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Egypt
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Society
7/9/2026 2:54:47 PM
Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St Mark, consecrated on Thursday the Church of St Shenouda the Archimandrite and St Wissa (Besa) the Disciple in the Qabbari district of Alexandria.
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World
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International
7/4/2026 10:17:37 AM
Pope Leo XIV on Saturday visits Italy's Lampedusa island, a major port of call for migrants risking the perilous crossing from Africa, in a stark message to US and EU leaders.
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Opinion
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6/30/2026 11:00:51 PM
Nearly twelve years after President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi assumed responsibility for leading the country, we can now clearly discern the defining features of his vision for Egypt’s present and his approach to guiding it toward the future it deserves.
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World
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Region
6/27/2026 10:55:19 PM
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has warned of a "flagrant violation" of the historic status quo governing holy sites in occupied East Jerusalem by Israel in letters sent to Pope Leo XIV, King Abdullah II of Jordan, and several other world leaders.
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World
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International
6/12/2026 2:01:06 PM
Pope Leo XIV told migrants at a reception centre on the Spanish island of Tenerife on Friday that "all of us are migrants", on the final day of a weeklong visit to Spain focused on the plight of irregular immigrants.
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World
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Region
6/10/2026 10:01:29 PM
Pope Leo XIV honoured Barcelona’s sacred Sagrada Familia Basilica on the centenary of the death of its architect, Antoni Gaudí, with a Mass on Wednesday under its soaring sandcastle spires.
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World
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International
6/9/2026 12:26:54 PM
Pope Leo XIV will bridge 1,000 years of church history Wednesday, visiting a medieval monastery on a mountaintop that local Catholics consider sacred and then celebrating Mass at Barcelona's famous Sagrada Familia Basilica.
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World
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International
6/8/2026 6:22:31 PM
Spanish lawmakers gave Pope Leo XIV a standing ovation on Monday after he called for respect for migrants' rights and international law in a historic address to parliament that signaled a new level of acceptance of the Catholic Church in the overwhelmingly secular country.
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Multimedia
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In Pictures
6/7/2026 2:50:11 PM
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World
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International
6/7/2026 1:28:08 PM
Pope Leo XIV honored Spain's centuries-old tradition of religious devotion on Sunday as a “school of faith” for today, as he presided over a Mass before over a million people and a procession highlighting one of the most iconic expressions of Spanish popular piety: flower carpets.
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World
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International
6/6/2026 12:01:40 PM
Pope Leo XIV’s trip to Spain will bring the American pontiff to a traditional centre of European Christianity, where the Catholic Church has a complex legacy and the Socialist-led government is in the midst of a political crisis.
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Egypt
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Society
6/2/2026 11:23:34 AM
Pope Tawadros II marked on Monday the Feast of Christ's Entry into Egypt, highlighting Egypt's unique place in Christian history and stressing the importance of preserving the Holy Family Trail as a key part of the country's religious and cultural heritage.
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World
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International
5/25/2026 8:50:29 PM
Pope Leo XIV made a historic apology on Monday for the Holy See's role in legitimising slavery and for having failed to condemn it for centuries, calling the Vatican’s record a “wound in Christian memory.”
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World
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International
5/23/2026 10:40:34 AM
Families living in a toxic-waste polluted area around Naples were preparing to meet Pope Leo XIV during his pastoral visit on Saturday, carrying with them years of grief, anger and hopes for justice after losing children to cancer linked to a multi-billion mafia racket of dumping toxic waste.
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Egypt
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Society
5/9/2026 9:34:00 PM
His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St Mark, celebrated the Divine Liturgy on Saturday at the historic St Mark’s Basilica in Venice, which houses the relics of Saint Mark the Apostle, the evangelist who preached Christianity in Egypt and is regarded as the founder of the Church of Alexandria.
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World
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International
5/7/2026 1:11:40 PM
The top US diplomat, Marco Rubio, went to the Vatican on Thursday for talks with the first US pope, Leo XIV, against the backdrop of sharp tensions between the White House and the Vatican.
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World
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Region
5/6/2026 8:15:55 PM
Pope Leo XIV surprised 13 priests from southern Lebanon, near the border with Israel, by joining a video call from Rome on Wednesday, telling them they were in his prayers and that he hoped peace would soon prevail along the tense frontier.
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World
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International
5/6/2026 1:28:56 PM
Since becoming the first US-born pope a year ago this week, Leo XIV's measured style has given way to a trenchant tone in an ongoing confrontation with US President Donald Trump.
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World
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International
5/3/2026 7:35:20 PM
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit Rome and the Vatican this week, an Italian government source said Sunday, weeks after President Donald Trump's stinging criticism of Pope Leo XIV.
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Opinion
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4/27/2026 10:22:02 PM
It is true, as Alexander Pope once said, that to err is human. But while everyone is fallible, some humans are more prone to error than others. That is a justification for democracy—for subjecting decisions that affect large numbers of people to deliberative processes that include checks and balances
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