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World
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Region
7/21/2025 3:56:55 PM
Pope Leo spoke by phone on Monday to the president of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmud Abbas, about the conflict in Gaza and violence in the West Bank, the Vatican said.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
7/20/2025 2:36:09 PM
Pope Leo XIV slammed the "barbarity" of the war in Gaza on Sunday and urged against the "indiscriminate use of force", just days after a deadly strike by Israel's military on a Catholic church.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
7/18/2025 4:18:31 PM
Pope Leo XIV emphasised the importance of protecting places of worship in a call Friday with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following Israel's deadly strike on Gaza's only Catholic Church, the Vatican said.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
7/17/2025 3:42:54 PM
Pope Leo XIV said on Thursday he was "deeply saddened" by an Israel strike which hit a Gaza church, killing two people, and called for "an immediate ceasefire".
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World
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International
7/5/2025 3:14:16 PM
Pope Leo XIV signalled commitment to continuing the fight against clergy sexual abuse by appointing France's Bishop Thibault Verny to head the Vatican’s child protection advisory commission on Saturday.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
6/22/2025 2:57:31 PM
Pope Leo XIV on Sunday called on the world not to forget the humanitarian crisis in Gaza as war in the Middle East broadened with overnight US strikes on Iran.
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Egypt
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Society
6/7/2025 4:29:00 PM
Pope Tawadros II, the head of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church, and Pope Leo XIV, head of the Vatican, praised Egypt’s political leadership in a phone call on Friday evening for reaffirming that Saint Catherine’s Monastery will remain untouched.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
5/28/2025 7:56:28 PM
Pope Leo XIV renewed on Wednesday his call to the leaders to end the Israeli war on Gaza, release all captives, and fully respect international humanitarian law.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
5/21/2025 2:12:20 PM
Pope Leo XIV called Wednesday for sufficient humanitarian aid to be allowed into war-ravaged Gaza, where humanitarian agencies say a total blockade has sparked critical food and medicine shortages.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
5/20/2025 10:49:28 AM
Pope Tawadros II, the head of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church, praised on Monday the noticeable improvements in Lebanon’s security and economic conditions under President Joseph Aoun's guidance.
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World
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War in Ukraine
5/19/2025 3:13:49 PM
Pope Leo XIV and U.S. Vice President JD Vance met at the Vatican on Monday ahead of a flurry of U.S.-led diplomatic efforts to make progress on a ceasefire in Russia’s war in Ukraine.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
5/18/2025 8:34:24 PM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi congratulated Pope Leo XIV on Sunday on his official inauguration as the Pope of the Vatican and wished him success in his new mission.
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World
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International
5/18/2025 2:05:37 PM
Pope Leo XIV set the tone for his papacy Sunday with a call to stop exploiting nature and marginalising the poor, before an audience including JD Vance and tens of thousands of pilgrims.
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Egypt
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Society
5/15/2025 12:47:47 PM
Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Sheikh Ahmed El-Tayyeb and Head of the Roman Catholic Church Pope Leo XIV pledged support for the rights of the vulnerable, underprivileged, and oppressed, stressing the urgent need to end ongoing conflicts, particularly in Gaza, Ukraine, and Sudan.
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Opinion
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5/13/2025 3:06:54 PM
PRINCETON/PROVIDENCE – For centuries, papal elections were also diplomatic wrangles, with the great city-states of Italy (Milan, Florence, and Naples) and then the great powers of Europe (Spain, France, and the Holy Roman Empire) tussling for influence and aiming to install a proxy pontiff.
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World
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International
5/13/2025 10:50:48 AM
The motto of one newly elected American world leader is "Fight! " The other introduced himself to the world with his first public word as pope: “Peace."
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World
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International
5/12/2025 2:03:57 PM
Pope Leo XIV called on Monday for the release of journalists jailed "for seeking and reporting the truth" and warned reporters against using their words to fan hatred.
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Opinion
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Limelight
5/11/2025 7:08:12 PM
The suspense builds up as the world awaits the new pope. Cardinals from 90 countries cast their votes in the same manner, relatively unchanged for nearly 800 years.
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World
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International
5/11/2025 2:41:28 PM
Pope Leo XIV called for an end to war in the world as he greeted crowds from the balcony of St Peter's Basilica on Sunday, in his second official public appearance since becoming the leader of the Catholic Church.
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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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