First American Cardinal elected Pope
Pope selection making history, the new leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics is an American, breaking a long taboo against a Pope from the United States.
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First American announced as New Pope: Robert Francis Prevost will take the name Pope Leo XIV
The American Cardinal elected Pope will take the name Pope Leo XIV, according to ABC News
Pope on sex abuse: “We showed no care for the little ones”
Pope Francis issued a letter to Catholics around the world Monday condemning the “crime” of priestly sexual abuse and its cover-up and demanding accountability, in response to new revelations in the United States of decades of misconduct by the Catholic Church.
