Leo will visit Latin America in November and he will spend more than half of his time in Peru.
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A giddy Patti Smith meets fellow Chicago legend, Pope Leo XIV
Patti Smith has said that while she is not Catholic, she was drawn in particular to Pope Francis and his “gentle, open, and steadfast sense of humanity.”
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Pope Leo XIV on what he loves about America
In a brief interview with NBC News, Pope Leo revealed that he hopes to visit the United States soon.
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Pope Leo XIV to offer public Masses and audiences every week of August
Here is a look at the pope’s schedule for the rest of the summer.
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Pope Leo appoints two US bishops as members of Vatican’s highest court
The bishops, Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco and Bishop Edward M. Lohse of Kalamazoo, Michigan, both hold doctorates in canon law.
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5 years after Pope Francis’ Latin Mass restrictions, traditionalist Catholics reflect on ‘Traditionis Custodes’
Pope Leo will likely not rescind “Traditionis Custodes,” but the motu proprio could die “a death-by-a-thousand-cuts.”
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Pope Leo appoints Lebanese-born archbishop as Permanent Observer to the UN
The Lebanese-born Maronite Catholic archbishop Christophe-Zakhia El-Kassis will become the Holy See’s new Permanent Observer to the United Nations in New York, succeeding Archbishop Gabriele Caccia.
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Did Pope Leo just quote a Bob Dylan deep cut?
Pope Leo is the first pope to quote Bob Dylan. But he’s not the first to interact with the famous troubadour.
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Pope Leo takes surprise road trip with his brother to mountainside shrines during his summer vacation
A video shared by one pilgrim showed the pope’s brother John Prevost stepping out of the black car along with Pope Leo, to the surprise of visitors who had come to the shrine without expecting a papal visit.
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Vatican denies reports that ex-Jesuit Marko Rupnik has been found not guilty of abusing nuns
The trial of the disgraced ex-Jesuit proceeded under almost total secrecy until recent media reports alleged the judges had reached a verdict in Father Marko Rupnik’s favor.