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Vatican honours Thai leaders for faith and service
News, Published on 11/12/2025
» The Vatican has conferred papal decorations on eight distinguished Thais in two ceremonies in Bangkok, recognising their devoted service to the Catholic Church, humanitarian action and efforts to strengthen interfaith harmony.
In Istanbul, pope meets bereaved family, prays with Armenians
AFP, Published on 30/11/2025
» ISTANBUL - Pope Leo XIV wraps up a four-day trip to Turkey on Sunday after a warm welcome by its tiny Christian community, before heading to Lebanon with a message of peace for the crisis-mired nation.
Crowd braves rain to flock to Pope Leo's mass in Istanbul
AFP, Published on 30/11/2025
» ISTANBUL - Thousands of worshippers battled the rain to join Pope Leo XIV as he celebrated mass in Istanbul on Saturday, the last full day of his visit to Turkey.
Pope visits Istanbul's Blue Mosque
AFP, Published on 29/11/2025
» ISTANBUL — Pope Leo XIV visited Istanbul's famed Blue Mosque early on Saturday on the third day of his trip to Turkey.
Pope, Orthodox leader to jointly celebrate early Church milestone
AFP, Published on 28/11/2025
» ISTANBUL - Pope Leo XIV joins the leader of the world's Orthodox Christians Friday to celebrate 1,700 years since one of the early Church's most important gatherings, on the second day of his visit to Turkey.
Pope to meet Erdogan in Turkey in first overseas trip
AFP, Published on 27/11/2025
» VATICAN CITY - Pope Leo XIV flies to Turkey on Thursday for the first trip abroad of his papacy, which includes a meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and comes amid acute tensions in the region.
British ex-soldier cleared of Bloody Sunday murders
AFP, Published on 23/10/2025
» BELFAST - A judge in Belfast on Thursday acquitted a British ex-paratrooper of killing unarmed civilians during the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre in Northern Ireland.
King Charles to hold historic prayer with Pope Leo
AFP, Published on 23/10/2025
» VATICAN CITY - King Charles III will meet Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Thursday and make history as the first head of the Church of England to pray publicly with the pontiff for five centuries.
King Charles III to visit Vatican in October
AFP, Published on 27/09/2025
» LONDON — King Charles III, head of the Church of England, and Queen Camilla will make a state visit to meet Pope Leo XIV for the first time at the Vatican next month, Buckingham Palace said Saturday.
Pope Leo puts the brake on Church reforms
AFP, Published on 18/09/2025
» LIMA - Pope Leo XIV sought to reassure Catholics in his first interview published Thursday that he would not change key doctrine on gay marriage and women deacons, after his predecessor's divisive papacy.