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

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Pope Leo XIV stands with Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk while meeting with members of the Jubilee Pilgrimage of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church in the Vatican on June 28, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo say Ukraine has been ‘martyred’ in ‘senseless war’

Jun 28
Charles Collins

Pope Leo XIV presides over Ordination Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican on the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, June 27, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo tells new priests to avoid ‘dubious and short-lived’ models of success

Jun 27
Charles Collins

Pope Leo XIV gives his homily at the Mass for the Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul in the Vatican on June 29, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope calls for more unity in the Church on the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul

Jun 29
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Peru bishops invite Pope Leo XIV to visit

Jul 1
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Nuns stand next to copies of L’Osservatore Romano newspaper with headlines in Latin of Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, Friday, May 9, 2025, a day after he was elected as the first North American pope. (Credit: Francisco Seco/AP.)

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

Jul 2
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Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Credit: Pixabay.)

Former Liberation Theology leader criticizes ‘excess’ of social issues by Latin American bishops

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Peru bishops invite Pope Leo XIV to visit

Jul 1
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A woman sleeps on a blanket next to children playing in a shelter for families displaced by gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on May 12, 2025. (Credit: Odelyn Joseph/AP.)

Hunger should not be used as a weapon of war, Pope Leo says

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