Religion & Spirituality
Religion & Spirituality
Pope’s visit to Equatorial Guinea is a diplomatic challenge as he closes his Africa trip
LUANDA, Angola — Pope Leo XIV heads Tuesday to Equatorial Guinea for the final leg of his four-nation African journey, arriving in a country...
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Did Pope Leo find his voice in Africa? Or did the world finally hear him?
LUANDA, Angola — And in Africa, the lion roared.
There is a case to be made that Pope Leo XIV, the careful, reserved, Midwestern Augustinian,...
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Supreme Court will hear from religious preschools challenging exclusion from taxpayer-funded program
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear from Catholic preschools that say it’s unconstitutional to exclude them from a state-funded program...
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Pope in Saurimo warns God is not a ‘guru’ as locals battle wizardry
SAURIMO – Pope Leo XIV on Monday visited the town of Saurimo in northeastern Angola, where he cautioned locals against traditional superstitious practices and...
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On Cameroon visit Pope Leo called for peace, but peace with justice
YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – During his April 15-18 visit to Cameroon, Pope Leo XVI broke a long-standing taboo: He directly addressed the separatist conflict in...
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Pope prays at Catholic shrine in Angola that was a center of African slave trade
MUXIMA, Angola (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Sunday recalled the “sorrow and great suffering” Angolans endured for centuries, as the American pope prayed...
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Padre Guilherme hosts rave in Argentina’s capital honoring late Pope Francis
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Pope Francis reappeared in Argentina’s capital a year after his death, but it wasn’t a miracle: It was through the...
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Pope in Angola offers message of hope, urges social action amid poverty
KIMBALA – On his second day in Angola, Pope Leo urged the impoverished population not to give in to despair in the face of...