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Where Catholicism is growing in the U.S.
Despite losing 1,200 churches, America has gained 2.9 million Catholics since 2010, according to an NBC News analysis of data from the U.S. Religion Census.
Pope vows every effort to work for peace in regions where Christians persecuted, forced to flee
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV vowed to take “every effort” Wednesday to work for peace in the Middle East and Ukraine and ...
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The Rundown: Coverage of the new pope
On this episode of The Rundown, host MaryCatherine Neal talks to 8News anchor Madison Moore and Assistant News Director Conner Nuckols about how the station covered Pope Leo XIV’s ...
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Who are the Augustinians? A look at Pope Leo XIV’s religious order
Pope Leo XIV, elected May 8, is the first pope from the Order of St. Augustine, also known as the Augustinians or OSA, an ...
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Pope Leo XIV urges Eastern Catholics not to abandon war-torn lands
Eastern and Latin alike — who, above all in the Middle East, persevere and remain in their homelands,” Leo said May 14.
What kind of pope will Leo XIV be?
Will Leo follow in the steps of his predecessor Pope Francis and be a progressive? Or will he be a conservative, as many ...