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Pope Leo XIV in Algeria to walk in footsteps of his spiritual father, St. Augustine
23+ hour, 4+ min ago (758+ words) Pope Leo XIV held a special Mass inside the Basilica of Our Lady of Africa in the Algerian capital on Monday as he began the first leg of his African tour. Pope Leo XIV visited the Great Mosque in Algiers,…...
Pope making first papal visit to Algeria to launch Africa trip and honor locally born St. Augustine
2+ day, 21+ min ago (827+ words) Leo's two-day stop in Algeria opens an intense 11-day tour of four African nations " Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea " that will bring history's first U. S. -born pope deep into the growing heart of the Catholic Church. Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune…...
Pope's Africa trip takes him to a source of growth for the church, and critical challenges
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (966+ words) Leo's line, of course, referred to his Augustinian spirituality. But his connection to the Algerian-born St. Augustine, the towering figure of Christianity who is known well to Algeria's Sunni Muslim majority, served at the very least to favorably introduce Leo…...
A country-by-country glance at Pope Leo XIV's trip to Africa
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (925+ words) Pope Leo XIV's four-nation, 11-day trip to Africa is so dizzying in its complexity it recalls some of the globetrotting odysseys of St. John Paul II in his early years. Themes Leo is expected to raise include Christian-Muslim coexistence, the…...
Pope Leo urges peace in first Easter Mass as Christians celebrate in Jerusalem, Gaza and Tehran
1+ week, 2+ day ago (803+ words) Leo, the first U. S. -born pope, emphasized Easter's message of hope as a celebration of Jesus' resurrection after being crucified. "Let us allow our hearts to be transformed by his immense love for us! Let those who have weapons lay them…...
Pope Leo XIV celebrates first Easter vigil, calls for harmony and peace in a world torn by war
1+ week, 3+ day ago (338+ words) Easter for Christians commemorates Christ's triumph over death with his resurrection following his crucifixion. Lighting the candle before he entered the basilica, the pope intoned: "The light of Christ who rises in glory." Candle bearers stopped to light candles of…...
Rio favela witnesses Good Friday tradition as the Christian world celebrates Holy Week
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1703+ words) AP News Dozens of residents in one of Rio de Janeiro's largest favela gathered to follow a Good Friday procession through the narrow streets of Complexo do Alem'o. A local theater group staged the Via Crucis, reenacting the crucifixion of…...
Good Friday across Latin America brings faith into the streets
1+ week, 4+ day ago (489+ words) Thousands of Catholic devotees commemorated Good Friday across Latin America with processions and ceremonies re-enacting the crucifixion of Jesus. In Antigua, a colonial-era city in southern Guatemala, dozens dressed in purple and white robes and made their way under the…...
Pope Leo XIV to carry cross for entire procession, the first pontiff to do so in decades
1+ week, 4+ day ago (454+ words) I think it will be an important sign because of what the pope represents, a spiritual leader in the world today, and for this voice, that everyone wants to hear, that says Christ still suffers," Leo told reporters this week…...
Pope Leo XIV revives the Holy Thursday foot-washing of priests after Francis's inclusive tradition
1+ week, 5+ day ago (426+ words) The priests included 11 ordained by Leo last year, along with the Rev. Renzo Chiesa, the director of the Rome Diocese's primary seminary. Leo poured water from a golden pitcher over the priests' feet before drying them with a white cloth…...