4+ hour, 8+ min ago  (573+ words) Pope Leo XIV waded into two of Spain's classic culture wars as he landed in Barcelona on Tuesday during his weeklong visit to the country, but sought to defuse one quickly by speaking first in the Catalan language instead of…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (467+ words) Pope Leo XIV has washed the feet of 12 priests in the traditional Holy Thursday ritual, restoring a tradition his predecessor had broken by including laypeople and non-Christians in ceremonies at prisons, juvenile detention halls and centres for asylum seekers. The…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (409+ words) Pope Leo XIV visited the cosmopolitan Mediterranean principality of Monaco on Saturday to encourage its people to use their Catholic faith and wealth for good. As a cannon boomed, Prince Albert and Princess Charlene met Leo at the Monaco heliport,…...