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6 days ago | 
thebostonpilot.com | Maria Wiering |Jaymie Stuart Wolfe |Lucia Silecchia |Greg Kandra
(OSV News) -- Standing on loggia of St. Peter's basilica, newly elected Pope Leo XIV smiled, waved and appeared to hold back emotion May 8 as he introduced himself to the world as the 266th successor to St. Peter -- the first American to hold that role. His first words: "Peace be with you!"Pope Leo, 69, formerly Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, is the first pope from the United States.
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6 days ago | 
thebostonpilot.com | Maria Wiering |Jaymie Stuart Wolfe |Lucia Silecchia |Greg Kandra
(OSV News) -- As the Catholic Church welcomes its first American pope, here are 10 things to know about Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert F. Prevost. 1. Chicagoan. Pope Leo was born Sept. 14, 1955, and grew up in the south suburbs of Chicago. His father, Louis Marius Prevost, was an educator, and his mother, Mildred Martínez, was a librarian. He has two older brothers, was active in his childhood parish and his brother John says he is a White Sox fan (even though their mom was a Cubs fan).
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6 days ago | 
thebostonpilot.com | Junno Arocho Esteves |Jaymie Stuart Wolfe |Lucia Silecchia |Greg Kandra
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Leo XIV will officially inaugurate his papacy with Mass in St. Peter's Square May 18. Although he was pope from the moment he accepted his election May 8, the inauguration Mass -- which replaced the papal coronation after the pontificate of St. Paul VI -- formally marks the beginning of his ministry with his reception of the fisherman's ring and his pallium, a wool band worn around his shoulders.
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6 days ago | 
thebostonpilot.com | Inés San Martín |Jaymie Stuart Wolfe |Lucia Silecchia |Greg Kandra
ROME (OSV News) -- He enjoys gelato after lunch, plays tennis weekly in the gardens of the Augustinian Curia in Rome and roots passionately for the Chicago White Sox. But now, the man once known as Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost -- a quiet, thoughtful Augustinian with decades of missionary experience in Peru -- is Pope Leo XIV, the 266th successor of St. Peter. For his brothers in the Augustinian order, his election has been met with a mixture of "joyful disbelief" and deep spiritual affirmation.
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6 days ago | 
thebostonpilot.com | Junno Arocho Esteves |Jaymie Stuart Wolfe |Lucia Silecchia |Greg Kandra
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Among the thousands of pilgrims along the main road leading to St. Peter's Square waiting anxiously for signs of smoke from the Sistine Chapel chimney was journalist and abuse survivor Pedro Salinas. When he saw the white smoke on one of the giant video screens along Via della Conciliazione, Salinas and fellow journalist Paola Ugaz ran up the square to hear French Cardinal Dominique Mamberti announce the name of the new pope.
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6 days ago | 
thebostonpilot.com | Jaymie Stuart Wolfe |Lucia Silecchia |Greg Kandra
(OSV News) -- Full text of the first public homily of Pope Leo XIV, given at a Mass for the College of Cardinals in the Sistine Chapel May 9, 2025. I begin with a word in English, and the rest is in Italian, but I want to repeat the words of the responsorial psalm: I will sing a new song to the Lord because he has done marvels.
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6 days ago | 
thebostonpilot.com | Maria Wiering |Jaymie Stuart Wolfe |Lucia Silecchia |Greg Kandra
(OSV News) -- The head of the Midwestern Augustinian province that Pope Leo XIV once led called the new pope's election "moment of profound significance -- not only as the first pope from the United States, but also as the first Augustinian to be elected pontiff."In a statement from that province released May 8 hours after the former Cardinal Robert F. Prevost was elected pope, Augustinian Prior Provincial Father Anthony B.
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6 days ago | 
thebostonpilot.com | Maria Wiering |Jaymie Stuart Wolfe |Lucia Silecchia |Greg Kandra
(OSV News) -- The following are key dates in the life and ministry of Pope Leo XIV, elected May 8, 2025, as the 266th successor to St. Peter. -- 1955: Born Sept. 14 in the Chicago area. -- 1977: Graduated from Villanova University near Philadelphia and entered the novitiate for the Order of St. Augustine in St. Louis. -- 1978: Professed first vows as a member of the Order of St. Augustine. -- 1981: Professed solemn vows as a member of the Order of St. Augustine.
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6 days ago | 
thebostonpilot.com | Gretchen R. Crowe |Jaymie Stuart Wolfe |Lucia Silecchia |Greg Kandra
VATICAN CITY (OSV News) -- On the second day of the conclave, after white smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, Americans in Rome reacted with shock, delight and questions at the realization that the new pope -- Pope Leo XIV -- was a fellow American. Though born in Chicago, Robert Francis Prevost was not a household name in the United States, having lived most of his life in Europe and South America.
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6 days ago | 
thebostonpilot.com | Justin Mclellan |Jaymie Stuart Wolfe |Lucia Silecchia |Greg Kandra
CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (CNS) -- Incluso antes de salir al balcón de la Basílica de San Pedro y dirigirse a los fieles el 8 de mayo, la elección del nombre por parte del Papa León XIV ya era una declaración poderosa. A diferencia del Papa Francisco, quien eligió un nombre completamente nuevo en la historia de la Iglesia, el Papa León optó por un nombre cargado de tradición que también transmite una apertura al diálogo con el mundo moderno.
