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Pope hopes Trump-Putin meeting leads to Ukraine ceasefire
Arriving in Castel Gandolfo, Pope Leo XIV told reporters he hoped US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin can find a way to reach a ceasefire in Russia’s war on Ukraine when they meet in Alaska. Source: CNS.
Pope moves Pontifical Committee for World Children’s Day
Pope Leo XIV has decided that the Pontifical Committee for World Children’s Day should be incorporated within the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family, and Life. Source: CNA.
Pope Leo tops Trump and Zelenskyy in poll on world leaders
Pope Leo XIV tops a new Gallup poll on world leaders, appealing to United States residents broadly in a politically divided – and divisive – nation. Source: NCR Online.
Generosity and love the keys to fulfilment: Pope
Pope Leo XIV has urged the faithful to reflect on how they invest the “treasure” that is their life, challenging Catholics to share not only material possessions but also skills, time and compassion for the good of others. Source: CNA.
Pope Leo welcomes prisoners on pilgrimage
Three inmates from Venice’s Santa Maria Maggiore Prison are among a group of pilgrims received by Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican yesterday. Source: Vatican News.
Make space in your life to receive Jesus: Pope
Pope Leo yesterday reminded Christians that they need to make space in their lives to receive Jesus Christ. Source: Crux.
Pope visits Spanish teenager in Rome hospital
Pope Leo XIV visited a Spanish teenager who was hospitalised during the Jubilee of Youth and prayed with and spoke to the family. Source: OSV News.
Pope calls for peace, disarmament on anniversary of Hiroshima bombing
The scars still borne by survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and still visible on the cities’ streets and buildings are a plea to pursue peace and disarmament, Pope Leo XIV said yesterday. Source: OSV News.
‘You are the sign a different world is possible’, Pope tells youth
Pope Leo XIV yesterday told more than a million Catholic youth at a closing Mass for a weeklong Jubilee event that they are “the sign that a different world is possible”, where conflicts can be resolved with dialogue, not weapons. Source: Crux.