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When Pope Leo XIV was elected pope, the assembled crowd reacted with joy but also with surprise: He was the first pope from the United States, and North America more broadly. Moreover, he was the ...

Nuns pray during a congress of nearly 900 superiors of the world's female religious orders in Rome, Monday, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) ROME (AP) — They don’t have a vote in the ...