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Lay down your weapons, Pope Leo urges leaders in his first Easter address
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (373+ words) In his first "urbi et orbi" Easter Sunday address, Pope Leo XIV used the words of his predecessor and warned of the globalization of indifference to growing conflicts, urging those fighting to lay down their weapons. "We are growing accustomed…...
Pope Leo carries the Cross on Good Friday and issues messages on Ukraine and Israel
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (690+ words) Pope Leo XIV led the Catholic faithful at the 2026 Good Friday Way of the Cross by carrying the Cross throughout the Colosseum in Rome. Leo became the second pope to carry the Cross for the entire Via Crucis on Good…...
World Council of Churches head prays in Havana cathedral
5+ day, 19+ hour ago (534+ words) The general secretary of the World Council of Churches has warned at the church service in the Cuban capital that reliance on war, violence, and military force as instruments of peace continues to undermine global stability. The WCC said'on Jan....
Israeli police prevent Catholic leaders from entering the Holy Sepulcher church on Palm Sunday, US ambassador expresses displeasure
6+ day, 23+ hour ago (555+ words) The Israeli Police have prevented the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, head of the Catholic Church in the Holy Land, from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, as they made their way to celebrate the…...
Pope Leo's next 'Apostolic Journeys' will take him to Africa, Spain and Monaco
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (508+ words) Pope Leo XIV will make a ten-day Apostolic Journey to Africa and to two other countries in Europe in the first half of 2026 and will visit a famous cahtedral immortalised by the Spanish artist Gaudi. The first visit will be…...
Traditionalist group' decision to ordain new bishops without Vatican approval, challenges Pope Leo
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (575+ words) Pope Leo XIV is facing a challenge from traditionalist Roman Catholics, a splinter group supporting the traditional Latin Mass, which has announced plans to consecrate new bishops without papal consent. The Priestly Society of St. Pius X, widely known as…...
Catholicism declines in Latin America over the past decade: Research
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (462+ words) The Roman Catholic share of the population in several Latin American countries has shrunk over the last 10 years, while a growing percentage of adults in the region are religiously unaffiliated, describing themselves as atheist, agnostic or "nothing in particular." This…...
Pope Leo begins 2026 with an appeal for peace in countries 'bloodied by conflict'
3+ mon, 4+ day ago (432+ words) Greeting around 40,000 people assembled in Saint Peter's Square on the first day of 2026, Pope Leo extended his heartfelt wishes for peace and every good to them, and, while referring to violence and armed strategies, the pontiff did not mention any…...
In his first Christmas message, Pope Leo calls for world peace and dialogue
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (415+ words) In his first Christmas message as head of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV issued a call for "peace and consolation for the victims of all current wars in the world" as well as for those suffering from "injustice, political…...
2025 was a 'record-breaking year of Bible engagement' built through the first-ever Global Bible Month
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (728+ words) YouVersion, which says it is the creator of the world's most downloaded Bible apps with more than one billion installs, says that 2025 has so far been a record-breaking year of Bible engagement. It said this comes as momentum continued to…...