The Catholic Church has its first US-born Pope. What do we know about Leo XIV?

By Emma Fowle2025-05-09T15:56:00

Source: Reuters

Cardinal Robert Prevost has been elected as the 267th leader of the Catholic Church. Pope Leo XIV was an unexpected choice, so here’s what we know about the Augustinian priest who was formerly a missionary in Peru

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No, Trump doesn’t know more about the Bible than the Pope

2026-05-15T09:57:00Z By Jonty Langley

US televangelist and pastor Robert Jeffress has claimed that Donald Trump understands the Bible better than the Pope. Jonty Langley respectfully disagrees. Here’s his tongue-in-cheek analysis of what’s going on
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Antisemitism has been declared a ‘national emergency’. Here are 5 ways Christians should respond

2026-05-08T09:21:00Z By David Hoffbrand

A wave of antisemitic violence in Britain, including the stabbing of two Jewish men in Golders Green and arson attacks on Jewish ambulances and synagogues, has led Kemi Badenoch to describe the situation as a “national emergency”. Here, David Hoffbrand explains how Christians can take immediate action to stand with Jewish people living in fear
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Did North Korea’s dictatorship grow out of a Christian revival?

2026-05-05T08:51:00Z By Paul Valler

A new history claims the world’s most repressive state adapted the forms of Christianity to build its ruling myth. It’s a chilling idea — though the evidence is not conclusive, says our reviewer

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