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POPE LEO XIV IN AFRICA

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

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Pope Leo on papal plane to Cameroon: St. Augustine invites all to search for God and truth today

by Courtney Mares

ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT TO YAOUNDE, Cameroon (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV spoke to journalists aboard the papal plane on April 15 on the five-hour flight from …

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Pope Leo XIV sets stage for June consistory with letter to cardinals
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Pro-life groups urge DOJ to stop opposing state abortion pill lawsuits

U.S. Church

Dominicans who care for poor cancer patients sue over state’s transgender mandates

by OSV News

The Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne, New York, operate a 42-bed nursing home that provides palliative care for the dying poor.

Religious Liberty Commission holds final hearing in shadow of Christian backlash to Trump posts

Trump draws backlash over Pope Leo rant, ‘deeply offensive’ image of him looking like Christ

Minnesota butter sculptor brings skills to NCEA convention, enshrines pope in the dairy staple

Archbishop Gudziak: Late iconographer tried ‘to show God to others’

US cardinals speak out against Iran war, mass deportations in 60 Minutes appearance

Trump lashes out at Pope Leo XIV amid Iran war rebuke

World

‘Son of Augustine’: Pope Leo XIV retraces St. Augustine’s steps in Algeria

by Courtney Mares

ANNABA, Algeria (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV offered Mass April 14 at the basilica built near the site where St. Augustine died nearly 1,600 years ago, making a …

Pope sends message to Madrid’s massive Easter concert as youth pray for peace
Bamenda’s archbishop: Papal visit to Cameroon has brought miracles before it even begins
New Chaldean patriarch elected for Iraq amid pope’s calls he ‘should be’ a ‘father in faith’
Pope Leo praises witness of Algeria’s Christian martyrs at meeting with local Catholics
Lebanese Christians mourn rising death toll as war shatters communities, hope

Italy: Church leaders, politicians denounce Trump’s online attack against pope

Pope Leo’s Africa trip will be his longest trip yet

Peruvian bishops’ conference secretary general steps down after abuse allegations surface

Vatican

Pope Leo arrives in Algeria on first-ever papal visit to the country

by Courtney Mares

Opinion

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by Elizabeth Scalia

A mercy that transcends our disappointments

by Ely Segura

Some thoughts on washing feet

by Effie Caldarola

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