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Venezuelan Nobel laureate Machado asks pope for help in freeing political prisoners

Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel laureate María Corina Machado asked for Pope Leo XIV's help in securing the release of ...
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Rev. King, a Baptist, lived Catholic social justice in 'extraordinary fashion,' says cardinal

Last year Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory became the first African American to participate in a papal conclave, which eventually ...
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Cardinals leave consistory with a clear vision from pontiff: 'A Church that cares'

Pope Leo XIV leads a prayer as he holds a consistory with cardinals from around the world at the Vatican Jan. 8, 2026.
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Church leaders must listen to abuse victims, those who suffer, pope tells cardinals

Every level of Church leadership must strengthen and improve its ability to listen to everyone, especially to victims of ...
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Survivors praise pope's words during consistory that not welcoming abuse victims is 'scandal'

Pope Leo XIV strongly condemned the Church's failure to welcome survivors of sexual abuse, calling it a "scandal" that ...
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New papal staff highlights Christ's victory over death, papal liturgies office says

While Catholics have been accustomed to the famed silver papal staff featuring the suffering of Christ crucified and used by ...
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Pope Leo XIV to visit Spain this summer, with stops in Madrid, Barcelona and the Canary Islands

With the jubilee year now officially ended, the pope's travel schedule is also expected to ramp up, with one trip especially ...
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Anti-trafficking advocates cite aid cuts, immigration crackdowns as key challenges

Mary Mugo from Nairobi, Kenya, wearing a T-shirt that reads, "Pray Against Human Trafficking," joins other young people in Rome's central Santa Maria in Trastevere Square Feb. 6, 2024, to raise ...