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Pontiff receives Spanish prime minister (CWN)
Pope Leo XIV received Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of Spain on May 27, ten days before the Pontiff’s apostolic journey to Spain begins.
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Niger’s bishops urge Christians, Muslims to deepen peace, solidarity at Eid al-Adha (ACI Africa)
In a message for the Islamic festival of Eid al-Adha, Niger’s leading prelate said that the day “reminds us that as believers, we are called, like Abraham, to submit ourselves …
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Pope Leo calls on Polish Catholics to protect life from conception to natural death (CWN)
At the conclusion of his May 27 general audience, Pope Leo XIV asked Polish pilgrims to work to protect life from conception to natural death.
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Abducted Nigerian parishioners freed after 3 months in captivity (Leadership News (Abuja))
The chancellor of the Diocese of Kafanchan, Nigeria, announced that all parishioners abducted on February 9 from Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Karku have been released. Father Nathaniel Asuwaye, the …
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Nobel laureate Bialiatski meets with Pope, discusses human rights abuses in Belarus (CWN)
Nobel laureate Ales Bialiatski asked Pope Leo XIV to pray publicly for victims of human rights abuses in Belarus.
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Women’s ordination movement has always been about ‘more than ordination’
At the 50th anniversary celebration of the Women’s Ordination Conference, attendees dared to celebrate the Catholic Church’s commitment to synodality and the bit of hope it brings them that women …
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If the Dems want to clean up their act, they should turn to the pope
Social and technological changes point to the need for a new social contract. If the Democrats would turn to the pope for inspiration, they’d shed their image as cultural libertarians …
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After 50 years, women’s ordination advocates brainstorm paths to transform institutions
The brainchild of WOC Executive Director Kate McElwee, the “Not if, But How — Reforming Institutions” panel gathered two sociologists and a political scientist to explore concrete strategies for changing institutions.
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The incarnational spirituality of Leo XIV’s ‘Magnifica Humanitas’
“This teaching document draws from and supports a more fundamental Christian doctrine: the inherent goodness of creation generally and our own materiality in particular,” writes Daniel P. Horan.
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‘Magnifica Humanitas’ Through the Lens of St. Augustine
Marco Iacobucci Epp / Maerten de VosPope Leo XIV and St. Augustine of Hippo COMMENTARY: Pope Leo XIV approaches the AI age less as a technological problem than as an …