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11/27/2025 1:30:31 PM
Pope Leo XIV arrived in Turkey on Thursday on his first foreign trip, fulfilling Pope Francis’ plans to mark an important Christian anniversary and bring a message of peace to the region at a crucial time in efforts to end the war in Ukraine and ease Mideast tensions.
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World
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Region
10/7/2025 1:47:37 PM
Pope Leo XIV will travel to Turkey and Lebanon next month on the first foreign trip of his papacy, making a symbolically important gesture to Christians and Muslims on a pilgrimage to two countries that Pope Francis had planned to visit.
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World
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International
8/16/2025 11:13:34 AM
When Pope Leo XIV surprised tens of thousands of young people at a recent Holy Year celebration with an impromptu popemobile romp around St. Peter’s Square, it almost seemed as if some of the informal spontaneity that characterised Pope Francis’ 12-year papacy had returned to the Vatican.
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World
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International
5/10/2025 8:49:49 PM
Pope Leo XIV laid out the vision of his papacy Saturday, identifying artificial intelligence as one of the most critical matters facing humanity and vowing to continue in some of the core priorities of Pope Francis.
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World
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International
5/8/2025 2:08:29 PM
Cardinals failed again Thursday morning to find a successor to Pope Francis, sending black smoke billowing up through the Sistine Chapel chimney after two more inconclusive rounds of conclave voting.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
5/5/2025 2:39:47 PM
Before his death, Pope Francis donated one of his popemobiles to be converted into a children's clinic in Gaza, the Palestinian territory embroiled in a brutal Israeli, Catholic charity Caritas announced on Monday.
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World
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International
5/3/2025 10:07:55 PM
US President Donald Trump posted an artificial intelligence-generated image of himself dressed as Pope as the mourning of Pope Francis continues and just days before the conclave to elect his successor is set to begin.
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Opinion
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Opinion
5/2/2025 1:38:25 PM
Known for his support for interreligious dialogue and condemnation of the Israeli war on Gaza, the passing of Roman Catholic Pope Francis is a loss for humanity as a whole.
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World
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International
4/30/2025 6:54:56 PM
Catholic cardinals acknowledged Wednesday the definitive word is still out about the Vatican trial that convicted Cardinal Angelo Becciu of financial crimes, in the latest twist to a drama that has dominated conversations leading up to the May 7 conclave to elect Pope Francis’ successor.
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World
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International
4/28/2025 3:01:30 PM
Catholic cardinals will meet on May 7 to start voting for a new pope, the Vatican announced on Monday, a week after the death of Pope Francis.
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Books
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Reviews
4/27/2025 4:26:16 PM
The story of Pope Francis, as shared in a ‘memoir’, reveals much about the humility and empathy that marked the late pontiff’s character and created his legacy.
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World
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International
4/27/2025 4:07:39 PM
With Pope Francis laid to rest, all eyes turn now to the conclave, the secretive meeting of cardinals set to convene within days to elect a new head of the Catholic Church.
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Multimedia
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In Pictures
4/26/2025 10:39:44 PM
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In Pictures
4/26/2025 5:13:12 PM
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World
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International
4/26/2025 4:10:43 PM
Hundreds of thousands of mourners and world leaders including US President Donald Trump packed St Peter's Square on Saturday for the funeral of Pope Francis, "pope among the people" and the Catholic Church's first Latin American leader.
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World
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War in Ukraine
4/26/2025 2:32:59 PM
Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky met briefly at Pope Francis's funeral on Saturday, their aides said, marking their first encounter since a disastrous White House clash as the US president pushes the Ukrainian to make a peace deal with Russia.
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World
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International
4/26/2025 12:54:23 PM
US President Donald Trump arrived in Rome on Friday for the funeral of Pope Francis, where he will brush shoulders with an array of world leaders on the unexpected first foreign trip of his second term.
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World
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International
4/25/2025 2:38:54 PM
The Vatican was making final preparations Friday for Pope Francis's funeral as the last of the huge crowds of mourners filed through St Peter's Basilica to view his open coffin.
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World
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International
4/24/2025 12:48:14 PM
Thousands of people gathered Thursday for a glimpse of Pope Francis's body on the second day of public tributes, after St Peter's Basilica stayed open almost all night to accomodate the crowds.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
4/23/2025 10:27:34 AM
Roman Catholic Pope Francis died in Rome this week at the age of 88, the highest-ranking religious authority in Christianity to demonstrate support for the Palestinians.
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