Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the Holy See’s foreign minister, also predicted that the Chicago-born Leo would in the “not-too-distant future” visit his native United States.
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Who’s in charge when the pope is unconscious and unable to govern? The pope
The Vatican has detailed laws, rituals and norms to transfer papal power if a pope dies or resigns. But none of them apply when he is sick or even unconscious.
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Pope Leo XIV exalts first American saint Cabrini as a model for Christians for her care of migrants
St. Frances Cabrini, the patron saint of migrants, is well known to many Americans for her work caring for Italian immigrants in the U.S. at the turn of the last century.
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Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for the Catholic Church’s role in legitimizing slavery
Pope Leo XIV made a historic apology on Monday for the Holy See’s role in legitimizing slavery and for having failed to condemn it for centuries, calling the Vatican’s record a “wound in Christian memory.”
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Pope Leo says rise of AI-directed warfare leads to a ‘spiral of annihilation’
Pope Leo XIV on Thursday denounced how investments in artificial intelligence and high-tech weaponry were leading the world into a “spiral of annihilation.”
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Pope Leo prays for end to ‘fratricidal hatred’ as he celebrates anniversary in Pompeii
Pope Leo XIV prayed Friday for political leaders to end the “fratricidal hatred” in the world, as he spent the anniversary of his election in the ancient city of Pompeii commemorating a feast day that is particularly important to him and coincided last year with the start of his pontificate.
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Pope Leo prays with Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally in historic encounter, vows dialogue
The encounter between Christianity’s two most famous religious figures would have been unthinkable just a few years ago, given the divisions between their two churches over women’s ordination in general and Mullally’s appointment in particular.
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Pope Leo tells inmates ‘you are not alone’ during Equatorial Guinea prison visit at end of Africa tour
After Leo left, the drenched inmates broke into a raucous dance party in the courtyard as the rain continued to pour, shouting “Libertad! Libertad! Libertad!” (Freedom, freedom, freedom).
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Pope Leo amplifies criticism of Iran war and says ‘God does not bless any conflict’
Pope Leo XIV amplified his condemnation of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran on Friday, saying that “God does not bless any conflict” and certainly doesn’t side with those who drop bombs.
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Peter Thiel brings his Antichrist lectures to the Vatican’s doorstep, and Catholic institutions back away
One of the hottest tickets in Rome these days is for a four-lecture series on the Antichrist being given by Silicon Valley tech billionaire Peter Thiel.