Leo XIV: What an American pope can teach America

Leo XIV: What an American pope can teach America

Growing up, "the only white smoke young Robert Prevost ever saw" likely billowed from steelworks chimneys on Chicago's South Side, said Thomas Dyja in The Observer (U.K.). Last week, white smoke from the Vatican signaled that he'd been elected the first North American pope in the history of the Catholic Church. Adopting the name Leo XIV, the new pontiff addressed the crowds in St. Peter's Square first in Italian, then in Spanish, and concluded w…

Local Catholics respond positively to the appointment of first American pope

The first American-born pope was elected May 8 and local Catholics are celebrating the successful papal election.