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POPE LEO XIV IN AFRICA

Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea
April 13-23

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‘The heart of the Church’ is ‘alive and beating’: Pope Leo XIV leads rosary at beloved Muxima Marian shrine in Angola

by Courtney Mares

Pope Leo XIV led tens of thousands of Angolan Catholics in praying the rosary April 19 at southern Africa’s most visited Catholic shrine.

The Eucharist can ‘rekindle lost hope,’ Pope Leo says at Sunday Mass in Angola
Pope Leo arrives in Angola, calls for fostering ‘just model of coexistence’
Pope Leo XIV rejects media ‘narrative’ his Africa remarks targeted Trump
With candor, Pope Leo confronts Cameroon’s ongoing abductions, killings in plea for peace
Pope Francis on then-Cardinal Prevost: ‘He’s a saint,’ journalist recalls in memoir book on the late pope
Bishops’ pro-life chair concerned about ‘uneven enforcement’ of FACE Act after DOJ report

U.S. Church

Just war not ‘a blank check for violence’ and pope is ‘guardian of conscience,’ says bishop

by Gina Christian

(OSV News) — On April 15, Auxiliary Bishop James Massa of Brooklyn, chair of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Doctrine, issued a statement clarifying the Catholic Church’s teaching on just war. The statement came as President …

Gallup: Young men are an ’emerging exception’ among ‘low ebb’ of religiosity in US

Faithful sing, pray, walk in solidarity with detained immigrants in Florida to bring them hope

Trump says he has ‘right to disagree’ with Pope Leo, not ‘necessary’ to meet him

US bishops’ doctrine chair defends Church’s just war tradition after Vance comments

More US bishops raise their voices against Trump’s attacks on Pope Leo

Catholic groups slam Trump’s attacks on Pope Leo, a ‘shepherd’ of souls, not a politician

World

Pope Leo tells African students AI revolution risks changing ‘our very relationship with truth’

by Courtney Mares

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV has warned that the rise of artificial intelligence threatens to change humanity’s relationship with truth, calling on Catholic universities to …

Church concerned about Costa Rica’s deal with US to receive deportees every week
Pope Francis remembered in Buenos Aires as ‘guiding light’ for Argentine Church
Irish-born religious sister’s joyful witness endures 10 years after her death in Ecuador quake
‘We can always begin anew’: Pope Leo leads peace meeting in heart of Cameroon’s conflict zone
At Cameroonian orphanage, Pope Leo tells children they can always find a friend in Jesus

Pope Leo XIV arrives in Cameroon as ‘a servant of dialogue’ amid violent separatist conflict

From searching to belonging: Record Easter baptisms in France reflect personal journeys of faith

Cameroon separatists declare temporary ceasefire ahead of pope’s visit to conflict-hit regions

Vatican

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass with 120,000 people in Cameroon: ‘Bring the bread of life to your neighbors’

by Courtney Mares

Opinion

How I met abortionist Kermit Gosnell

by Katie Yoder

Leo’s response

by Michael R. Heinlein

Old lines, new thoughts: Writing out a Gospel by hand

by Elizabeth Scalia

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