The incoming provincial superior of the Midwest Augustinians, the order that Pope Leo XIV belongs to and the province he once led, said viral interest in the story of the pope’s customer service call last year has been unexpected.
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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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Bishops’ pro-life chair ‘urgently’ encourages FDA to proceed with safety review on abortion pill
The head of the U.S. bishops’ pro-life committee has written a letter to Trump administration officials expressing concern about the status of their promised safety review of mifepristone, sometimes called the abortion pill.
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Poll: Most Americans disapprove of Trump’s attacks on Pope Leo
A new poll published the day after President Donald Trump renewed his series of social media and verbal attacks on Pope Leo XIV showed Americans broadly disapprove.
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Pope Leo XIV appoints Jesuit priest as new bishop of Honolulu
Michael T. Castori, S.J., earned a doctorate in Near Eastern Religions from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2008. He speaks English, Spanish, Hebrew, Greek, Latin and Tongan.
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Pope Leo comforts 13 priests from southern Lebanon with a surprise video call from Rome
Pope Leo XIV surprised 13 priests from southern Lebanon, near the border with Israel, by joining a video call from Rome on Wednesday, telling them they were in his prayers and that he hoped peace would soon prevail along the tense frontier.
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Archdiocese of New York proposes $800 million settlement for abuse claims
If accepted, the settlement would cap a five-year legal battle that has seen the archdiocese sell off property, while taking insurance giant Chubb to court over coverage for the claims.
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Pope Leo accepts resignation of West Virginia bishop, names D.C. auxiliary as successor
A native of El Salvador, West Virginia’s new bishop migrated to the United States in 1990 and was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Washington on May 29, 2004.
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Suspect arrested for assault against French nun in Jerusalem
“The Israel Police treats any attack on members of the clergy and religious communities with the utmost seriousness and applies a policy of zero tolerance to all acts of violence,” a statement from Israeli police read.
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Benedictine abbot warns of Holy Land becoming ‘Christian Disneyland’
The abbot of Dormition Abbey on Mount Zion fears that the “Holy Land could become a kind of ‘Christian Disneyland’” where holy places, monks and priests remain while there “may be no Christian families, no young Christians, no ordinary Christian life.”