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His Holiness Pope Francis, the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church and the first from the Americas, passed away peacefully on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025 at 7.35 a.m. Vatican time. He was 88. Ad [1]
Pope Leo XIV has called for an immediate cessation of hostilities along the Thai–Cambodian border, expressing deep sorrow over the casualties and mass displacement caused by the latest surge in fighting. [2]
Through the Lens: Asia mourns for Pope Francis A woman looks at a portrait of Pope Francis at St. Louis Catholic Church in Bangkok following a Mass held in his honor on April 22. [3]
AFP With no official campaigning or list of candidates and the election process shrouded in secrecy, speculation about who will succeed Pope Francis after the conclave beginning this week remains just that – speculation. (confirmed by 2 sources) [4]
Pope Leo XIV delivers an address upon departing Beirut International Airport on December 2, 2025. [5]
This illustration photo taken on June 3, 2025, in Los Angeles shows a YouTube account posting AI-generated deepfake audios of Pope Leo XIV in front of a TV screen. [6]
The Pope's Asia: a small Church, a great future Rome(AsiaNews) For many Asia and its small Catholic communities, often barely 1 per cent of the local population, are on the Church's periphery. [7]
AFP Pope Francis on Monday slammed the “shameful inability” of world powers to end the conflict in the Middle East, on the first anniversary of Hamas’s deadly October 7 attack on Israel. [9]
His Holiness Pope Francis, the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church and the first from the Americas, passed away peacefully on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025 at 7.35 a.m. Vatican time. He was 88. Ad
Pope Leo XIV has called for an immediate cessation of hostilities along the Thai–Cambodian border, expressing deep sorrow over the casualties and mass displacement caused by the latest surge in fighting.
Through the Lens: Asia mourns for Pope Francis A woman looks at a portrait of Pope Francis at St. Louis Catholic Church in Bangkok following a Mass held in his honor on April 22.
AFP With no official campaigning or list of candidates and the election process shrouded in secrecy, speculation about who will succeed Pope Francis after the conclave beginning this week remains just that – speculation.
Pope Leo XIV delivers an address upon departing Beirut International Airport on December 2, 2025.
This illustration photo taken on June 3, 2025, in Los Angeles shows a YouTube account posting AI-generated deepfake audios of Pope Leo XIV in front of a TV screen.
The Pope's Asia: a small Church, a great future Rome(AsiaNews) For many Asia and its small Catholic communities, often barely 1 per cent of the local population, are on the Church's periphery.
AFP Pope Francis on Monday slammed the “shameful inability” of world powers to end the conflict in the Middle East, on the first anniversary of Hamas’s deadly October 7 attack on Israel.
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.