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UNICEF staff and airport workers receive an aircraft carrying medical supplies as authorities and aid agencies intensified efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain at the Bunia National Airport in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo. | Photo Credit: Reuters Pope Leo XIV called on the international community on Sunday…
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The Vatican excommunicated six bishops from the ultraconservative Society of St Pius X on Thursday (July 2, 2026), while warning that any lay believers who “formally adhere” to the breakaway Catholic group would suffer the same fate. The Vatican decree comes a day after the traditionalist group consecrated four new bishops, openly defying a plea…
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Pope Leo XIV arrives in the popemobile at Plaza de Cibeles for a Holy Mass and Corpus Christi procession in Madrid, Spain, on June 7, 2026, on the second day of his seven-day apostolic visit to mainland Spain and the Canary Islands. | Photo Credit: AP More than 1.2 million people filled the streets of…
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The Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally. File | Photo Credit: AP The Archbishop of Canterbury, Sarah Mullally, arrived at the Vatican on Monday (April 27, 2026) for an audience with Pope Leo XIV, making her first foreign visit since being installed as the first woman leader of the Church of England and spiritual leader of…
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Picture reposted by U.S. President Donald Trump on his Truth Social account, shows Mr. Trump with his eyes closed, touching temple-to-temple with a similarly posed Jesus. Photo: Truth Social/@realDonaldTrump U.S. President Donald Trump posted an image of Jesus embracing him on Wednesday (April 15, 2026), as a war of words between his administration and the…
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Pope Leo XIV leaves after presiding over Mass in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on the Catholic feast of Palm Sunday, commemorating Jesus’ arrival in Jerusalem, on March 29, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Pope Leo XIV on Sunday (March 29, 2026) rejected claims that God justifies war and prayed especially for Christians in…
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Pope Leo XIV, leads prayers inside St. Anselm Church before participating in a penitential procession marking the start of the Catholic Lent, to the Basilica of Santa Sabina in Rome, on February 18, 2026, where he will preside over Ash Wednesday Mass. | Photo Credit: AP Pope Leo lamented a world “in flames” due to…
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Pope Leo XIV. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Pope Leo met Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel peace prize winner Maria Corina Machado on Monday (January 12, 2026), the Vatican said, but did not provide any further details. The meeting, listed among the Pope’s appointments for Monday in a daily Vatican statement, had not been included…
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Pope Leo XIV waves after a moment of prayer in front of the nativity scene that adorns St.Peter’s Square at the Vatican, on December 31, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Pope Leo XIV closed out 2025 on Wednesday (December 31, 2025) with a prayer that the city of Rome might be a welcoming place for…
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Pope Leo XIV delivers the traditional Christmas Day Urbi et Orbi speech to the city and the world from the main balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, December 25, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Pope Leo decried conditions for Palestinians in Gaza in his Christmas sermon on Thursday (December 25, 2025), in an…
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