5 h. ago Naomi Campbell presents Pope Leo XIV with a 'spicy' book after meeting him during an audience at the Vatican

The supermodel, 55, met the head of the Catholic Church at the end of a general audience in St. Peter's Square on Wednesday.

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5 h. ago Naomi Campbell presents Pope Leo XIV with a book after meeting him during an audience at the Vatican

The supermodel, 55, met the head of the Catholic Church at the end of a general audience in St. Peter's Square on Wednesday.

Events

13 h. ago Holy see: three of Pope Leo’s favourite films are divine. The fourth is hard to forgive

Praise be for The Sound of Music, Ordinary People and It’s a Wonderful Life! But the sinfully twee and queasy Life is Beautiful must be renouncedRobert Wise’s The Sound of Music, Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life, Robert Redford’s Ordinary People and Roberto Benigni’s Life Is Beautiful. These are a few of his fav-our-ite films Pope Leo’s that is. This white-bread movie playlist has been released in advance of His Holiness’s “meeting with the world of cinema” on Saturday, part of a longstanding Vatican policy of engaging with creatives.The pope has, according to a Vatican statement “expressed his desire to deepen the dialogue with the world of cinema, and in particular with actors and directors, exploring the possibilities that artistic creativity offers to the mission of the Church and the promotion of human values.” The pope will chat with movie notables including Cate Blanchett, Spike Lee, George Miller, Gus Van Sant and Giuseppe Tornatore. Continue reading...

Culture

49 h. ago Pope Leo to host Hollywood icons during special event at the Vatican

Ahead of the new event, the Vatican even shared four of the pope's favourite films

Culture

55 h. ago Vatican Swiss Guard investigated for alleged spitting gesture at Jewish women

Women, in St Peter’s Square for audience with Pope Leo in which he condemned antisemitism, say guard ‘noticeably hissed at us’A member of the Vatican’s Swiss Guards, the world’s smallest army whose primary role is to protect the pope, is under investigation for allegedly making a spitting gesture towards two Jewish women.The alleged incident occurred at one of the side entrances to St Peter’s Square as people gathered for a general audience on 29 October, during which Pope Leo condemned antisemitism. Continue reading...

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65 h. ago Robert DeNiro's daughter meets with Pope Leo and breaks silence after five arrested in connection with son Leandro's overdose death

Robert De Niro's daughter Drena broke her silence from the Vatican, revealing a moving encounter with Pope Leo XIV and signs she believes came from her late son.

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6 d. ago Pope Leo meets Palestinian President Abbas, discuss urgent need for Gaza aid, two

Pope Leo XIV has met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, and the two discussed the urgent need for assistance to civilians in Gaza and a two-state solution to end the conflict

Politics

6 d. ago Pope bestows one of Catholic Church’s highest honours on British convert

St John Henry Newman was a Church of England priest before converting to Catholicism

Politics

7 d. ago Pope Leo calls for ‘deep reflection’ about treatment of detained migrants in US

Pontiff says authorities must address the spiritual rights of those held in custody amid immigration crackdownPope Leo has called for “deep reflection” in the US about the treatment of migrants held in detention, saying that “many people who have lived for years and years and years, never causing problems, have been deeply affected by what is going on right now”.The Chicago-born pope was responding late on Tuesday to a range of geopolitical questions from reporters outside the papal retreat at Castel Gandolfo, near Rome, including what kind of spiritual rights migrants in US custody should have, US military attacks on suspected drug traffickers off Venezuela and the fragile ceasefire in the Middle East. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Pope Leo calls for 'deep reflection' about treatment of detained migrants in the United States

Pope Leo XIV has called for deep reflection in the United States regarding the treatment of detained migrants

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8 d. ago Jesus, not Mary, saved the world, Vatican declares as Pope Leo calls on Catholics to stop using her 'confusing' title

The move settles an internal debate that has befuddled senior Church figures for decades, and even sparked rare open disagreement among recent popes.

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8 d. ago Fashion trailblazers A$AP Rocky and Rihanna now have matching CFDA fashion icon awards

Celebrities and fashion heavyweights gathered at the American Museum of Natural History for the Council of Fashion Designers of America annual ceremony on Monday

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1 week ago From Pop Idol to Pope Idol! Scottish singer Michelle McManus shares the stage with Pope Leo as she performs new hymn in Rome

She won Pop Idol in 2003 - now Scots singing star Michelle McManus is Pope Idol after sharing a stage with Pope Leo to perform a new hymn in Rome.

Politics

1 week ago Michelle McManus sings for the Pope after being specially selected for the Pontiff

Michelle visited Rome to meet Pope Leo along with guests including Hollywood legend Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Politics

1 week ago Pope declares Cardinal Newman a church doctor and signals Catholic education a priority

Pope Leo XIV has bestowed one of the Catholic Church’s highest honors on St. John Henry Newman, declaring him a doctor of the church

Politics

1 week ago Naomi Campbell wows in a risqué look while Lottie Moss transforms into Pamela Anderson and Maya Jama sports sexy pirate look as they lead the British stars dressing up for Halloween

Naomi Campbell served up a sexy look on Friday night as she led the stars stepping out to celebrate Halloween .

Politics

1 week ago Catholic Church brands priest who sold his own soul to Satan newest saint

Bartolo Longo was one of seven people to be officially deemed a saint in the Catholic Church by Pope Leo XIV, but his story includes a twisted deal with the devil

Politics

2 w. ago Pope condemns antisemitism and vows to fight it as tensions rise over Israel's war in Gaza

Pope Leo XIV has reaffirmed the Catholic Church's commitment to fighting antisemitism amid rising tensions from Israel's war in Gaza

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2 w. ago Pope reaffirms dialogue with Jews as he marks 60th anniversary of a key document

Pope Leo XIV has marked the 60th anniversary of the landmark Vatican document that revolutionized the Catholic Church’s relations with Jews

Culture

2 w. ago Pope urges Catholic teachers to focus less on professional outcomes, more on spiritual lives

Pope Leo XIV is urging Catholic teachers to focus less on pre-professional outcomes and more on educating students to have rich spiritual lives

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