2 h. ago Pope Leo urges Lebanese leaders to make peace highest priority

Pontiff tells politicians and religious heads they must persevere with peace efforts despite facing ‘highly complex, conflictual’ situationPope Leo has urged political leaders in Lebanon to make peace their highest priority in a forceful appeal as he is visiting the country, which remains a target of Israeli airstrikes, on the second leg of his first overseas trip as Catholic leader.Leo, the first US pope, arrived in Beirut on Sunday from a four-day visit to Turkey where he warned that humanity’s future was at risk because of the world’s unusual number of bloody conflicts, and condemned violence in the name of religion. Continue reading...

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31 h. ago Pope Leo surprises Vatican officials during historic visit to Istanbul's Muslim Blue Mosque

Pope Leo declined to pray inside the world-famous religious site, despite his aides believing he had done so, but did take off his shoes in a sign of respect inside the Muslim place of worship

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37 h. ago Pope visits Istanbul's Blue Mosque at start of day of meetings with Turkey's religious leaders

Pope Leo XIV is visiting Istanbul’s Blue Mosque

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37 h. ago Pope Leo XIV visits Istanbul's Blue Mosque on the second day of his trip to Turkey

Pope Leo XIV has started the second day of his trip to Turkey with a visit to Istanbul’s Blue Mosque

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46 h. ago Pope Leo stunned after reporter gives him hugely sentimental gift on board flight: ‘How did you get that through security?’

A CBS reporter gifted Pope Leo with White Sox memorabilia passed down through his family

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57 h. ago 'World War Three is being fought' and 'the future of humanity is at stake', Pope warns

Pope Leo has starkly warned that World War Three is already being fought and that the future of humanity is at stake. 

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59 h. ago Pope Leo XIV mobbed and cheered as he embarks on landmark Turkey visit

Pope Leo XIV has received a raucous welcome from the country’s Catholic community

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61 h. ago The Latest: Pope Leo XIV to call for Christian unity at site where Nicaean Creed established

Pope Leo XIV marks a high point of his first foreign trip to Turkey with a pilgrimage to Iznik

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61 h. ago Pope Leo's WW3 warning as 'future of humanity is at stake' in bombshell speech

Pope Leo has warned that the 'future of humanity is at stake' during a speech on his first trip abroad as the head of the Catholic Church amid the wars in Ukraine and Gaza

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63 h. ago Germany raised its citizens to hate war. Now it wants us to enlist in the army – but we say no | Mithu Sanyal

The war in Ukraine is a crime. But European leaders should be working for peace, not preparing young people to fight and dieWhen I was growing up, the most German sentence imaginable was: “We’ve lost two world wars and we’re proud of it.” We were so anti-military, we even gave our policemen green uniforms, to make them look more like foresters than soldiers. Now, the chancellor, Friedrich Merz, wants our army to become the strongest in Europe. I mean, what could go wrong?After we lost the second world war – or, as we prefer to say, after we were liberated by the allies – we swore “never again”: never again to war, and never again to Auschwitz. Admittedly, Germany rearmed in 1955, but just as “citizens in uniform”, not as soldiers following orders. Mind you, that didn’t mean that you could say “no” to an order; it just meant that we had conscription for most young men until 2011. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago US deal must punish Russia war crimes, says Ukraine’s Nobel peace prize winner

Oleksandra Matviichuk warns any amnesty could encourage authoritarian leaders to attack their neighbours Any peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine that includes an amnesty for war crimes could encourage other authoritarian leaders to attack their neighbours, Ukraine’s only Nobel peace prize winner has warned.Oleksandra Matviichuk said the leaked 28-point US-Russia plan did not account for “the human dimension” and she supported President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s efforts to rewrite it in dialogue with White House. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Pope Leo to go against Vatican tradition on first trip to Turkey and Lebanon

Pope Leo XIV will make a notable departure from his predecessors in the first foreign trip of his pontificate

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3 d. ago Pope Leo embarks on his first foreign trip with a key message

Leo is fulfilling a trip the late Pope Francis planned to make

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3 d. ago The Latest: Pope Leo brings messages of peace and Christian unity on trip to Turkey and Lebanon

Pope Leo XIV visits Turkey and Lebanon on his first foreign trip, fulfilling the late Pope Francis’ plans to mark an important Orthodox anniversary

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3 d. ago Pope Leo XIV opens first foreign trip with visit to Turkey that highlights religious, political ties

Pope Leo XIV is heading to Turkey on his first foreign trip

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4 d. ago Pope Leo’s Thanksgiving message as he celebrates new holiday routine

His remarks came hours after the Vatican has issued a new decree warning against polygamy

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4 d. ago Catholics warned against polygamy in new decree approved by Pope Leo

The question of how to better enforce the Church's teachings on marriage was previously debated

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4 d. ago Pope Leo XIV visits Turkey and Lebanon on first foreign trip

Pope Leo XIV is embarking on his first foreign trip

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4 d. ago Pope says Thanksgiving is a 'beautiful feast' that unites all

Pope Leo XIV says Thanksgiving is a “beautiful feast” that unites believers and non-believers alike

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5 d. ago Catholics told one spouse is enough in new decree approved by Pope Leo

The question of how to better enforce the Church's teachings on marriage was previously debated

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