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Pope Leo XIV graciously accepts, but doesn't wear, Philadelphia Eagles hat as Philly archbishop visits Vatican

Philadelphia's Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez gave Pope Leo XIV an Eagles hat while visiting the Vatican on Wednesday.
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Pope Leo XIV to Jubilee of Youth: ‘Your Voices Will Be Heard to the Ends of the Earth’

Let us hope that all of you will always be a sign of hope for the whole world,' said the Holy Father, this time speaking in ...

Pope to bestow one of Catholic Church’s highest honors on Anglican convert John Henry Newman

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV decided Thursday to declare St. John Henry Newman a “doctor” of the church, bestowing one of the Catholic Church’s highest honors on the deeply influential 19th ...
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St. John Henry Newman will be named doctor of the church by Pope Leo

On July 31, Pope Leo XIV announced that St. John Henry Newman, English theologian, educator, and writer who converted to ...

Philly archbishop gifts Eagles Super Bowl cap to Pope Leo XIV

Philadelphia's Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez gave Pope Leo XIV an Eagles hat while visiting the Vatican on Wednesday.
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Start of Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate brings surge of interest in papal blessings

The surge in blessings reflects enthusiasm over the start of a new pontificate and highlights a traditional practice that ...

Pope Leo XIV addresses youth with heartfelt message amid growing global crisis: 'Never stop believing in a better world'

"Clameurs!" translates to "clamors," a direct allusion to Pope Francis' groundbreaking 2015 papal encyclical Laudato Si', a ...

Pope Leo XIV condemns brutal machete attack that killed 49 Christians during prayer in DR Congo

Pope Leo and the U.N. condemned the attack by Islamic State-linked extremists that killed 49 Christians in a church in the ...