In clear, direct language, the pope spent his time in Cameroon denouncing violence, corruption and exploitation, while calling for reconciliation and credible leadership.
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Police is conducting “an ongoing and active investigation” of an unsubstantiated bomb threat at the house of one of Pope Leo XIV’s brothers.
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Pope Francis remembered in Buenos Aires as ‘guiding light’ for Argentine Church
by David Agrenby David AgrenBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (OSV News) — María Rico ambled along a busy Buenos Aires boulevard as part of a caravan through Barrio Flores — the childhood neighbourhood of the late Pope …
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Several prominent American Catholics have launched a petition calling for the end of Russia’s religious persecution in occupied areas of Ukraine.
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Pope Leo XIV is renewing urgent calls for peace, following a powerful April 11 prayer vigil where he warned that “war divides,” “arrogance tramples,” and only God’s truth can enlighten …
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Pope decries horror, inhumanity that ‘some adults boast of with pride’
by Carol Glatzby Carol GlatzWarning against an increasingly unpredictable and aggressive “delusion of omnipotence” threatening the globe, Pope Leo XIV called on world leaders and individuals to empty their hearts and minds of hatred …
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Holy Week in the Holy Land is unfolding in unprecedented silence, as war-related restrictions have left sacred sites largely without the faithful.
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NAIROBI, Kenya (OSV News) – A Catholic bishop in South Sudan says his people are living a real-life Way of the Cross, marked by suffering, violence and deep wounds. Bishop …
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Laypeople are not passive members but active participants in the Church’s mission, called to live and spread the Gospel in everyday life, Pope Leo XIV said.
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(OSV News) — After Pope Leo XIV issued one of his strongest appeals to-date to lay down weapons and reject war in his Palm Sunday homily, the spiritual leader of …
