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.
Pope Leo XIV calls for peace in Ukraine and Gaza in symbolically rich blessing on Mother’s Day
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV called for a genuine and just peace in Ukraine and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, in his first Sunday noon blessing as pontiff that featured some symbolic gestures suggesting a message of unity in a polarized Catholic Church. “I, too, address the world’s great powers by repeating the ever-present call ‘never again war,’” Leo said from the loggia…
