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Seven million Argentines welcome Pope Leo

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Pope Leo’s Peruvian homecoming

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What does unity mean for Pope Leo? Feat. Massimo Faggioli

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Leo needs “no further treatment” for cancer

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Pope Leo’s cancer diagnosis: What we know

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‘Amoris Laetitia’ at 10: The history, tensions and legacy

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French Catholicism Reborn? What happened on Pope Leo’s visit to France (and why it matters for all of us)

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What to expect from Pope Leo’s trip to France

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‘Baby Bishops School’: How the Vatican trains new bishops

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What’s on Pope Leo’s desk this fall

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Pope Leo's message for the United States' 250th anniversary

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Vatican excommunicates SSPX bishops, priests and others

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‘I doubt he will be diplomatic’: What Leo may say to the U.S. July 3

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‘Like I’ve rarely seen him’: Pope Leo’s visit to Spain

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Anna Rowlands on the ‘Magnifica Humanitas’ debates

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EWTN president named head of Vatican communications

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Pope Leo's A.I. encyclical: Top takeaways from “Magnifica Humanitas”

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Pope Leo's Encyclical: "Artificial intelligence needs to be disarmed."

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What we know about Pope Leo’s A.I. encyclical

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Marco Rubio’s Vatican visit, explained | Inside the Vatican podcast

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Deep Dive: An American Pope–How it happened and what it means

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‘Speaking fearlessly’: Pope Leo’s Africa Trip

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Vatican Diplomacy 101

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‘Don’t Take the Bait’: A Roundtable on Trump’s Pope Comments

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Pope Leo: Trump’s Iran threat “unacceptable”

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Catholic women react to the Vatican’s report on women’s leadership

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The inside story of Pope Leo XIV’s election

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Pope Leo is using every way possible to advocate peace

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Is Iran a ‘just war’? U.S. Cardinals weigh in

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Why Pope Leo was ‘economic with words’ on Iran war

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SSPX rejects Vatican dialogue offer

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Pope Leo’s first Lent begins

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The Vatican and SSPX: A Timeline

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Minneapolis Bishop on ICE, immigration and Pope Leo

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How the Vatican is thinking about Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ invitation

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U.S. cardinals speak out against Trump on Greenland, Venezuela and Ukraine

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Pope Leo's foreign policy

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What we learned from Pope Leo’s first consistory

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Pope Leo’s first Christmas address to the Vatican Curia

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Vatican hosts prisoners for final Jubilee Year event

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The women deacons commission report, explained

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Update: Study commission says ‘no’ to women deacons—for now

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Inside Pope Leo's first foreign trip

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Why is Pope Leo visiting Nicaea?

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Synod study groups publish reports

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Pope Leo to call world’s cardinals to Rome for meeting

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Vatican bans controversial Marian title ‘co-redemptrix’

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Pope Leo’s candid Q-and-A on synodality

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Inside the first exclusive interview with Pope Leo XIV

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Has Pope Leo’s honeymoon ended? U.S. Catholics push back

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Pope Leo’s ‘Dilexi Te’ in continuity with Pope Francis

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Deep Dive: The Swiss Guard, between tradition and reform

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Pope Leo’s surprise appointment to lead the Vatican bishops’ office

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The Vatican's 'trial of the century' dramatically re-opens

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Pope Leo XIV gives his first interview

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The Canonizations of Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati

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Pope Leo meets James Martin, SJ; discusses LGBT ministry

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Who is Pope Leo XIV | Part III: From Peru to the papacy

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Who is Pope Leo XIV | Part II: Ministry amid terror in Peru

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Who is Pope Leo XIV | Part I: From Chicago’s South Side to Augustinian Priest

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After U.S. bombings on Iran, Pope Leo calls for diplomacy over destruction

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Pope Leo’s call for peace—and a (video) appearance in Chicago

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Roundtable: Pope Leo XIV, AI ethics, sexual abuse crisis reforms, Vatican–China relations

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Not Francis 2.0: Cardinals’ first impressions of Pope Leo XIV

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Leo XIV greets Vatican employees with humility, warmth—and a €500 bonus

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The opening message of Pope Leo XIV’s papacy

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What Pope Leo’s first days tell us about his priorities

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Pope Leo XIV is an Augustinian friar. Here's what that means

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What Pope Leo XIV’s speedy election means for the Catholic Church

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Habemus papam! The first American pope is elected

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There's only one thing left for Catholics to do: pray.

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Black smoke on first vote. But what happens after a pope is elected?

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Where the cardinals stand one day before the conclave

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What happens inside a conclave? Everything you need to know.

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Will the next pope embrace synodality–or reject it?

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At the conclave, politics and prayer come together. Is that a problem?

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Choosing a pope: What qualities the cardinals will look for in the conclave

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Will the next pope be Italian? And the unfinished business of Francis’ papacy

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Clarity, Confusion, Unity: Unpacking the conclave’s code words

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The Conclave is more than a referendum on Pope Francis

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Deep Dive: The Pope Has Died. What Happens Next?

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Remembering Francis: A roundtable with Colleen, Gerry and Ricardo

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Pope Francis has died at age 88

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Deep Dive: The Council of Nicaea and the struggle for a common date of Easter

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The Rise and Fall of Theodore McCarrick

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Pope Francis says he is ‘healing’ in body and soul

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Who is the nurse who made medical decisions for the pope?

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Pope Francis to be discharged from hospital tomorrow

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Could Pope Francis and King Charles’ meeting actually happen in just a few weeks?

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Pope Francis’ recovery and the church’s stance on gender dysphoria

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Listen: Pope Francis' audio message from Gemelli Hospital

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Pope Francis’ hospitalization: The complex picture, three weeks in

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Pope Francis suffers two acute respiratory crises

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Pope Francis returns to ‘critical state’ after bronchial spasm

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A complete picture of Pope Francis’ ongoing health crisis

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Pope Francis receives oxygen, blood transfusion in hospital

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Pope Francis hospitalized with double pneumonia

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Update: Pope Francis' hospitalization to continue longer than expected

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Interview: Bishop Paul Tighe on the Vatican's response to AI

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Update: Pope Francis denounces Trump’s mass deportations in letter to U.S. bishops