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In a fascinating twist of fate, three major entertainment icons share ancestry with Pope Leo XIV, all thanks to tracing back to a 17th-century Quebec family.

Here's what we know about the ceremony during which a new pope will be selected by the Catholic Church.

He was the first Latin American pope to ever be elected by the Catholic Church.

The bottom line: The answer was 'negative.' The reasoning they gave: God "cannot bless sin."

“At least I’m going to heaven,” the model joked.

The pontiff was promoting the documentary “Francesco", which made it's debut this week at the Rome Film Festival.

He was coughing and blowing his nose during an Ash Wednesday Mass after having greeted crowds in St. Peter's Square during Italy's coronavirus outbreak.

Details on Pope Francis's first visit to America.