EMILY NORWELL BEN. ERIKA. THOSE WHO KNOW POPE LEO SAY HE IS KIND. HE IS CALM, AND HE IS COMMITTED TO SERVICE. AND FOR SOME HERE AT MERRIMACK COLLEGE, THE NEW POPE IS A MAN THEY KNOW WELL.

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pontiff, has identified artificial intelligence as central to the Church's future theological and social concerns. Drawing inspiration from Pope Leo XIII's ...

When 69-year-old Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost appeared on the main balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica for the first time as Pope Leo XIV on May ... But the choice of the College of Cardinals ...

The newly-elected American pontiff told the College of Cardinals on Saturday that Pope Leo XIII’s ability to help the Christian faith maintain its values and moral center amid a complete ...

Pope Leo XIV, who became the worldwide leader for more than 1 billion Catholics on Thursday, earned an honorary degree from a Massachusetts college years ago. In 2005, Leo, the first American and ...

Leo XIV has always been respectful of our aging ... And when one is part of a faith-based college culture like we were on the Villanova campus, you leave prepared to spend the rest of your life ...

Pope Leo XIV addresses the College of Cardinals at the Vatican on May 10, 2025. The newly elected Pontiff outlined his vision for his papacy in his first official meeting. (photo: Vatican Media ...

Taking the name, Leo XIV the 69 year old will leads the ... Massachusetts also has an in. Merrimack College, which was founded by the Order of St. Augustine, gave the new pope an honorary ...

Pope Leo XIV makes his first address to the College of Cardinals at the Synod Hall on May 10, 2025 in Vatican City, Vatican. Getty Images Before he became Pope Leo XIV, Prevost was a Villanova ...

Traditionally, the European-dominated College of Cardinals has had reservations about choosing a cardinal from the US for fear of too much American influence in the church. Joanne M. Pierce explains ...

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The election of a new pope is always a massive world news event, and Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost being elected as the first American pope — he'll go by Pope Leo XIV — is even more newsworthy.