This is the Forward’s coverage of Pope Leo XIV, who was elected head of the Catholic Church in May 2025, succeeding Pope Francis.
Pope Leo XIV
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Fast Forward Pope Leo XIV calls for ceasefire in address: ‘The cries of parents rise to heaven’
“I renew my appeal to the leaders: cease fire, release all hostages, fully respect humanitarian law,” Leo said
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Culture Is Pope Leo Jewish? Ask his distant cousins — like me
Family trees show some relations I’m proud to have, and others I’d rather forget
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Fast Forward In first Sunday address, Pope Leo XIV calls for ceasefire in Gaza, release of hostages
“I am deeply pained by what is happening,” Leo said in his first Sunday blessing as pontiff
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Culture Everything you need to know about every Pope Leo — even the antisemitic Leo and the one with the elephant
What does it mean that the newest pope has chosen the name Leo XIV?
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Fast Forward First American pope, Leo XIV, studied under a leader in Jewish-Catholic relations
Fr. John T. Pawlikowski describes his former student as 'a very open-minded person'
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