gather in St. Peter’s Square on May 8, 2025, to celebrate the election of Pope Leo XIV, the first pontiff from the United States. / Credit: Courtney Mares/CNA

Vatican City, May 9, 2025 / 18:28 pm (CNA).
Americans gathered in St. Peter… […]

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PHOTOS: Pope Leo XIV meeting the last three pontiffs

May 9, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Benedict XVI greets the future Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican Gardens. / Credit: Courtesy of the Augustinian Midwest Province (USA), Our Mother of Good Counsel

ACI Prensa Staff, May 9, 2025 / 15:53 pm (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV had the opportunity t… […]

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U.S. cardinals praise Pope Leo XIV’s missionary heart, international experience

May 9, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

From left, Cardinals Robert McElroy, Wilton Gregory, Blase Cupich, Joseph Tobin, and Timothy Dolan give a press conference on Pope Leo XIV in the hall of the Pontifical North American College in Rome on May 9, 2025. Cardinals Christophe Pierre a… […]

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Pope Leo XIV’s first Mass: ‘Jesus is the Christ’

May 9, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Leo XIV addresses cardinals in the Sistine Chapel during his first Mass as pope on Friday, May 9, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

Vatican City, May 9, 2025 / 13:52 pm (CNA).
In his first Mass as head of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV call… […]

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Asia Pacific Catholics react to news of Church’s first U.S.-born pontiff Pope Leo XIV

May 9, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

Singaporean theology student Dominic Nalpon managed to arrive at the center of St. Peter’s Square in time to hear the awaited “Habemus papam!” (“We have a pope!”) announcement and see the new Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV, on May 8, 2025. / Credit: … […]

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FULL TEXT: Pope Leo XIV’s homily at Mass with the cardinal electors in the Sistine Chapel

May 9, 2025 Catholic News Agency 8

Pope Leo XIV gives the homily at Mass with the cardinale electors in the Sistine Chapel on May 9, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

Rome Newsroom, May 9, 2025 / 08:57 am (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV delivered this homily at his first Mass as pope in the Sis… […]

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14 things to know about Pope Leo XIV — the first U.S.-born pope

May 9, 2025 Catholic News Agency 2

Pope Leo XIV greets the faithful in St. Peter’s Square shortly after his election to the papacy, Thursday, May 8, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

CNA Staff, May 9, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).
On May 8, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected P… […]

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Pope Leo XIV to pray Regina Caeli, greet journalists in first engagements after election

May 9, 2025 Catholic News Agency 0

Pope Leo XIV waves to pilgrims in St. Pete’s Square shortly after his election on Thursday, May 8, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Rome Newsroom, May 9, 2025 / 04:57 am (CNA).
Just hours after being elected the Catholic Church’s 277th pontif… […]

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Who is Pope Leo XIV? A bio of the first American pope

May 8, 2025 Catholic News Agency 1

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost. / Credit: Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

CNA Staff, May 8, 2025 / 15:52 pm (CNA).
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected Pope Leo XIV on Thursday, May 8 — the first pope from the United States. Smiling and … […]

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