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Cardinal Burke meets with Pope Leo in private audience at the Vatican
CatholicVote - Wisconsin
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August 22, 2025
Pope Leo XIV received Cardinal Raymond Burke in an audience in Rome Aug. 22, according to the Holy See Press Office. The press office did not state what was discussed as it will usually only disclose such information if the Pope’s meeting is with...
Pope Leo's Vatican Apartment 'Housemates': What We Know
Newsweek
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August 22, 2025
Pope Leo XIV is set to take up residence in the Apostolic Palace next month, where he will live with several other people, Italian media reports. The pontiff plans to share his renovated papal apartment with three or four other Augustinians,...
The Vatican assures its willingness to collaborate in favor of Haiti
Haiti Libre
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Haiti - Religion : The Vatican assures its willingness to collaborate in favor of Haiti 22/08/2025 09:58:43 Monsignor Juan Antonio Cruz Serrano, Permanent Observer to the Organization of American States (OAS), during the presentation in Washington...
Vatican studying possible papal trip to Turkey and Lebanon
Catholic News
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August 21, 2025
Cardinal Bechara Rai (Maronite Eparchy of Australia) A plan for Pope Leo XIV to visit Lebanon and Turkey in late November and early December is being studied, according to a Vatican official. Source: OSV News. Lebanon’s Cardinal Bechara Rai,...
Vatican-Türkiye diplomacy: Pope Leo’s visit to Iznik
Sabah
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August 21, 2025
In April of this year, the death of Pope Francis cast his followers into profound grief. He had planned a visit to Türkiye to mark the 1,700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea (Iznik), which also coincides with the Jubilee Year....
Vatican studying possible papal trip to Turkey, Lebanon
Arlington Catholic Herald - Virginia
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VATICAN CITY — A plan for Pope Leo XIV to visit Lebanon as well as Turkey in late November and early December is being studied, a Vatican official said. Lebanon’s Cardinal Bechara Rai, patriarch of the Maronite Catholic Church, told Al Arabiya...
Pope Leo might find a way to keep “community life” at Vatican
Aleteia
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August 21, 2025
There is speculation that when the Pope finally moves into the renovated papal apartment in the fall, he may have a small Augustinian community with him. In the Catholic Church, there is a basic distinction between two "types" of priests. Some...
Pope Leo's first international trip could be to Lebanon
Naharnet
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Pope Leo XIV is planning to visit Lebanon this year on his first foreign visit, Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi said, a trip that would give history's first American pope a chance to speak in broad terms about peace in the Middle East and the...
Pope Leo's first international trip could be to Lebanon, cardinal says
Newsday - New York
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ROME — Pope Leo XIV is planning to visit Lebanon this year on his first foreign visit, the country’s Catholic cardinal said, a trip that would give history's first American pope a chance to speak in broad terms about peace in the Middle East and...
Pope Leo’s first international trip could be to Lebanon
Gulf News
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Largest percentage of Christians The Mediterranean nation of around 6 million, including more than 1 million Syrian and Palestinian refugees, has the largest percentage of Christians in the Middle East and is the only Arab country with a Christian...
Pope Leo XIV expected to visit Lebanon on first international trip
United Press International (UPI)
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Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Pope Leo XIV is expected to travel to Lebanon before the end of the year on his first international trip. Cardinal Bechara Boutros Rai, patriarch of the Maronite Catholic Church, said in an interview that Leo would visit Lebanon...
EES governor proposes more Catholic Dioceses
Number One Citizen Daily
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August 21, 2025
EES Governor, Lobong hosted in honor of the Catholic Apostolic Nuncio to South Sudan |EESPU By Alan Clement Eastern Equatoria State Governor, Louis Lobong Lojore has called for the creation of more Catholic dioceses in the state, citing the vast...
Pope Leo XIV Calls Theologians to Find "balanced synthesis" Between God’s Law and Human Freedom
ACI Africa
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August 20, 2025
Vatican City, 20 August, 2025 / 7:56 pm (ACI Africa). Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday invited participants attending the 17th International Congress of Moral Theology in Colombia to reflect on the world’s challenges and conflicts in light of divine...
Pope Leo XIV to travel to Lebanon in likely first international trip
BBC
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Pope Leo XIV is preparing to travel to Lebanon later this year, in what could be his first journey abroad since being elected head of the Catholic Church in May. Archbishop Paul Sayah, deputy to Lebanon's highest-ranking Catholic leader, told the...
Calm papacy that avoids polemics is coming into focus
The Vindicator - Ohio
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VATICAN CITY — When Pope Leo XIV surprised tens of thousands of young people at a recent Holy Year celebration with an impromptu popemobile romp around St. Peter’s Square, it almost seemed as if some of the informal spontaneity that characterized...
Politico: White House Wants To Hold Zelensky And Putin Summit In Budapest
Charter 97
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4 Photo: charter97.org The U.S. Secret Service is preparing for a meeting in Hungary. The White House has proposed a new venue for a meeting between Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky and Russian dictator Vladimir Putin. We are talking about...
Leo XIV calls theologians to find ‘balanced synthesis’ between God’s law, human freedom
Catholic News Agency
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August 20, 2025
Vatican City, Aug 20, 2025 / 12:56 pm Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday invited participants attending the 17th International Congress of Moral Theology in Colombia to reflect on the world’s challenges and conflicts in light of divine revelation revealed...
Seychelles: President Ramkalawan To Hold Audience With His Holiness Pope Leo XIV At The Vatican
MENAFN
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August 20, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) The Office of the President announces that the President of the Republic of Seychelles, Mr. Wavel Ramkalawan, is scheduled to meet with His Holiness Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Friday, 22 August 2025. In his capacity as Head...
God, Science & Silicon Valley | For Pete's Sake: A Vatican Podcast
Rome Reports
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August 20, 2025
In this episode of the “For Pete’s Sake,” guest John Noronha dives into his journey from international tech executive to studying theology and founding of the Truth and Beauty Project here in Rome. He also recounts his experience working for papal...
Pope Leo to live in Vatican ‘flatshare’ when he moves into papal apartments
The Independent
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August 20, 2025
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