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Pope Leo XIV is the first American pope in the church's history.

Cardinal Robert Prevost has been elected pope, the first time an American has led the Roman Catholic Church. Prevost, 69, chose the name Pope Leo XIV.

We’re talking about the legacy of Pope Francis, the challenges facing the church and what’s involved in the real-life conclave.

State, national and international leaders are remembering Pope Francis, who died just after Easter Sunday.

“The Holy Father consistently emphasized care for our common home and human fraternity: the need to see one another as brothers and sisters," said Columbus Bishop Earl Fernandes.

The pope was a strong advocate for the poor and the environment and a towering figure on the world stage, addressing not just Catholics but the men and women of our time.

The 23-county Diocese of Columbus plans to close nearly 20% of its churches—19 of 105. Eleven of them are in Franklin County, which has about half of the diocese's churches now.

At a recent hearing on an anti-vaccination bill before the Ohio House Health Committee, a priest denied the papacy of Pope Francis. We look at this and other rifts within American Catholicism under Francis and what such divisions mean for society writ large.

At a recent hearing on an anti-vaccination bill before the Ohio House Health Committee, a priest denied the papacy of Pope Francis. We look at this and other rifts within American Catholicism under Francis and what such divisions mean for society writ large.

"The presence in such relationships of positive elements ... cannot justify these relationships and render them legitimate objects of an ecclesial blessing," the Vatican said Monday.