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PHOTOS: Pope Leo XIV visits elderly home, says Mass for 60,000 in Angola

PHOTOS: Pope Leo XIV visits elderly home, says Mass for...

A look in photos at Pope Leo XIV’s eighth day of his apostolic journey to Africa.

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PHOTOS: Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass, leads rosary in Angola

PHOTOS: Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass, leads rosary in A...

A look in photos at Pope Leo XIV’s seventh day of his apostolic visit to Africa.

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Pope Leo visits nursing home in Angola: The elderly ‘need to be listened to’

Pope Leo visits nursing home in Angola: The elderly ‘ne...

Saurimo, a city in northeastern Angola, is known as the center of diamond mining...

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Christ is not ‘a guru or a good luck charm,’ pope says at Mass in Angola

Christ is not ‘a guru or a good luck charm,’ pope says ...

After praying at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption in Saurimo, Pope Le...

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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

‘The heart of the Church’ is ‘alive and beating’: Pope ...

Pope Leo XIV led tens of thousands of Angolan Catholics in praying the rosary Ap...

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The Eucharist can ‘rekindle lost hope,’ Pope Leo says at Sunday Mass in Angola

The Eucharist can ‘rekindle lost hope,’ Pope Leo says a...

Pope Leo XIV celebrated an outdoor Mass for an estimated 100,000 Catholics in An...

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Pope Leo arrives in Angola, calls for fostering ‘just model of coexistence’

Pope Leo arrives in Angola, calls for fostering ‘just m...

Pope Leo XIV touched down in the Angolan capital of Luanda, beginning a three-da...

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With candor, Pope Leo confronts Cameroon’s ongoing abductions, killings in plea for peace

With candor, Pope Leo confronts Cameroon’s ongoing abdu...

In clear, direct language, the pope spent his time in Cameroon denouncing violen...

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U.S. Embassy to the Vatican: Nigerian Christians are being targeted

U.S. Embassy to the Vatican: Nigerian Christians are be...

Ambassador Brian Burch described the situation in Nigeria as a “conflict between...

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Popes’ alma mater in Rome celebrates 25 years of Eucharistic adoration

Popes’ alma mater in Rome celebrates 25 years of Euchar...

St. John Paul II and Pope Leo XIV both studied at the University of St. Thomas A...

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Pope tells Catholic university students in Cameroon to ‘search for truth’

Pope tells Catholic university students in Cameroon to ...

Leo also addressed artificial intelligence and invited the students to be pionee...

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PHOTOS: Pope Leo XIV meets with students, visits hospital, holds stadium Mass in Cameroon

PHOTOS: Pope Leo XIV meets with students, visits hospit...

The Holy Father will stay in Cameroon one more night before traveling to Angola ...

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Pope Leo XIV calls for the ‘safeguarding’ and ‘accompanying’ of minors and vulnerable adults

Pope Leo XIV calls for the ‘safeguarding’ and ‘accompan...

The pope said the protection of the vulnerable “challenges the conscience of the...

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Investigation ‘ongoing’ in false bomb threat at home of Pope Leo’s brother

Investigation ‘ongoing’ in false bomb threat at home of...

Police is conducting "an ongoing and active investigation" of an unsubstantiated...

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Pope Francis remembered in Buenos Aires as ‘guiding light’ for Argentine Church

Pope Francis remembered in Buenos Aires as ‘guiding lig...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (OSV News) — María Rico ambled along a busy Buenos Aires...

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Analysis: Does a new survey show potential for a confession revival? Some say yes; others not so sure

Analysis: Does a new survey show potential for a confes...

A new survey finds 67% of Catholics who haven't been to confession in the past y...