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Pope Leo XIV

Pope celebrates 71st birthday and repeals salary cuts for Vatican employees

The Pope in his vestments during mass

Pope marks July 4 by praying in Lampedusa for migrants who died seeking freedom

Pope Leo walking in front of crowds of worshippers

Pope hails relevance today of American saint who cared for migrants

The Pope being hugged by a small child

Pope’s message to people traffickers: Stop and repent or face God’s wrath

Pope Leo XIV blesses a migrant

Pope criticises world’s indifference to migrants while visiting ‘dock of shame’

Pope Leo XIV waves as he arrives at Gran Canaria Gando airbase

Pope visiting ‘dock of shame’ in Canary Islands where migrants slept in squalor

Pope meets Archbishop of Canterbury

Pope says churches must overcome differences at Archbishop of Canterbury meeting

Pope Leo on the papal plane

Pope Leo says he will continue to speak out against war after Trump criticism

Pope begins 2026 with plea for peace in countries ‘bloodied by conflict’

Pope asks that Rome welcomes foreigners as he closes out 2025

Pope Leo XIV remembers Gaza’s suffering in first Christmas homily

Vatican commission opposes ordination of women as deacons

Pope visits famous Blue Mosque in Turkey as he focuses on unifying Christians

Pope Leo visits Turkey and Lebanon on first foreign trip

Pope Leo welcomes Hollywood stars to the Vatican

Pope Leo criticises wealthy elite living in ‘bubble of luxury’ as poor suffer

Pope feeds fish and pats horses as he opens Vatican’s sustainable farming centre
Leo formally opened Borgo Laudato Si, a 55-acre utopian experiment in the grounds of the papal summer retreat at Castel Gandolfo.
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Pope says Chagos treaty ‘delivers message about rights of the weakest’

Pope celebrates Mass for local homeless people and invites them to lunch

Christian patriarchs in rare visit to Gaza after deadly Israeli strike on church

Archbishop of Westminster condemns ‘appalling strike’ on Gaza church

Pope Leo flags AI’s impact on children’s intellectual and spiritual development

Pope Leo to resume papal tradition with plan to escape Rome’s summer heat

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Dan Morris: Faith and farewell

Quiet tribute for Pope Francis: Candles on the Soulton Dancing Pavement

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Cause of Pope Francis's death revealed as Vatican releases certificate
Pope Francis had died at the age of 88 - and his cause of death has now been revealed.
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Pope Francis receives US vice president JD Vance at the Vatican on Sunday (Vatican Media via AP)

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Bishop opens 'Holy Year' with call for 'hope'

Pope Francis denounces world ‘losing its heart’ in fourth encyclical of papacy

Pope names 21 new cardinals, cementing mark on prelates who will elect successor

Women’s role in Catholic Church tops Pope’s agenda in new reform project phase

Pope Francis faces calls for ‘paradigm change’ on women’s issues

Pope promises ‘all help we can’ to victims of sexual abuse by Belgian clergy

Belgian PM blasts Pope Francis for Catholic Church’s sex abuse cover-up legacy

Vatican confirms plans for papal trip despite Francis’ illness

Vatican green lights devotion at site where Virgin Mary reportedly appeared

Pope Francis slams US presidential candidates for ‘anti-life policies’

Pope ends Asia trip with message of interfaith harmony

Pope urges Singapore not to forget rights of migrant workers

Pope lands in Singapore following visit to East Timor

Nearly half East Timor population attend Pope Francis’s seaside Mass

Crowds flock to Pope Francis’ seaside mass in East Timor

Pope arrives in remote Papua New Guinea jungle with humanitarian aid and toys

Pope urges end to decades of Papua New Guinea tribal conflict

Pope arrives in Papua New Guinea for second leg of his Southeast Asia trip

Pope urges Indonesia to live up to promise of ‘harmony in diversity’

Pope calls for Olympic truce in countries at war

Vatican excommunicates former US ambassador Vigano

G7 leaders tackle migration, AI and economic security on final day of summit

Francis becomes first Pope to address G7

100 comedians walk into the Vatican…

G7 leaders tackle the issue of migration on the second day of summit in Italy

G7 summit opens with deal to use frozen Russian assets for Ukraine

Pope appeals for urgent humanitarian aid for Gaza and backs ceasefire proposals

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