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poughkeepsiejournal.com | Mike Randall |John Bacon |Jorge L. Ortiz |Kim Hjelmgaard |Susan Miller
Mike Randall John Bacon Jorge L. Ortiz Kim Hjelmgaard Susan MillerMiddletown Times Herald-Record, USA TODAYThe first American-born pope was named May 8. Pope Leo XIV was born in Chicago and has devoted much of his work in Peru. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, an American who has long worked in Peru, was elected the new pope of the Roman Catholic Church on May 8. He took the name Pope Leo XIV. In the Hudson Valley, local Catholic leaders were pleased with the choice.
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usatoday.com | Mike Randall |John Bacon |Jorge L. Ortiz |Kim Hjelmgaard |Susan Miller
• The first American-born pope was named May 8. • Pope Leo XIV was born in Chicago and has devoted much of his work in Peru. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, an American who has long worked in Peru, was elected the new pope of the Roman Catholic Church on May 8. He took the name Pope Leo XIV. In the Hudson Valley, local Catholic leaders were pleased with the choice. "I'm completely excited," said the Rev.
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usatoday.com | John Bacon |Jorge L. Ortiz |Kim Hjelmgaard |Michele Haddon
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been named the first U.S. pope, selected Thursday by 133 cardinals from across the globe on the second day of the papal conclave in Rome. The new pontiff, age 69, who will go by the name Leo XIV, is a Chicago native and graduated from Villanova University on the Philadelphia Main Line in 1977. He was a math major at Villanova. He is an Augustinian priest and Villanova is the lone Augustinian Catholic university in the United States.
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usatoday.com | Jorge L. Ortiz
The conclave that begins May 7 to pick a successor to Pope Francis will feature many long-established rituals, as befits a church that has been around for well over 1,000 years. Cardinal electors will be sequestered from the outside world until a new pope is chosen. Every person involved – including support staff – will be required to take an oath of secrecy. Smoke from the Sistine Chapel chimney – black for no, white for yes – will announce whether a decision has been made.
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3 weeks ago |
usatoday.com | John Bacon |Thao Nguyen |Jorge L. Ortiz
The body of Pope Francis was carried in a solemn procession Wednesday from his residence within the walls of the Vatican City to St. Peter's Basilica.
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