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Pope Leo XIV leads mass for 1 million at Jubilee of Youth finale
ROME: Pope Leo XIV presided over a final mass for more than one million young pilgrims on Sunday, marking the…

‘Everybody is tired’ of war in Ukraine, UN migration chief says
ROME (Reuters) -Fatigue over the war in Ukraine and U.S.-led foreign aid cuts are jeopardising efforts to support people fleeing…

Deep strikes as India hammer England in second Test
BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom: Akash Deep took 10 wickets in a Test match for the first time as India thrashed England…

Still starving in Gaza | The Star
FOR Abdelhalim Awad, who runs a bakery in the central Gaza Strip, the hope of food arriving for hungry Palestinians…

Milei meets Pope Leo, confirms visit to Argentina
BUENOS AIRES: Argentina's President Javier Milei held his first official audience with Pope Leo at the Vatican on Saturday where…

Milei meets Pope Leo, confirms visit to Argentina
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Argentina's President Javier Milei held his first official audience with Pope Leo at the Vatican on Saturday…

At his former US university, the new pope is just 'Bob'
THE idyllic campus of Villanova University is ecstatic since the election of American Robert Prevost to the highest seat of…

Pope Leo takes first trip outside Vatican, visiting shrine near Rome
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Leo XIV took his first trip outside the Vatican on Saturday, heading about an hour's…

Robert Prevost elected first American pope, takes name Leo XIV
Robert Prevost, a 69-year-old cardinal from Chicago, was elected on Thursday as the new pope - the first American ever…

In his first appearance, Pope Leo offers three big clues about his papacy
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - From his first moments on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, Pope Leo XIV gave three…

Prevost, first U.S. pope, supported Francis and shunned spotlight
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Robert Prevost, the choice of the world's Catholic cardinals to serve as leader of the 1.4-billion-member…

White smoke signals election of a new pope
A joyous crowd in St. Peter’s Square cheered and applauded as the first puffs of smoke emerged. (AP pic) VATICAN…

Cardinals elect a new pope to lead Catholic Church
VATICAN CITY: Cardinals chose a new pope to lead the world's 1.4 billion Catholics on Thursday, sending up white smoke…
White Smoke Emerges At Vatican As New Pope Is Elected
LONDON, May 9 (Bernama-Anadolu) -- A white smoke emerged from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, signaling the election of a…

Cardinals Vote Again as Papal Conclave Enters Day Two
VATICAN CITY: Anticipation gripped the Catholic world Thursday as the cardinals tasked with choosing a new pope prepared to retreat…

What does a pope do?
THE Vatican's papal conclave to elect a new leader for the Catholic Church after the death of Pope Francis gets…

Popemobile converted into clinic for Gazan children
Pope Francis donated one of his popemobiles to be turned into a children’s clinic in Gaza before his death. (AP…

New York cardinal says Trump AI pope image ‘wasn’t good’
ROME -U.S. Cardinal Timothy Dolan said on Sunday that President Donald Trump’s posting of an AI-generated photo showing himself as…

Ukraine’s Zelenskiy to meet Czech president in Prague on Sunday
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will visit the Czech Republic on Sunday and meet its president, Petr Pavel,…

Trump posts AI-generated photo of himself as pope
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (Reuters) -President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated photo showing himself as the pope ahead of this…

World’s oldest person, a Brazilian nun, dies aged 116
BRASÍLIA: The world’s oldest person, Brazilian nun Inah Canabarro Lucas, died Wednesday at the age of 116, having barely survived…

Pope Francis interview with Scorsese featured in new documentary
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -A new documentary from Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese will feature a conversation with the late Pope Francis…

Filipino Cardinal Tagle, the 'Asian Francis', is papal contender
Asia's front-runner for the papacy, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of the Philippines, is a charismatic moderate often dubbed the "Asian…

Cardinals hope for swift papal vote as conclave nears
VATICAN CITY: A week before the conclave to choose a new pope opens, preparatory talks intensified Wednesday as cardinals sounded…

New pope will likely move slowly to enact any change
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Unlike U.S. President Donald Trump, who has lost no opportunity to demolish his predecessor's policies, the…

Trump celebrates tumultuous 100 days in office
WARREN: Donald Trump celebrated Tuesday the first 100 days of what is already one of the most radical and far-reaching…

Will Catholic cardinals pick another outsider like Francis to be pope?
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - When Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio was elected in 2013 as Pope Francis, he was a near total…

Crowds bid farewell to Pope Francis in first day of lying in state
VATICAN CITY: Tens of thousands of mourners paid last respects to Pope Francis at St Peter’s Basilica Wednesday, on the…
Cardinals To Gather For Papal Conclave On May 7, Says Vatican
LONDON, April 28 (Bernama-Anadolu) -- The Vatican on Monday announced that cardinals from around the world will meet next month…