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Pope Leo urges peace in first Easter Mass as Christians celebrate in Jerusalem, Gaza and Tehran
6+ hour, 46+ min ago (886+ words) Colleen Barry And Paolo Santalucia VATICAN CITY " Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Easter Mass as pontiff with a call Sunday to lay down arms and seek peace to global conflicts through dialogue, but he departed from a tradition of…...
Pope Leo XIV to carry cross for entire procession, the first pontiff to do so in decades
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (497+ words) ROME " Pope Leo XIV will personally carry the wooden cross through all 14 stations of the Way of the Cross at the Colosseum on his first Good Friday as pontiff, marking the first time in decades that a pope carries the…...
Israeli police prevent Catholic leaders from celebrating Palm Sunday Mass at Jerusalem church
1+ week, 17+ min ago (841+ words) Melanie Lidman And Nicole Winfield TEL AVIV " The Israeli police prevented Catholic leaders from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to celebrate Mass on the Christian holiday of Palm Sunday for the first time in centuries, the Latin Patriarchate…...
Pope Leo XIV opens Holy Week with Palm Sunday that recalls final days of Pope Francis' life
1+ week, 7+ hour ago (82+ words) Pope Leo XIV opens Holy Week with Palm Sunday that recalls final days of Pope Francis' life'KSAT California leads push to add key vitamin to corn tortillas, aimed at reducing Latino birth defects Fundora retains WBC super welterweight title with…...
Pope Leo XIV rejects claims that God justifies war during Palm Sunday Mass
1+ week, 11+ hour ago (639+ words) ROME " Pope Leo XIV on Sunday rejected claims that God justifies war during a Palm Sunday Mass before tens of thousands of people in St. Peter's Square. With the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran entering its second month and Russia's ongoing…...
Pope Leo XIV visits Monaco to urge its people to use their faith and wealth for good
1+ week, 1+ day ago (407+ words) Paolo Santalucia And Nicole Winfield Pope Leo XIV urged residents of the cosmopolitan Mediterranean principality of Monaco on Saturday to use their wealth, influence and Catholic faith for good, especially to uphold Catholic teaching on protecting the sanctity of life....
Thiel brings his Antichrist lectures to the Vatican’s doorstep, and Catholic institutions back away
3+ week, 2+ day ago (832+ words) ROME " One of the hottest tickets in the Vatican's backyard these days is for a four-lecture series on the Antichrist being given by Silicon Valley tech billionaire Peter Thiel. The invitation-only conference in Rome, from Sunday to Wednesday, has proven…...
Display of St. Francis of Assisi's bones confirms enduring appeal of relics for Christians
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1025+ words) Nicole Winfield And Gregorio Borgia ASSISI " The bones of St. Francis of Assisi went on public display for the first time Sunday, capping an 800-year saga over his bodily remains and confirming the enduring appeal to Christians of venerating a…...
Pope laments 'ashes of international law' left by today's conflicts in Ash Wednesday liturgy
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (281+ words) ROME " Pope Leo XIV opened the church's penitential Lenten season by presiding over Ash Wednesday and lamenting the "ashes of international law and justice" that have been left by today's wars and conflicts. Leo revived the traditional prayer and procession…...
Vatican offers dialogue with breakaway Latin Mass traditionalist group, but with a catch
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (630+ words) ROME " The Vatican warned a breakaway traditionalist Catholic group on Thursday that it risked going into schism if it goes ahead with plans to consecrate new bishops without papal consent, setting a hard line against a big doctrinal challenge facing…...