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Pope urges Angola to overcome divisions at Mass attended by 100,000 people

Pope Leo urged Angolans on Sunday to overcome divisions after decades of bloody conflict in an address to an estimated 100,000

Pope urges Angola to overcome divisions at Mass attended by 100,000 people
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Pope Leo XIV challenges Angola's leaders while delivering a message of encouragement for its people

Pope Leo XIV has challenged Angola's leaders to “break the cycles of interests” that have plundered and exploited Africa for centuries

Pope Leo XIV challenges Angola's leaders while delivering a message of encouragement for its people
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Pope Leo XIV says ‘not in my interest at all’ to debate Trump but will keep preaching peace

Pope Leo XIV says it is “not in my interest at all” to debate U.S. President Donald Trump about the war in Iran but that he will continue preaching the Gospel message of peace

Pope Leo XIV says ‘not in my interest at all’ to debate Trump but will keep preaching peace
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Pope urges Cameroon to reject violence at Mass that draws 120,000 people

Pope Leo called on Cameroonians on Friday to reject violence and be generous with their neighbours during an event billed as

Pope urges Cameroon to reject violence at Mass that draws 120,000 people
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Pope Leo urges Israel's Herzog to end Iran war in phone call, Vatican says

Pope Leo spoke on the phone with Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Friday and urged him to "reopen all paths of dialogue" to end the Iran war, the Vatican said.

Pope Leo urges Israel's Herzog to end Iran war in phone call, Vatican says
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Pope Leo's Good Friday service offers prayer for deported children

Pope Leo led a candle-lit service with thousands of Catholics inside Rome's famed Colosseum on Friday evening that featured prayers for war orphans and

Pope Leo's Good Friday service offers prayer for deported children
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Pope Leo says he is not afraid of Trump after president's broadside

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Pope Leo says he is not afraid of Trump after president's broadside
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Pope Leo, in Algeria, blasts 'neocolonial' conflicts after Trump criticism

Pope Leo https://www.reuters.com/world/pope/ blasted violations of international law by "neocolonial" world powers in a forceful speech on Monday during

Pope Leo, in Algeria, blasts 'neocolonial' conflicts after Trump criticism
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Pope Leo issues warning on democracy after Trump criticism

Pope Leo warned of the risk of democracies sliding into "majoritarian tyranny" on Tuesday, in a letter issued by the Vatican two days after U.S.

Pope Leo issues warning on democracy after Trump criticism
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Pope Leo XIV in Algeria walks in footsteps of his spiritual father, St. Augustine

Pope Leo XIV has walked in the footsteps of his spiritual father St. Augustine

Pope Leo XIV in Algeria walks in footsteps of his spiritual father, St. Augustine
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Pope Leo responds to Trump's criticism

Pope Leo XIV responded to criticism from President Trump and defended his position of seeking peace and opposing violence amid the war in Iran.

Pope Leo responds to Trump's criticism
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Many US Catholics are dismayed by Trump's unprecedented broadside at the first American pope

A majority of U.S. Catholic voters supported Donald Trump in his 2024 presidential victory

Many US Catholics are dismayed by Trump's unprecedented broadside at the first American pope
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Pope starts Africa tour in Algeria and calls for peace against Iran war's backdrop

Pope Leo XIV has arrived in Algeria for a first-ever papal visit, calling for peace amid the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran

Pope starts Africa tour in Algeria and calls for peace against Iran war's backdrop
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Pope's Africa trip takes him to a source of growth for the church, and critical challenges

Pope Leo XIV is making a long and ambitious odyssey across four African countries -- Algeria, Angola, Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea

Pope's Africa trip takes him to a source of growth for the church, and critical challenges
Europe|World

Pope Leo XIV revives the Holy Thursday foot-washing of priests after Francis's inclusive tradition

Pope Leo XIV has restored the traditional Holy Thursday foot-washing ritual by washing the feet of 12 priests

Pope Leo XIV revives the Holy Thursday foot-washing of priests after Francis's inclusive tradition
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Cuba will release 51 people from prison in an unexpected move

Cuba’s government says it will release 51 people from prisons in an unexpected move

Cuba will release 51 people from prison in an unexpected move
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Thiel brings his Antichrist lectures to the Vatican’s doorstep, and Catholic institutions back away

One of the hottest tickets in Rome these days is for a four-lecture series on the Antichrist being given by Silicon Valley tech billionaire Peter Thiel

Thiel brings his Antichrist lectures to the Vatican’s doorstep, and Catholic institutions back away
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Claims of 'rediscovered' Michelangelos unsettle Renaissance experts

An independent researcher has asserted that a marble bust of Christ in a Roman church is by Michelangelo

Claims of 'rediscovered' Michelangelos unsettle Renaissance experts
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In Minnesota, US cardinals and pope’s ambassador decry mass deportations and call for reconciliation

Two American cardinals and the Vatican’s ambassador to the U.S. denounced the mass deportations in Minnesota under the federal government’s immigration crackdown

In Minnesota, US cardinals and pope’s ambassador decry mass deportations and call for reconciliation
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Pope Leo will visit 4 African countries as part of his packed 2026 travel plan

The Vatican has announced a packed early-2026 travel schedule for Pope Leo XIV, with trips to Monaco, Spain, and four African countries

Pope Leo will visit 4 African countries as part of his packed 2026 travel plan
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Marquette students meet Pope Leo on once in a lifetime trip to Rome

Marquette students meet Pope Leo on once in a lifetime trip to Rome

Marquette students meet Pope Leo on once in a lifetime trip to Rome
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Pope laments 'ashes of international law' left by today's conflicts in Ash Wednesday liturgy

Pope Leo XIV has opened the church’s penitential Lenten season by presiding over Ash Wednesday

Pope laments 'ashes of international law' left by today's conflicts in Ash Wednesday liturgy
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Vatican will not participate in Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’

Vatican will not participate in Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’

Vatican will not participate in Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’
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Steve Bannon courted Epstein in his efforts to ‘take down’ Pope Francis

Steve Bannon courted Epstein in his efforts to ‘take down’ Pope Francis

Steve Bannon courted Epstein in his efforts to ‘take down’ Pope Francis