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Where 20pc of the world's Catholics live: Africa through the papal lens, ahead of Pope Leo's visit
1+ day, 21+ min ago (77+ words) VATICAN CITY, April 10 " Pope Leo leaves on Monday for a visit to four countries in Africa, in an "ambitious tour to urge world leaders to address the needs of "the continent. Here is a history of papal visits to Africa,…...
Pope Leo warns world leaders will answer to God at Colosseum Good Friday service
6+ day, 19+ hour ago (364+ words) ROME, April 4 " Pope Leo led a candle-lit service with thousands of Catholics inside Rome's famed Colosseum yesterday evening that featured prayers for war orphans and deported immigrant children, and a warning to world leaders that their decisions will be judged…...
From crypt to crowd: Saint Francis" bones draw global pilgrims to Assisi
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (616+ words) ASSISI, Feb 22" Saint Francis of Assisi's skeleton is going on public display from Sunday for the first time for the 800th anniversary of his death, drawing hundreds of thousands of visitors. Inside a nitrogen-filled plexiglass case with the Latin inscription "Corpus…...
No bishop wanted to listen: Pope says Catholic Church must do more for sex abuse victims
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (295+ words) VATICAN CITY, Jan 11 " Pope Leo XIV stressed the importance of listening to victims of clerical sex abuse during a meeting with cardinals from around the world this week, according to comments released Saturday. In a speech concluding the two-day, closed-door…...
Pope forces resignation of French bishop accused of improper seven-year relationship
5+ mon, 4+ day ago (270+ words) STRASBOURG, Nov 6 " Pope Leo XIV pressured a French bishop to step down over his "relationships with women, according to the Vatican, with the defrocked clergyman hitting yestetrday'back at the "disgusting situation. When announcing his resignation as the Bishop of Verdun…...
After nearly 500 years, King Charles to hold historic joint prayer with Pope Leo XIV at Vatican
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (258+ words) VATICAN CITY, Oct 23 " King Charles III will today meet Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, marking the first time in nearly 500 years that a reigning head of the Church of England has prayed publicly with a pope. According to AFP,…...
A former Satanic priest, a genocide martyr and the first from Papua New Guinea " Meet the rest of the seven the Catholic Church will declare as saints
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (377+ words) VATICAN CITY, Oct 19 " Pope Leo XIV is set to create seven new saints Sunday, including the first from Papua New Guinea, an archbishop killed in the Armenian genocide and a Venezuelan "doctor of the poor. Also set to be canonised…...
Treat migrants as brothers and sisters, not with indifference, Pope says, after Trump critique
6+ mon, 5+ day ago (277+ words) ROME, Oct 5 " Pope Leo urged the world's 1. 4 billion Catholics today to care for immigrants, pressing ahead with a message of welcome for migrants days after criticising US President Donald Trump's hard-line anti-immigration policies. Leo, the first US pope, told thousands…...
Holy chatbot! AI takes on Jesus, Moses, and even your spiritual guidance
6+ mon, 6+ day ago (690+ words) NEW YORK, Oct 4 " Artificial intelligence, the technology upending nearly every corner of society, is creeping into religion, serving up virtual Jesus and automated sermons " a change drawing mixed reviews from the faithful. Religious chatbots and other faith-based digital tools are…...
Pope Leo draws one million for final mass at Rome youth jubilee, calls for peace over war
8+ mon, 6+ day ago (444+ words) ROME, Aug 4 " Pope Leo XIV presided over a final mass in Rome for over one million young people yesterday, the culmination of a pilgrimage that has drawn Catholics from across. .. Pope Leo draws one million for final mass at Rome…...