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Pope Leo to escape Rome's summer heat with July stay at Castel Gandolfo
By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -As temperatures in Rome swelter this month, reaching more than 35 degrees Celsius ...
Pope Leo resumes papal tradition and escapes Rome’s summer heat to the nearby Castel Gandolfo
Pope Leo XIV will resume the papal tradition of taking a summer break outside Rome. The Vatican announced on Tuesday that Leo ...
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Pope Leo XIV will escape Rome’s heat in July by going to papal villa
Pope Leo will return to the papal summer villa for the three-day holiday weekend of Aug. 15-17. He will celebrate Mass Aug.
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ON SACRED GROUNDS | Rome and Vatican City beyond the conclave
When Pope Francis died, questions about his successor were all over the news. Every Catholic waited with bated breath on who the new head of the Catholic Church will be. The names of Asians and ...
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Diversity is cause for strength, not division, pope tells Rome clergy
The cultural and pastoral diversity among clergy is not a burden but a gift that should enrich communion within the church ...
Hollywood Icon, 85, Becomes First Movie Star to Meet American Pope in Rare Vatican Visit
The legendary movie star is the first A-lister to meet the new pontiff since his election to the papacy last month.
Congolese customs worker refused a bribe to give spoiled rice to the poor. He is beatified by Vatican
The Vatican has beatified a Congolese government worker who was killed for resisting corruption, giving young people in a ...
Can an American pope apply US-style fundraising and standards to fix troubled Vatican finances?
One of the greatest challenges facing Pope Leo XIV is financial. He has inherited the Holy See’s chronic, 50 million to 60 ...
Pope Leo XIV names first Chinese bishop, signaling he is continuing Vatican’s controversial accord
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV made his first appointment of a Chinese bishop under the Vatican’s 2018 agreement with ...