The pope vs. the president melodrama has proved irresistible to global media; how could it not? It also produced a fair amount of backlash and whataboutism directed at Pope Leo XIV.
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Asked about regime change in Iran, Pope Leo says, ‘I cannot be in favor of war.’
“The question is not whether there is regime change or no regime change; the question is how to promote the values in which we believe without the death of so many innocent people.”
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Pope Leo at final Mass in Equatorial Guinea: The Gospel message brings freedom, justice and hope
(OSV News) — On his last day in Equatorial Guinea, Pope Leo XIV reminded Catholics in the country to seek strength, justice and hope from the Gospel and the sacraments. “If you are oppressed by injustice, he is justice; if you are in need of help, he is strength; if you fear death, he is life; if […]
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Pope Leo’s powerful lesson in vulnerable leadership
Following attacks from the Trump administration, Pope Leo XIV has exemplified vulnerable leadership in his calls for peace.
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Analysis: Will President Trump’s recent attacks on Pope Leo cost him Catholic voters?
“The question is: Why would you attack any religious leader—especially one as influential and as popular as Pope Leo? It makes no political sense to do so.”
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Pope Leo calls on leaders to ‘bridge the gap’ between poor and rich in Equatorial Guinea
On the second day of his visit to Equatorial Guinea, a predominantly Catholic country of 1.8 million people in central Africa, Pope Leo XIV issued an unequivocal call to authorities “to serve the common good rather than private interests, bridging the gap between the privileged and the disadvantaged.”
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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’s delicate task in Equatorial Guinea: Bless the faithful, not the regime
Observers say the pope’s visit comes at a sensitive moment in Equatorial Guinea, as growing economic pressures and long-standing governance concerns continue to shape daily life for many citizens.
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Pope Leo remembers ‘the great gift’ of Pope Francis on the first anniversary of his death
Pope Francis “has given so much to the church, with his life, his witness, his words and his gestures,” Pope Leo said on the plane from Angola to Equatorial Guinea.
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Pope Leo tells Angola’s Catholic leaders: ‘Never cease to denounce injustices.’
On the evening of his last full day in Angola, Pope Leo XIV told the leadership of the Catholic Church in this predominantly Christian country, “Your loyalty to Angola—as it should be throughout the world—is today particularly linked to the proclamation of peace.”