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Pope Leo says wars and conflicts do not stop the ability to meet

An image of Pope Leo XIV in a video message released on July 15, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo says wars and conflicts do not stop the ability to meet

Recalling the famous Christmas soccer match that occurred between opposing forces at the begging of World War I, Pope Leo XIV said it is “always possible to meet, even in a time of … war,” and people must create opportunities to do so.

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Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass in the chapel of the Carabinieri's headquarters in Castel Gandolfo on July 15, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

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In this Oct. 7, 2018 file photo, Cameroon’s President Paul Biya, of the Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement party, wait to casts his vote during the Presidential elections in Yaounde, Cameroon. (Credit: Sunday Alamba/AP.)

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Jesuit Father Josep Lluís Iriberri points towards Manresa, where his group of pilgrims will conclude the Ignatian way pilgrimage, in Spain on July 9, 2025. (Credit: Joseph Wilson/AP.)

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Cardinal Blase Cupich presents former Chicago White Sox player Paul Konerko with a jersey signed by Pope Leo XIV during a ceremony honoring the 2005 World Series Champions before a baseball game between the Cleveland Guardians and Chicago White Sox on July 12, 2025. (Credit: Erin Hooley/AP.)

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Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass in the chapel of the Carabinieri's headquarters in Castel Gandolfo on July 15, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

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In this Oct. 7, 2018 file photo, Cameroon’s President Paul Biya, of the Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement party, wait to casts his vote during the Presidential elections in Yaounde, Cameroon. (Credit: Sunday Alamba/AP.)

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Jesuit Father Josep Lluís Iriberri points towards Manresa, where his group of pilgrims will conclude the Ignatian way pilgrimage, in Spain on July 9, 2025. (Credit: Joseph Wilson/AP.)

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Cardinal Blase Cupich presents former Chicago White Sox player Paul Konerko with a jersey signed by Pope Leo XIV during a ceremony honoring the 2005 World Series Champions before a baseball game between the Cleveland Guardians and Chicago White Sox on July 12, 2025. (Credit: Erin Hooley/AP.)

From one 14 to another, White Sox great Konerko gets gift from Pope Leo XIV in honor of 2005 title

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From one 14 to another, White Sox great Konerko gets gift from Pope Leo XIV in honor of 2005 title

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Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass for the Care of the Environment in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on July 9, 2025. (Credit: Yara Nardi/Pool via AP.)

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Ghana’s President-Elect John Dramani Mahama, waves after taking the oath of office at his inauguration, at the Independence Square in Accra, Ghana, Jan. 7, 2025. (Credit: Misper Apawu/AP.)

Vatican cardinal urges Ghana to reset its moral, democratic compass

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Filipino bishops enter the Saint Michael the Archangel Parish in Jagna, Bohol, in the central Philippines, for a Mass on the first day of their 130th plenary assembly, July 5, 2025. (Credit: CBCP News.)

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South Sudan’s then First Vice President Riek Machar, left, looks across at President Salva Kiir, right, as they sit to be photographed following the first meeting of a transitional coalition government, in the capital Juba, South Sudan on April 29, 2016. (Credit: Jason Patinkin/AP.)

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