2 h. ago Pope vows every effort to work for peace in regions where Christians persecuted, forced to flee

Pope Leo XIV is vowing to actively promote and protect the spirituality and traditions of the eastern rite churches, those Catholic communities with origins in the Middle East and North Africa that have been decimated by conflict and persecution

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15 h. ago Pope Leo XIV is back on social media, with a message of peace

Pope Leo XIV has taken over the Vatican’s official social media handles

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19 h. ago Pope Leo XIV appears to confirm favourite football team after chanting with fan

The first US leader of the global Catholic Church enjoyed interacting with a Roma supporter earlier this week

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19 h. ago Pope Leo XIV appears to confirm favourite sports team after chanting with fan

The first US leader of the global Catholic Church enjoyed interacting with a Roma supporter earlier this week

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24 h. ago Pope Leo XIV visits the headquarters of his Augustinian order

Pope Leo XIV has met with members of his Augustinian religious order during a visit to the congregation’s headquarters outside St. Peter’s Square

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27 h. ago Pope Leo XIV's brother reveals why he told future pontiff he was 'weird'

Robert Prevost, the new Pope, was branded 'weird' by his older brother when they were children, but said his behaviour as a Chicago youth paved the way for his Papacy

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40 h. ago New Pope Leo will have 'heated' discussions with Trump but 'isn't woke', brother claims

Louis Prevost, 73, aired his thoughts about his sibling, the new Pope Leo XIV, while chatting to Piers Morgan, including whether or not he'll allow female priests or endorse gay marriages

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42 h. ago Conservatives are cautiously hopeful that Pope Leo XIV will restore rigor to the papacy

Some conservatives and traditionalist Catholics are cautiously optimistic over the historic election of Pope Leo XIV, hopeful he will return doctrinal rigor to the papacy, even as progressives sense he will continue Pope Francis’ reformist agenda

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43 h. ago The new pope is the internet’s biggest meme. What does that say about us? | Tayo Bero

Social media has been fun for the first time in years. But the joy of this moment is about more than just jokesWhile most good Catholics spent the early days of this week in solemn contemplation, praying that the church’s new leader would be a person of character and someone who could unite us in these tense, ungodly times, the rest of us were on X cackling at our screens and reposting chimney memes.Social media has been having a field day since Pope Francis passed and the race was on for a new pope. And now that Pope Leo XIV from Chicago has been selected, the jokes have been top-tier – references to the TV show The Bear, videos of the new pope walking out to music by the Chicago legend Chief Keef, Spike Lee somehow making this a win for the New York Knicks – I don’t remember the last time I had this much fun in the hellish digital town square formerly known as Twitter.Tayo Bero is a Guardian US columnist Continue reading...

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48 h. ago New pope breaks with Francis to support Kyiv and ceasefire push

Pope Leo XIV calls Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy days after his election as head of Catholic Church

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49 h. ago Pope Leo XIV's humble childhood home for sale as owner hikes up the price

Real estate agent Steve Budzik has revealed what the owner of Pope Leo XIV's childhood home plans to do with it. The options include transforming it into a museum or selling the property for more money

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50 h. ago How scientists correctly 'guessed' the new Pope: Study identified Robert Prevost as the strongest name in the Conclave

Bookies and AI alike failed to correctly determine the next pope - Cardinal Robert Prevost, known as Pope Leo XIV - but a small team of scientists managed it.

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50 h. ago Pope Leo XIV live: Pontiff makes veiled swipe at Trump with call to ‘disarm our words’

The press conference comes after the newly elected pontiff held a Sunday mass in which he called for an end to conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza

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50 h. ago Pope Leo XIV expresses solidarity with imprisoned journalists

Pope Leo XIV has expressed solidarity with imprisoned journalists and affirmed the “precious gift of free speech and the press.”

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51 h. ago Claudia Winkleman speaks out after The Traitors fans declare 'robbed' after Bafta TV Awards

The presenter took to social media with her first message since fans of The Traitors fumed she and the show were 'robbed' at this year's Bafta Television Awards

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51 h. ago Watch live: Pope Leo holds first Vatican press conference after pleading ‘no more war’

Watch live as Pope Leo holds his first Vatican press conference with international media on Monday (12 May).

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52 h. ago Pope Leo XIV live: Pontiff holding first Vatican press conference after pleading ‘no more war’

The press conference comes after the newly elected pontiff held a Sunday mass in which he called for an end to conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza

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63 h. ago REVEALED: The Pope's brother's outrageous social media posts... including branding top Democrat a 'drunk c***'

Lou Prevost of Port Charlotte, Florida - the brother of the newly-chosen Pope Leo XIV - wrote a series of surprising social media posts which have just been unearthed.

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67 h. ago Pope Leo XIV makes passionate plea for 'no more war' in powerful message to world leaders

Tens of thousands of people crammed into St Peter’s Square to give Pope Leo XIV a rapturous welcome - as the new pontiff called for 'lasting peace' around the world

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69 h. ago Whoops, waves, tears: Faithful react to Pope Leo's first Sunday blessing in St. Peter's Sqaure

Tens of thousands of faithful Catholics gathered in St. Peter’s Square to watch Pope Leo XIV deliver the first Sunday blessing of his pontificate exactly at noon

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