2+ hour, 58+ min ago  (448+ words) By Yesim Dikmen and Joshua Mc Elwee SAURIMO, Angola, April 20 (Reuters) " Pope Leo lamented during an event in Angola on Monday that many people in the world were being "exploited by authoritarians and defrauded by the rich, the latest example…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (379+ words) KILAMBA, Angola, April 19 (Reuters) " Large crowds gathered on Sunday in a field in Kilamba close to Angola's capital Luanda for a Mass with Pope Leo in what is expected to be "one of the biggest events of his Africa tour....

6+ day, 2+ hour ago  (336+ words) ANNABA, Algeria, April 14 (Reuters) " Pope Leo paid homage to his spiritual roots on Tuesday, travelling to the ancient birthplace in Algeria of St. Augustine of Hippo, "who inspired him to become a priest. The first American "pope has drawn the…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago  (391+ words) The first U. S. pope heads to Algeria for two days before continuing to Cameroon, "Angola and Equatorial Guinea in a whirlwind tour to 11 cities and towns, traversing nearly 18, 000 km (11, 185 miles) over 18 flights. The pope is making the visit with a mission…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (84+ words) VATICAN CITY, April 9 (Reuters) " Pope Leo leaves on Monday for a visit to four countries in Africa, in an ambitious tour to urge world leaders to address the needs of the continent. Here is a history "of papal visits to…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (710+ words) VATICAN CITY, April 9 (Reuters) " Pope Leo leaves on Monday for a visit to four countries in Africa, in an ambitious tour to urge global leaders to address the needs of the continent where more than a fifth of the world's…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (293+ words) VATICAN CITY, April 4 (Reuters) " Pope Leo led the world's Catholics into Easter at a Saturday night vigil Mass in St. Peter's Basilica "and urged people not to feel numbed by the "scope of the conflicts raging across the world but…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (375+ words) ROME, April 3 (Reuters) " Pope Leo led a candle-lit service with thousands of Catholics inside Rome's famed Colosseum on Friday evening that featured prayers for war orphans and deported immigrant "children, and a warning to world leaders that their decisions will…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (311+ words) VATICAN CITY, April 2 (Reuters) " Pope Leo washed the feet of 12 priests on Thursday as part of a special ritual before Easter and said the "action, emulating a gesture of humility by Jesus on "the night before he died, should inspire…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (538+ words) By Ali Sawafta and Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM, March 29 (Reuters) " Israeli police prevented the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem from marking Palm Sunday at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre "for the first time in centuries," the Patriarchate said, with police citing…...