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Half-million young Catholics await Pope Leo XIV at Holy Year youth festival
Hundreds of thousands of young Catholics are pouring into a vast field on Rome’s outskirts for the highlight of the Vatican’s ...
A convicted priest is back at work. Child advocates want Pope Leo to act.
Carlo Alberto Capella served prison time for a child pornography conviction but was allowed to return to work at the Vatican, ...
Daily Sabah4h
Pope Leo’s grand night vigil to attract up to a million young Catholics
Nearly a million young Catholic believers are expected to attend a nighttime vigil led by Pope Leo XIV on Saturday, which ...
Up to a million young Catholics expected in Rome for Pope Leo vigil
The 'Jubilee of Youth' – when the Vatican invites Catholics aged 18 to 35 to the seat of the global Church's power – has ...
Indian priest Richard D’Souza appointed director of Vatican Observatory
D’Souza, 47, a Jesuit priest who hails from Goa and who holds a doctorate in Astronomy will succeed the existing head of one of the world’s oldest astronomical observatories ...
A slice of Heaven: Aurelio’s Pizza delivered to the Pope in Vatican City
Two fans hand-delivered a frozen Aurelio’s pizza from Homewood to Pope Leo XIV during a youth event in Rome — a moment that ...
National Catholic Register15h
Pontifical Academy for Life Will Address Tech Advances, Including AI
Pope Leo XIV has recommended the academy continue a dialogue ‘with experts from various disciplines on the challenges facing ...
The World from PRX16h
Pope Leo steps onto the global stage, with caution and consistency
It came as a big surprise when Catholic cardinals picked an American to be the successor of Pope Francis back in early May. But as Leo XIV begins his papacy, he’s offered few — if any — real surprises ...