ALGIERS (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV honored the memory of Algeria’s Christian martyrs Monday evening, telling the country’s tiny Catholic community that the blood of those who died for their …
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“I have no fear neither of the Trump administration nor speaking out loudly of the message of the Gospel, which is what I believe I am here to do.”
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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 nation, the first stop of …
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A Vatican spokesman described the ambitious trip as “one of the longest stretches of time that the pope has been outside the Vatican.”
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“Let us abandon every desire for conflict … and implore the Lord to grant his peace to a world ravaged by wars and marked by a hatred and indifference “
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Easter “invites us to lift our gaze and open our hearts,” the pope said, and announces that “the power of death is not the final destiny of our lives.”
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When asked earlier in the week about his decision to carry the cross for all 14 stations, Pope Leo told reporters that he saw it as a sign the world …
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The Holy See Press Office confirmed that the pope spoke with Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on April 3.
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It will be the first time that a pope has carried the cross for every station in the Via Crucis in more than three decades.
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Pope Leo XIV washed and kissed the feet of 12 priests on Holy Thursday in his first Easter Triduum liturgy as pope, saying that Jesus taught us how to love …
