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Pope Leo offers prayers for victims of Texas flooding

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Pope Leo XIV meets with Archbishop Thibault Verny in the Vatican. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

French archbishop appointed head of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

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Charles Collins

A view of the Papal Palace in Castel Gandolfo, around 15 miles southeast of Rome May 29, 2021. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Pope Leo will have much to ponder during his vacation in Castel Gandolfo

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Pope Leo XIV speaks to teachers from England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland, along with young people from Denmark in the Vatican on July 5, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo tells British school teachers they are ‘models in life’

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(Credit: Pixabay.)

Prayer does does not make things easy

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Officials comb through the banks of the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area Saturday, July 5, 2025, in Hunt, Texas. (Credit: Julio Cortez/AP.)

Pope Leo offers prayers for victims of Texas flooding

Jul 6
Charles Collins

A view of the Papal Palace in Castel Gandolfo, around 15 miles southeast of Rome May 29, 2021. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Pope Leo will have much to ponder during his vacation in Castel Gandolfo

Jul 6
Charles Collins

(Credit: Pixabay.)

Prayer does does not make things easy

Jul 6
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Pope Leo XIV meets with Archbishop Thibault Verny in the Vatican. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

French archbishop appointed head of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

Jul 5
Charles Collins

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