Bishop Ronald A. Hicks of Joliet, Ill., is pictured during the 2018 fall general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore. Credit: OSV News photo/CNS file, Bob Roller Pope Leo ...

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VATICAN CITY (WLS) -- Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV is celebrating his first Christmas as pontiff. Pope Leo thanked the crowds gathered at the Vatican as he presided over Christmas Mass. It's the first ...

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