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'Hug Therapy': How Pope Leo Is Trying To Unify Vatican
Pope Leo XIV heads off on holiday on Sunday, having spent his first two months as Catholic leader rebuilding unity and bolstering tradition after his predecessor's unorthodox papacy.
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With Holiday At Summer Residence, Pope Leo Revives Centuries-Old Tradition
Pope Leo will revive a centuries-old tradition by taking a holiday at Castel Gandolfo, where residents of the lakeside town hope for a tourism boost.
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Leo XIV's First Instagram Post From Official Pope Account. What He Said
Pope Leo XIV borrowed words from his first public address at the Urbi et Orbi after his election on May 8, and wrote: "Peace be with you all!"
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Pope Leo XIV Begins First Full Week with Global Outreach and Calls for Peace
The pope's inauguration mass at St Peter's Square on Sunday, May 18 will be a far grander affair -- his first public mass as pope, during which he will preside before thousands of worshippers and world leaders.
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How Popes Choose Their Names And What's Its Significance
The pope's chosen name is often the first message to the world about who he intends to be.
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Pink Smoke Signals In Rome Call For Women Priests
Excluded from the conclave to elect a new pope Wednesday -- and more broadly from the Church's entire global priesthood -- some Catholic women were determined that their voices will be heard.
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Cardinals Enter Sistine Chapel For Secret Conclave To Elect New Pope
Catholic cardinals who will choose the next pope filed into the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, before locking themselves away from the world to elect the man they hope can unite a diverse but divided global Church.
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'Michelangelo Meets James Bond': The Secretive Process To Elect New Pope
Vatican technicians are securing what on Wednesday will arguably become the world's most beautiful bunker, making sure that what happens in the Sistine Chapel stays in the Sistine Chapel.
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Explained: The 'Highly Secretive Process' To Elect New Pope
During the forthcoming conclave, cardinals will gather in the Sistine Chapel to elect a successor to Pope Francis in a highly secretive process that could take several days, potentially longer.
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Who Will Be The Next Pope? List Of 16 Prospective Successors
With no official campaigning or list of candidates and the election process shrouded in secrecy, speculation about who will succeed Pope Francis after the conclave beginning this week remains just that ,speculation.
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Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Career Diplomat Serious Contender To Be Next Pope
A seasoned diplomat who worked with Pope Francis for 12 years, Cardinal Pietro Parolin is well-known in Rome and abroad, and a serious contender to be the next pontiff.
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Filipino Cardinal, The 'Asian Francis' Is Frontrunner For Papacy
Asia's front-runner for the papacy, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of the Philippines is a charismatic moderate often dubbed the "Asian Francis".
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Will Cardinals Choose Another Outsider Like Francis To Be Next Pope?
When Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio was elected in 2013 as Pope Francis, he was a near total Vatican outsider. He had never been a Vatican official, instead spending decades in local ministry. And he came from Argentina, the first pope from the Americas.
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Conclave Politics Begin With Pope Francis' Funeral
No date has yet been set for the conclave, but it must start by May 10.
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A Trump-Zelensky Meet At Vatican Basilica, Then A "Dealt With" Jab At Putin
US President Donald Trump has raised doubts about his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin's willingness to end the war in Ukraine. Trump suggested Putin has been "tapping me along" and said the Russian leader "has to be dealt with differently."
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'Hug Therapy': How Pope Leo Is Trying To Unify Vatican
Pope Leo XIV heads off on holiday on Sunday, having spent his first two months as Catholic leader rebuilding unity and bolstering tradition after his predecessor's unorthodox papacy.
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With Holiday At Summer Residence, Pope Leo Revives Centuries-Old Tradition
Pope Leo will revive a centuries-old tradition by taking a holiday at Castel Gandolfo, where residents of the lakeside town hope for a tourism boost.
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Leo XIV's First Instagram Post From Official Pope Account. What He Said
Pope Leo XIV borrowed words from his first public address at the Urbi et Orbi after his election on May 8, and wrote: "Peace be with you all!"
-
Pope Leo XIV Begins First Full Week with Global Outreach and Calls for Peace
The pope's inauguration mass at St Peter's Square on Sunday, May 18 will be a far grander affair -- his first public mass as pope, during which he will preside before thousands of worshippers and world leaders.
-
How Popes Choose Their Names And What's Its Significance
The pope's chosen name is often the first message to the world about who he intends to be.
-
Pink Smoke Signals In Rome Call For Women Priests
Excluded from the conclave to elect a new pope Wednesday -- and more broadly from the Church's entire global priesthood -- some Catholic women were determined that their voices will be heard.
-
Cardinals Enter Sistine Chapel For Secret Conclave To Elect New Pope
Catholic cardinals who will choose the next pope filed into the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, before locking themselves away from the world to elect the man they hope can unite a diverse but divided global Church.
-
'Michelangelo Meets James Bond': The Secretive Process To Elect New Pope
Vatican technicians are securing what on Wednesday will arguably become the world's most beautiful bunker, making sure that what happens in the Sistine Chapel stays in the Sistine Chapel.
-
Explained: The 'Highly Secretive Process' To Elect New Pope
During the forthcoming conclave, cardinals will gather in the Sistine Chapel to elect a successor to Pope Francis in a highly secretive process that could take several days, potentially longer.
-
Who Will Be The Next Pope? List Of 16 Prospective Successors
With no official campaigning or list of candidates and the election process shrouded in secrecy, speculation about who will succeed Pope Francis after the conclave beginning this week remains just that ,speculation.
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Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Career Diplomat Serious Contender To Be Next Pope
A seasoned diplomat who worked with Pope Francis for 12 years, Cardinal Pietro Parolin is well-known in Rome and abroad, and a serious contender to be the next pontiff.
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Filipino Cardinal, The 'Asian Francis' Is Frontrunner For Papacy
Asia's front-runner for the papacy, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of the Philippines is a charismatic moderate often dubbed the "Asian Francis".
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Will Cardinals Choose Another Outsider Like Francis To Be Next Pope?
When Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio was elected in 2013 as Pope Francis, he was a near total Vatican outsider. He had never been a Vatican official, instead spending decades in local ministry. And he came from Argentina, the first pope from the Americas.
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Conclave Politics Begin With Pope Francis' Funeral
No date has yet been set for the conclave, but it must start by May 10.
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A Trump-Zelensky Meet At Vatican Basilica, Then A "Dealt With" Jab At Putin
US President Donald Trump has raised doubts about his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin's willingness to end the war in Ukraine. Trump suggested Putin has been "tapping me along" and said the Russian leader "has to be dealt with differently."
