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Pope's upcoming Africa odyssey takes him to a mosque, a prison and the site of a deadly 2021 blast
2+ hour, 41+ min ago (1066+ words) Posted Mar 16, 2026 02:37:48 PM. The April 13-23 trip begins in Algeria, which has never before welcomed a pope. It includes a visit to the Great Mosque in Algiers as well as a meeting with Leo's fellow Augustinians in the place most associated…...
Peter Thiel's lecture series on the Antichrist comes to Rome, and Catholic institutions back away
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (906+ words) Posted Mar 12, 2026 07:19:42 PM. The invitation-only conference in Rome, from Sunday to Wednesday, has proven so controversial that the Catholic universities initially associated with it have all denied official involvement. Thiel is a co-founder of PayPal and Palantir, the data-mining company…...
Pope returns 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada as part of reckoning with colonial past
4+ mon, 1+ day ago (631+ words) Posted Nov 15, 2025 06:31:19 AM. Pope Leo XIV gave the artifacts, including an iconic Inuit kayak, and supporting documentation to a delegation of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops during an audience. According to a joint statement from the Vatican and Canadian…...