Christopher White

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Vatican Correspondent at National Catholic Reporter

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Articles

Pope Leo XIV to church authority: 'Make oneself small' to glorify Christ

6 days ago | ncronline.org | Christopher White |Shannon Evans |John Grosso |Dan Stockman

Pope Leo XIV implored clergy in church authority to "make oneself small" in order to glorify Christ, echoing a theme of his predecessor Pope Francis in his first public Mass on May 9.
Pope Leo XIV to church authority: 'Make oneself small' to glorify Christ

6 days ago | ncronline.org | Christopher White |Shannon Evans |John Grosso |Dan Stockman

Pope Leo XIV implored clergy in church authority to "make oneself small" in order to glorify Christ, echoing a theme of his predecessor Pope Francis in his first public Mass on May 9.
Pope Leo XIV | National Catholic Reporter

6 days ago | ncronline.org | James V. Grimaldi |Heidi Schlumpf |Christopher White |Camillo Barone

By James V. Grimaldi, Heidi Schlumpf, Christopher WhiteMay 08, 2025The challenges for the Catholic Church in Chicago, where Robert Prevost grew up, are a microcosm of the gargantuan challenges facing the worldwide Catholic Church that the new Pope Leo XIV must address. May 08, 2025As the bells of St. Peter's Basilica tolled, signaling the election of a new pope, American Catholics gathered in Rome expressed both surprise and hope for the future of the church.
HABEMUS PAPAM: Leo XIV is 1st American pope chosen to lead Catholic Church

6 days ago | ncronline.org | Michael Sean Winters |Christopher White |James V. Grimaldi |Soli Salgado

A Chicago-born Augustinian friar has been elected the first American pope in the history of the Roman Catholic church. Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, who heads the influential Vatican Dicastery for Bishops, walked out onto the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica to the cheers of thousands of faithful gathering for the announcement at 7:15 p.m. Rome time today (April 8).
Prevost is new pope, an American cardinal committed to the reforms Pope Francis began

1 week ago | ncronline.org | Michael Sean Winters |James V. Grimaldi |Christopher White |Heidi Schlumpf

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV appears at the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican May 8, 2025. (AP/Markus Schreiber) The first American pope! So many people thought holding a U.S. passport was an insuperable barrier to the election of Augustinian Cardinal Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV, but the College of Cardinals thought differently.
Prevost is new pope, an American cardinal committed to the reforms Pope Francis began

1 week ago | ncronline.org | Michael Sean Winters |James V. Grimaldi |Christopher White |Soli Salgado

The first American pope! So many people thought holding a U.S. passport was an insuperable barrier to the election of Augustinian Cardinal Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV, but the College of Cardinals thought differently. Prevost was the least American among the American cardinals, having spent most of his ministry as a priest and bishop in Peru, and in Rome as the general of the Augustinian order.
Habemus papam: Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost takes name of Leo XIV

1 week ago | ncronline.org | James V. Grimaldi |Heidi Schlumpf |Christopher White |Michael Sean Winters

Robert Prevost was born on Sept. 14, 1955, in a hospital founded by the Sisters of Mercy on Chicago's South Side. Four years ago, facing bankruptcy, the nuns sold Mercy Hospital to a technology firm. Growing up, Prevost attended St. Mary of the Assumption Parish. The parish became too expensive for the Chicago Archdiocese to maintain in the early 2010s. The parish buildings were closed and put up for sale, and the parish merged with another in 2011.
Black smoke again on morning of conclave's 2nd day signals no pope elected yet

1 week ago | globalsistersreport.org | Christopher White

After three rounds of voting, cardinals have yet to elect a successor to Pope Francis. Black smoke billowed again from the Sistine Chapel chimney about 11:50 a.m.on May 8, sending another signal to the world that no new pope had been elected in the effort to elect a successor to Pope Francis. The smoke signal was the second in less than 24 hours and took place after three rounds of voting. Ballots are burned twice a day — one after two rounds of morning voting and again in the afternoon.
HABEMUS PAPAM: Leo XIV is 1st American pope chosen to lead Catholic Church

1 week ago | globalsistersreport.org | Heidi Schlumpf |Christopher White |Brian Roewe

Pope Leo XIV, a Chicago-born Augustinian friar, is the first American pope in the history of the Roman Catholic church. The former Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, who headed the influential Vatican Dicastery for Bishops, walked out onto the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica to the cheers of thousands of people gathering for the announcement at 7:15 p.m. Rome time today (May 8).
Americans in St. Peter's Square, surprised by new pope, express their hopes

1 week ago | ncronline.org | Camillo Barone |James V. Grimaldi |Christopher White |Michael Sean Winters

As the bells of St. Peter's Basilica tolled, signaling the election of a new pope, American Catholics gathered in Rome expressed both surprise and hope for the future of the church. Among them was Lucy Wade, a 20-year-old from Kansas City, Missouri, who was in awe of the historic moment. "I did not expect this," Wade said, her eyes fixed on the crowds flooding St. Peter's Square.