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Pope Leo’s first international trip could be to Lebanon, cardinal says

Pope Leo XIV at his General Audience at the Vatican on Aug. 20, 2025. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope Leo’s first international trip could be to Lebanon, cardinal says

Aug 21
Nicole Winfield,
Kareem Chehayeb, Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV at General Audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on June 4, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Leo XIV: A pope ‘of the heart’

Aug 21
Christopher R. Altieri

Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

Catholic television stations create Latin American network

Aug 21
Eduardo Campos Lima

Bishop Matthew Kukah of Sokoto, Nigeria, with priests. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Bishop says Africa’s ‘superfluous religion’ demands action, not just full churches

Aug 21
Ngala Killian Chimtom

The cover of 'The Curse He Chose' by Sister Allison Regina Gliot which was published by Pauline books. (Credit: Pauline Books.)

Nun brings vampires back to Catholic Church in new novel

Aug 20
Charles Collins

Pope Leo XIV waves as he arrives to hold a Pentecost vigil in St. Peter’s Square at The Vatican, Saturday, June 8, 2025. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV ‘seems to be enjoying’ the papacy

Aug 20
Crux Staff

Pope Leo XIV at General Audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on June 4, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Leo XIV: A pope ‘of the heart’

Aug 21
Christopher R. Altieri

Pope Leo XIV at the Paul VI Audience Hall in the Vatican for the General Audience on Aug. 20, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope says forgiveness means evil doesn’t have to have the last word

Aug 20
Charles Collins

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