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Pope Leo Returns to Tradition

Pope Leo XIV resumes the tradition of taking a summer vacation. But he's got plenty of homework

VATICAN CITY -- In his very first sermon as pontiff, Pope Leo XIV told the cardinals who elected him that anyone who exercises authority in the Catholic Church must “make oneself small,” so that only Christ remains.

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Pope Leo XIV revives centuries-old vacation tradition, bringing hope of a tourist boom to Castel Gandolfo

Pope Leo XIV will head to the lakeside town of Castel Gandolfo for his summer vacation. After 12 years of papal absence, locals are eager to welcome him.

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Pope Leo Returns to Tradition: A Summer Break at a Papal Villa

For 400 years, most popes escaped the Roman summer in the hilltop town of Castel Gandolfo, Italy. Then Francis stopped going, leaving the town a bit bereft.

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‘Hug therapy’ and not rocking the boat: How Pope Leo is trying to unify the Vatican

The first American pope has so far kept to the script and followed protocol. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

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Pope Leo XIV approves new Mass centered on care for the environment

Pope Leo XIV picks up where Pope Francis left off, and embraces a new Mass focused on the environment, care for the Earth and ...

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Pope Leo tells Turkish first lady he might visit Turkey in November, presidency says

Pope Leo told Turkish First Lady Emine Erdogan that he aims to visit Turkey at the end of November, according to a readout of ...

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With pope’s support, Vatican to publish document on synod’s final phase

According to the apostolic constitution “Universi Dominici Gregis,” which governs procedures when the papacy is vacant, a ...

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At the Vatican, experts challenge the rules of global debt and finance

The Vatican called for sweeping reforms to a global financial system it says punishes the poor and rewards the powerful.

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Church adds Mass ‘for care of creation’ to missal, pope to celebrate

Catholic priests will now be able to celebrate Mass "for the care of creation" after the Vatican announced that a new ...

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Pope appoints Pizzaballa and Mathieu to Vatican’s interreligious dialogue office

Pope Leo XIV on July 3 appointed two prominent cardinals, Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, and ...

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‘Hug therapy’: How Pope Leo is trying to unify Vatican

Unlike his predecessor, the American pontiff appears keen to promote the institution over himself as an individual.

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Catholics must respond to environmental injustice with prayer, concrete action, pope says

Ravaging the earth and creating environmental injustices are not what God had in mind when he entrusted creation to humanity, ...

Debate over Latin Mass heats up after apparent leak of Vatican documents that undermine Pope Francis

The debate in the Catholic Church over the celebration of the old Latin Mass is heating up just as Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate is getting under way ...

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