“I resigned myself when I saw the way things were going…. I took a deep breath, [and] I said: ‘Here we go, Lord. You are in charge; you lead the way.’”
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Pope Leo preaches peace as he visits young people and religious sites in Lebanon
“Peace! Peace!” That is the cry one hears everywhere Pope Leo goes on his second day in Lebanon.
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Pope Leo addresses Gaza, Ukraine and hopes for Christian unity in first plane press conference
Pope Leo held an informal press conference today on his flight from Istanbul to Beirut, addressing his hopes for greater ecumenical cooperation and for peace in Gaza and Ukraine.
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Photos: Pope Leo in Turkey and Lebanon
With his foreign trip to Turkey and Lebanon, Pope Leo XIV will become the first American pope on the road.
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Pope Leo arrives in Turkey giving thanks, preaching peace
Pope Leo XIV began his first papal trip speaking of dialogue, peace and thanksgiving — referring to both the holiday and his own gratitude.
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Vatican’s 2024 surplus represents ‘significant progress’ in economic situation
The Vatican reported that it ended 2024 with a 1.6-million-euro surplus ($1.85 million) compared to a deficit of 51.2 million euros ($59.3 million) in 2023.
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Pope Leo in Turkey and Lebanon: What to know about his first foreign trip
Leo XIV will set out on his first foreign trip as pope on the morning of Nov. 27, first to Turkey, a Muslim country with a tiny Christian population, and then, on Nov. 30, to Lebanon, the country with the largest Christian population in the Middle East.
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Vatican rejects polyamory and praises monogamy in new doctrine document
The dicastery for doctrine said it issued the note in response to requests from the bishops of Africa where polygamy is still practiced as well as because “various public forms of non-monogamous unions—sometimes called ‘polyamory’—are growing in the West.”
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What the synod interim reports said about women
This week’s interim reports from the synod’s study groups, tasked with examining controversial issues that arose at the synod and required deeper study, provide some new details about what the role of women in a synodal church may look like.
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Pope Leo formalizes law allowing a woman to run the Vatican City State, months after Francis appointed her
Pope Leo XIV fixed a technical glitch on Friday in a Vatican law that became problematic after Pope Francis named the first-ever woman to head the Vatican City State administration.