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Pope Leo removes shoes but does not appear to pray in first mosque visit
Pope Leo removes shoes but does not appear to pray in first mosque visit
November 29, 2025Biden-era decision
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Pope Leo takes peace message to Lebanon, target of Israeli strikes
Pope Leo urged political leaders in Lebanon on Sunday to make peace their highest priority in a forceful appeal in a country that remains a target of
November 30, 2025
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Pope Leo: Palestinian state 'only' solution to Israeli conflict
Pope Leo said on Sunday that the only solution in the decades-long conflict between Israel and the Palestinian people must
November 30, 2025
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Pope Leo, in crisis-hit Lebanon, urges faith leaders to unite for peace
Pope Leo gathered leaders of Lebanon's religious communities next to the old frontline of the country's sectarian civil war on Monday and urged peaceful
December 01, 2025
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Pope urges Middle East to reject 'horror of war' at end of first overseas trip
Pope Leo bade farewell to Lebanon on Tuesday with a fervent appeal to leaders across the Middle East to listen to their people's cries
December 02, 2025
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Pope Leo urges against US incursion of Venezuela as he warns Western countries to be ‘less fearful’ of immigrants
Pope Leo urges against US incursion of Venezuela as he warns Western countries to be ‘less fearful’ of immigrants
December 02, 2025
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At the moment he was elected, Pope Leo told God: 'You're in charge'
Pope Leo revealed on Tuesday that at the moment of his election as leader of the 1.4 billion-member Catholic Church, he turned to God with
December 02, 2025
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Pope Leo meets Middle East Christian leaders, condemns religious violence
Pope Leo condemned violence in the name of religion on Friday at a landmark event with Christian leaders from across the Middle East, urging them during his
November 28, 2025
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Pope Leo, flying on Thanksgiving, given two pumpkin pies on papal plane
Like many Americans on the annual holiday of Thanksgiving, Pope Leo was travelling on Thursday, flying from Rome to Turkey for his first
November 27, 2025
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After meeting Pope, Erdogan praises his 'astute stance' on Palestinian issue
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan praised Pope Leo's stance on the Palestinian issue after meeting him in Ankara on Thursday, and said he hoped his first overseas visit as Catholic
November 27, 2025
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Pope Leo warns of conflicts endangering humanity on first overseas trip
Pope Leo lamented during his first trip outside Italy as Catholic leader on Thursday that the world was seeing an unusual number of bloody
November 27, 2025
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Pope's visit is a blessing for Lebanon's forgotten psychiatric patients
Staff at Lebanon's De La Croix Psychiatric Hospital are delighted that Pope Leo's visit will give its carers and residents, often abandoned by their families,
November 26, 2025
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Pope Leo tells Americans to focus on gratitude this Thanksgiving
Pope Leo, the first U.S. leader of the Catholic Church, said on Tuesday that Americans should focus on gratitude to God as they pass the turkey on the annual holiday of
November 25, 2025
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One spouse is enough, Vatican tells world's Catholics
Happily ever after doesn't require any complicated maths, the Vatican said on Tuesday -- for Catholics, one spouse is enough.
November 25, 2025
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From Paul VI to Leo XIV: A history of the pope's overseas tours
Pope Leo will embark on his first trip outside Italy on Thursday, travelling to Turkey and Lebanon.
November 25, 2025
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Pope Leo appeals for release of 315 kidnapped from Nigeria school
Pope Leo asked on Sunday for the immediate release of children and staff abducted this week from a Catholic school in Nigeria, one of the worst mass kidnappings ever recorded
November 23, 2025
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Catholic bishop in Spain resigns after abuse allegation
Pope Leo has accepted the resignation of a bishop in Spain who is being investigated over an alleged abuse case, the Vatican said on Saturday.
November 22, 2025
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Pope given copy of US Senate bill on Minnesota shooting by co-sponsor Klobuchar
Pope Leo was presented on Friday with a copy of a U.S.
November 21, 2025
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Belarus frees two Catholic priests serving long jail terms after visit by Pope Leo's envoy
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has freed two Roman Catholic priests convicted of "serious crimes against the state" following diplomatic contacts with the Vatican, state news
November 20, 2025
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Pope Leo gets gift of Chicago beer from Illinois governor Pritzker
Catholics believe in holy water. How about holy beer?
November 19, 2025
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Pope Leo says Trump administration 'extremely disrespectful' to migrants
Pope Leo renewed his criticism of U.S.
November 18, 2025
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Jesus did not appear on hill in France, Vatican says
Jesus may answer prayers but he has not made special appearances in a small town in the north of France, the Vatican said on Wednesday.
November 12, 2025