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Pope speaks about childhood and early mornings as an altar boy in unscripted visit with campers
Pope Leo XIV has spoken publicly about his childhood in Chicago for the first time as pontiff. Leo recalled Thursday that ...
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Vatican downplays role leaked documents on Pope Francis' decision to restrict Latin Mass
Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni declined to explicitly confirm the authenticity of the documents, which were posted online ...
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Vatican hopes new Mass prayers will renew care for God’s creation
The “Mass for the Care of Creation,” inspired by Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si’, has prayers and Mass readings designed ...
Pope Leo XIV revives centuries-old vacation tradition, bringing hope of a tourist boom to Castel Gandolfo
Pope Leo XIV will head to the lakeside town of Castel Gandolfo for his summer vacation. After 12 years of papal absence, ...
Pope Leo Returns to Tradition: A Summer Break at a Papal Villa
For 400 years, most popes escaped the Roman summer in the hilltop town of Castel Gandolfo, Italy. Then Francis stopped going, ...
Taking a break, Pope Leo revives centuries-old tradition
Pope Leo will revive a centuries-old tradition on Sunday by taking a holiday at Castel Gandolfo, where residents of the lakeside town hope for a tourism boost after the late Pope Francis shunned ...
Praying the world halts climate change? There's now a Catholic Mass for that
A new rite published by the Vatican on Thursday will allow priests to celebrate a Mass to exhort Catholics to exercise care ...