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Israeli strike hits Gaza church, killing 3 and wounding priest who was close to Pope Francis
An Israeli shell slammed into the compound of the only Catholic church in the Gaza Strip, killing three people and wounding ...
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Pope to Cardinal Pizzaballa after Gaza church attack: ‘It is time to stop this slaughter’
It is time to stop this slaughter.” With these words, Pope Leo XIV expressed his firm condemnation of the Israeli army’s ...
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Pope Leo XIV holds first 'green mass' with profound message for followers: 'The care of creation'
"Living our vocation to be protectors of God's handiwork is essential to a life of virtue." Pope Leo XIV holds first 'green ...
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Italian post office sorts hundreds of letters arriving for new pope every day
In a vast hangar near Rome's Fiumicino airport, piles of letters addressed to Pope Leo XIV are being sorted, sent by faithful all over the world to the head of the Catholic Church. "We receive ...
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Jesus Did Not Ignore Those in Need, and Neither Should Christians, Pope Says
To believe in and follow a loving and compassionate Christ is to allow him to enter one's heart and take on his same feelings ...
Henry Louis Gates Jr. Presents Pope Leo XIV With Family Tree Tracing His Black Ancestry
Pope Leo received an official copy of his family tree, which includes his ties to "free people of color" in New Orleans.