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This photo taken and handout on May 9, 2025 by The Vatican Media shows Pope Leo XIV during a mass with cardinals in the Sistine Chapel in The Vatican. [1]

Deals in the works with Southeast Asia over gas and food Modernity meets tradition -- and a bit of danger -- at the annual festival China-backed authoritarianism is on the rise in Asia as the US retreats 'Anger not the way' says first pontiff to visi... [2]

Holocaust can never be denied, belittled or forgotten, Pope says As soon as he landed at Lod’s Ben-Gurion Airport the Pontiff pleaded “with all those responsible [in government] to explore every possible avenue in the search for a just and lasting pe... [3]

Cardinal Charles Maung Bo (C), Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Yangon, sprinkles holy water as he arrives for the memorial mass of Pope Francis at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Yangon, Myanmar, 22 April 2025. [4]

A photo of the late Pope Francis is displayed at St Patrick’s Cathedral in Melbourne in Melbourne on April 22, 2025. [5]

ISTANBUL - Muslim-majority Turkey, which is hosting Pope Leo XIV on his first overseas trip as pontiff, is not "a hostile environment" for Christians, the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople told AFP in an interview. [6]

LONDON - King Charles III leaves for a state visit to the Vatican Wednesday, where he will meet Pope Leo XIV and make history as the first head of the Church of England to pray publicly with the pontiff since the schism between the churches 500 years... (confirmed by 2 sources) [7]

COP28: Guterres urges leaders to cure the Earth’s ‘sickness’ while Biden and Xi snub the event The UN leader says that ice in Antarctica and glaciers in Nepal are melting, a "symptom of the sickness bringing our climate to its knees”. [8]

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[1] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2025-05-12 · 45% match

Pope Leo XIV warns of spectre of global war in first Sunday address

This photo taken and handout on May 9, 2025 by The Vatican Media shows Pope Leo XIV during a mass with cardinals in the Sistine Chapel in The Vatican.

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-11-30 · 65% match

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Deals in the works with Southeast Asia over gas and food Modernity meets tradition -- and a bit of danger -- at the annual festival China-backed authoritarianism is on the rise in Asia as the US retreats 'Anger not the way' says first pontiff to visi

[3] MM asianews.it · 67% match

Holocaust can never be denied, belittled or forgotten, Pope says

Holocaust can never be denied, belittled or forgotten, Pope says As soon as he landed at Lod’s Ben-Gurion Airport the Pontiff pleaded “with all those responsible [in government] to explore every possible avenue in the search for a just and lasting pe

[4] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2025-04-28 · 36% match

Diplomacy likely to trump geography in choice of new pope

Cardinal Charles Maung Bo (C), Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Yangon, sprinkles holy water as he arrives for the memorial mass of Pope Francis at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Yangon, Myanmar, 22 April 2025.

[5] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2025-04-22 · 35% match

Pope Francis death from a stroke sets off global tributes, mourning

A photo of the late Pope Francis is displayed at St Patrick’s Cathedral in Melbourne in Melbourne on April 22, 2025.

[6] TH bangkokpost.com · 2023-07-03 · 55% match

Turkey not 'hostile' to Christians, Constantinople patriarch says

ISTANBUL - Muslim-majority Turkey, which is hosting Pope Leo XIV on his first overseas trip as pontiff, is not "a hostile environment" for Christians, the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople told AFP in an interview.

[7] TH bangkokpost.com · 2023-07-03 · 55% match

King Charles will be first to pray with pope in five centuries

LONDON - King Charles III leaves for a state visit to the Vatican Wednesday, where he will meet Pope Leo XIV and make history as the first head of the Church of England to pray publicly with the pontiff since the schism between the churches 500 years

[8] MM asianews.it · 59% match

COP28: Guterres urges leaders to cure the Earth’s ‘sickness’ while Biden and Xi snub the event

COP28: Guterres urges leaders to cure the Earth’s ‘sickness’ while Biden and Xi snub the event The UN leader says that ice in Antarctica and glaciers in Nepal are melting, a "symptom of the sickness bringing our climate to its knees”.

[9] MM asianews.it · 59% match

Vicar of Arabia: as a channel of peace, the pope will visit the UAE in the footsteps of St Francis

Vicar of Arabia: as a channel of peace, the pope will visit the UAE in the footsteps of St Francis The pontiff will be in the UAE between 3 and 5 February 2019 for the first official papal visit to the Arabian Peninsula.

[10] MM asianews.it · 45% match

Leo XIV: God remains faithful to his plan of love and life despite war and discrimination

Leo XIV: God remains faithful to his plan of love and life despite war and discrimination During today’s audience in St Peter's, the pontiff spoke about his upcoming visit to Turkey and Lebanon (27 November-2 December).

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