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POMPEII, Italy (OSV News) -- Pope Leo XIV marked the anniversary of his May 8 election by making a pilgrimage to celebrate Mass at the Sanctuary of Our...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- One year after stepping onto the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica and greeting the world with the words, "May peace be...
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LOS ANGELES (OSV News) -- For some of the people in the pews at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, the visit of 36 relics belonging to martyrs from...
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TOLEDO, Spain (OSV News) -- Sister Consuelo Peset Laudeña's morning routine is not what one would typically expect from an abbess. Before prayers...
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(OSV News) -- U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on May 7, discussing the war in Iran, humanitarian aid and what...
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PARIS (OSV News) -- Ahead of the first anniversary of his election to the chair of St. Peter, it was announced that Pope Leo XIV is officially expected...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Catholic Church is the guardian of hope, whose members are called to speak clearly against all evil and in defense of human life,...
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(OSV News) -- Roughly two months before celebrating a year on the throne of Peter, Pope Leo XIV became one of the most quoted global leaders on the planet. Papal...
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(OSV News) -- Although the path to full communion has become "more difficult to discern," Catholics and Anglicans must continue on the path of dialogue...
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(OSV News) -- As declining birth rates reshape the West, a global conversation on marriage and family is gaining urgency ahead of an October gathering...
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(OSV News) -- Priests are called each day to leave the doors of the Church open to a "suffering humanity" in need and not "be an obstacle to those who...
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TORONTO (OSV News) -- In letters to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and all members of Parliament from the Toronto area, Cardinal Frank Leo asked that...
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(OSV News) -- Lebanese Christians in Debel are celebrating the gift of a new statue of Jesus on the cross after a recent act of desecration by two Israeli...
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ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (OSV News) -- Pope Leo XIV said on the papal plane April 23 that the Holy See does not approve of formalized blessings of same-sex...
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(OSV News) -- As the Catholic Church commemorates the first anniversary of Pope Francis' death in Rome and beyond, his personal nurse, who attended him...
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(OSV News) -- On the first anniversary of Pope Francis' death, Pope Leo XIV praised his predecessor's "courageous witness" as "a significant heritage for...
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(OSV News) -- As Pope Leo XIV pushed back against what he has described as an inaccurate narrative surrounding his first trip to Africa, missionaries working...
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ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM MALABO TO ROME (CNS) -- Pope Leo XIV, who has repeatedly called for peace and dialogue in the Middle East, went a step further...
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(OSV News) -- Pope Leo XIV told inmates at a correctional facility in Bata, Equatorial Guinea, April 22 that "no one is excluded from God's love" and "God...
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(OSV News) -- The Joseph Ratzinger-Benedict XVI Vatican Foundation announced a series of initiatives across several continents that will take place throughout...
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(OSV News) -- Pope Leo XIV sent a letter to the College of Cardinals thanking them for their participation in the January consistory and preparing the...
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BAMENDA, Cameroon (OSV News) -- A religious sister in Cameroon who was kidnapped just a few months ago by separatists and held hostage for three days in...
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YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon (OSV News) -- Pope Leo XIV arrived in Cameroon on April 15, delivering a forceful appeal for peace to a nation scarred by years...
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ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT TO YAOUNDE, Cameroon (OSV News) -- Pope Leo XIV spoke to journalists aboard the papal plane on April 15 on the five-hour flight...
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ANNABA, ALGERIA (CNS) -- In a country marred by hardship, deep faith and hard-won independence, Pope Leo XIV pointed to Algeria as a living witness to...
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BAMENDA, Cameroon (OSV News) -- Cameroon is abuzz with anticipation as the nation prepares to welcome the pontiff for the fourth time in the country's...
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ALGIERS (OSV News) -- Pope Leo XIV honored the memory of Algeria's Christian martyrs Monday evening, telling the country's tiny Catholic community that...
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(OSV News) -- As Pope Leo XIV makes his first apostolic journey to Africa April 13-23, some scholars of the Church's past are hoping he won't just make...
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(OSV News) -- Lebanese Christians are reeling from the death and destruction wrought on their community, caught in the crossfire between Israel and Lebanon's...
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ALGIERS (OSV News) -- Pope Leo XIV arrived in Algeria on the morning of April 13, becoming the first pope to make an apostolic journey to the North Africa...
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ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT TO ALGIERS (OSV News) -- Pope Leo XIV said April 13 he has "no fear" of President Donald Trump's administration and responded to...
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(OSV News) -- Pope Leo XIV is renewing urgent calls for peace, following a powerful April 11 prayer vigil where he warned that "war divides," "arrogance...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Warning against an increasingly unpredictable and aggressive "delusion of omnipotence" threatening the globe, Pope Leo XIV called...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Appealing to those in power to end all conflicts through dialogue and not domination, Pope Leo XIV urged humanity to stop growing...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- God's love is stronger than any evil, capable of "driving out hatred" and "bringing down the mighty," Pope Leo XIV said. "Man can...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Leo XIV welcomed the newly announced ceasefire in the Middle East as “a sign of genuine hope” after what he described...
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