4 h. ago Heavenly housemate! Pope Leo moves in to a palatial Vatican flatshare with pals

Days after his election, the Pope announced he would live in the luxurious Papal apartments in Rome's Apostolic Palace, unlike his predecessor Pope Francis .

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45 h. ago Pope Leo invites local homeless people to lunch at summer villa

Pope Leo XIV has spent the last Sunday of his summer vacation with several dozen homeless people and the church volunteers who help them

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68 h. ago Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass for local homeless people, invites them to lunch at summer villa

Pope Leo XIV is spending the last Sunday of his summer vacation with several dozen homeless and poor people and the church volunteers who help them

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4 d. ago 100 days of Pope Leo XIV: a calm papacy that avoids polemics is coming into focus

Pope Leo XIV is marking his first 100 days in office, showing a mix of continuity with and change from Pope Francis' papacy

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7 d. ago Madonna urges Pope Leo to go to Gaza ‘before it is too late’

Pope Leo, who became the first US head of the Catholic Church in May, renewed his call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza in July.

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2 w. ago Pope Leo brings youth jubilee to a close with mass for more than a million

Pontiff presides over culmination of ‘Catholic Woodstock’ that drew young people from 146 countriesPope Leo XIV presided over a mass in Rome for more than a million young people on Sunday, the culmination of a pilgrimage that has drawn Catholics from across the world.“Aspire to great things, to holiness, wherever you are. Do not settle for less,” the pope told the crowd. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ‘He is keeping his cards close to his chest’: Pope Leo’s first three months

The Augustinian emphasis on unity, listening, community and collaboration appears to be guiding the new pontiffA few days after his election as pope in May, Leo XIV stepped into a chauffeur-driven black Volkswagen minivan with tinted windows and made a surprise visit to the international headquarters of the Augustinian order in Rome.Not only was he the first American pope, the tiny religious order that Leo, formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost, ran for 12 years had also just produced its first pontiff in the history of the Roman Catholic church. Still somewhat bewildered by his election, he had a yearning to see his fellow Augustinian brothers. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Pope Leo XIV urges over 1 million Catholic young people to spread faith and enthusiasm

Pope Leo XIV has urged over a million Catholic youths to spread their faith and enthusiasm as they return to 150 countries

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2 w. ago Pope Leo XIV gets rock star welcome from young Catholics at huge vigil

More than 800,000 pilgrims cry and cheer as pontiff arrives at open-air youth prayer event outside RomeHundreds of thousands of young faithful feted Pope Leo XIV like a rock star on Saturday at an open-air prayer vigil outside Rome, after the head of the Catholic church made a dramatic entrance by helicopter.Pilgrims began crying and cheering when the white military helicopter descended over the sprawling site in Rome’s eastern outskirts. Organisers said more than 800,000 young pilgrims from 146 countries around the world had assembled as part of a Jubilee of Youth – and perhaps as many as 1 million. Continue reading...

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