This is Beirut, 2025-05-24 15:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Pope Leo XIV took his message of building bridges and promoting dialogue to the Roman Curia on Saturday in his first audience with members of the Catholic Church's governing body. The late Pope Francis had sometimes difficult relations with the Curia and Vatican officials, accusing them early in his papacy of "spiritual Alzheimer's" and a lust ...
This is Beirut, 2025-05-21 12:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Pope Leo XIV called Wednesday for sufficient humanitarian aid to be allowed into war-ravaged Gaza, where humanitarian agencies say a total blockade has sparked critical food and medicine shortages. "The situation in the Gaza Strip is worrying and painful," the pope said during his first weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square. "I renew my ...
This is Beirut, 2025-05-18 15:09 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Pope Leo XIV set the tone for his papacy Sunday with a call to stop exploiting nature and marginalizing the poor, before an audience including JD Vance and tens of thousands of pilgrims. Ten days after Chicago-born Robert Francis Prevost became the first US head of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics, he celebrated his inaugural mass in St. Peter's ...
This is Beirut, 2025-05-11 15:20 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Pope Leo XIV called for an end to war in the world as he greeted crowds from the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica on Sunday, in his second official public appearance since becoming the leader of the Catholic Church. "Dear brothers and sisters, happy Sunday!" proclaimed the first pontiff from the United States, addressing tens of ...
This is Beirut, 2025-05-09 15:55 - Reading : less than a minute
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The inauguration mass of Pope Leo XIV will take place on Sunday, May 18, in St. Peter's Square, the Vatican announced. World leaders are expected to gather for the event, held 10 days after the election of Robert Francis Prevost as the first US head of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics. The new pontiff will meet with journalists on Monday and ...
This is Beirut, 2025-05-09 12:02 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Pope Leo XIV will celebrate mass Friday, the day after becoming the first US head of the Catholic Church, with the world watching for signs of what kind of pope he will be. Chicago-born Robert Francis Prevost became, on Thursday, the 267th pope, spiritual leader to the world's 1.4 billion Catholics, after a secret conclave by his fellow ...