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Pope Francis
Head of Government
President of the Governorate Fernando Vérgez Alzaga
Religion
Vatican excommunicates 6 bishops from rebel Catholic group
Holy See responds aggressively to a traditionalist society that consecrated bishops without the pope’s consent.
2 Jul 2026 - 4:03PM
Americas and the Caribbean
US, Mexico Catholic bishops call for humane treatment of migrants
27 Jun 2026 - 10:59PM
Italy
Pope exalts first US saint as a model for Christians for her care of migrants
22 Jun 2026 - 1:29AM
Spain
Pope Leo’s plane grounded, so Spain’s king gives him a ride
The pontiff flew back to Rome on the monarch’s private jet after the papal aircraft’s engine failed to start.
13 Jun 2026 - 3:49AM
Spain
Pope Leo blesses new tower at Spain’s Sagrada Familia
Spain’s king, queen and prime minister joined thousands inside the world’s tallest church to celebrate mass with the pontiff.
11 Jun 2026 - 4:43AM
Spain
Standing ovation: Pope warns Spain’s parliament of world’s ‘profound’ crisis
Weapons can impose a temporary silence but can never build lasting peace, he said, hours after Madrid mass for over one million people.
8 Jun 2026 - 7:57PM
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European Union
Pope calls for ‘disarming’ of AI, technology should be ‘human friendly’
Pope Leo called for the ‘disarming’ of artificial intelligence, and warned of ‘new forms of slavery’ behind its rise.
25 May 2026 - 6:31PM
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‘Human dignity’: Pope Leo, Anthropic to launch pontiff’s first AI document
The presence of the firm at the Vatican could mean a new flashpoint with the US, which in February ordered all agencies to stop using it.
18 May 2026 - 10:47PM
Italy
Rubio meets Pope Leo at Vatican to defuse tensions with Trump
The meeting comes amid the US president’s repeated attacks on the pontiff over the Iran war and nuclear weapons.
7 May 2026 - 10:04PM
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Religion
Pope to inaugurate Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia in June trip to Spain
He will also visit a migrant reception centre in the Canary Islands.
6 May 2026 - 11:02PM
Donald Trump
‘He’s endangering a lot of Catholics’: Trump takes another shot at pope
US president’s latest criticism threatens to derail Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s high-stakes mission to Rome.
6 May 2026 - 6:17PM
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Religion
Pope meets first female Archbishop of Canterbury in symbolic Vatican encounter
Sarah Mullally, the first woman to serve as spiritual leader of the Church of England, and the pope exchanged gifts and prayed together.
28 Apr 2026 - 1:36AM
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Africa
Pope Leo denounces ‘colonisation’ of minerals on final leg of Africa tour
The pontiff warns that a global lust for profit ‘kills’ as he meets with a government accused of widespread corruption and authoritarianism.
22 Apr 2026 - 2:49PM
Africa
In Angola, Pope Leo prays at shrine that was once a hub for slavery
First American pontiff recalls centuries of ‘suffering’ at site originally built by Portuguese colonisers.
20 Apr 2026 - 1:11PM
Focus
The rupture: how Europe fell out of love with America
Many believed the transatlantic alliance could weather another term of Trump, but a year and a half on those hopes have largely faded.
19 Apr 2026 - 1:32AM
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‘Someone must stand for a better way’: Pope speaks out after Trump’s attack
After the US president shatters norms with a direct hit on the pontiff, Leo says he will continue to speak out ‘loudly’ and promote peace.
14 Apr 2026 - 2:51AM
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US, Israel war on Iran
Pope Leo slams ‘delusion of omnipotence’ stoking US-Israeli war on Iran
The pontiff urged prayer and peace talks, rejecting religious justifications for violence.
12 Apr 2026 - 11:25AM
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Religion
Pope Leo calls for peace, dialogue amid Ukraine, Iran wars in Easter mass
Leo addressed some 50,000 in St. Peter’s Square and quoted his predecessor, who reminded the faithful of the ‘great thirst for death, for killing, we witness each day’.
5 Apr 2026 - 7:35PM
Italy
Pope Leo carries cross for full Good Friday procession
‘I carry all of this suffering in my prayer,’ the pontiff said before he set out for the 14 stations of the Way of the Cross.
4 Apr 2026 - 1:24PM
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Pope slams widening ‘chasms between the poor and the rich’ on Monaco visit
Monaco is one of the few places in Europe where Catholicism remains the state religion.
28 Mar 2026 - 6:50PM
Britain
Nurse to archbishop: Mullally enthroned as first woman to lead Church of England
The new Archbishop of Canterbury begins her ministry with a historic ceremony attended by British royals.
26 Mar 2026 - 11:16AM
US, Israel war on Iran
Over 800,000 Lebanese – 1 in 7 people – displaced by war in 10 days
It is little more than a year since the last conflict uprooted over a million Lebanese from their homes, although that process took months.
15 Mar 2026 - 10:05PM
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Pope Leo laments world ‘in flames’ at Ash Wednesday service
The pontiff said the ashes could represent cities destroyed by war, as well as the damage to the environment and international law.
19 Feb 2026 - 3:06AM
Britain
‘Big statement’: Sarah Mullally confirmed as first female Archbishop of Canterbury
The worldwide Anglican Communion, including the US Episcopal Church, has no formal head, but the archbishop is its spiritual leader.
28 Jan 2026 - 8:42PM
King Charles III
Britain’s King Charles calls for ‘reconciliation’ in Christmas speech
UK monarch praises the courage of those who risked their lives for others during his fourth Christmas broadcast as king.
26 Dec 2025 - 8:37AM
Pope Leo XIV
Pope calls for end to all wars in first Christmas as pontiff
‘May the clamour of weapons cease … and may the parties involved find the courage to engage in sincere, direct and respectful dialogue’.
25 Dec 2025 - 7:54PM
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Middle East
Pope Leo urges Lebanon’s leaders to unite for peace
The first US pope arrived in Beirut from Istanbul, where sought to give Lebanon’s long-suffering people a message of hope.
1 Dec 2025 - 1:09AM
Turkey
Pope warns ‘piecemeal’ third world war ‘threatening’ humanity
In Ankara, Pope Leo urged for global peace amid rising conflicts and geopolitical tensions during his first trip outside Italy.
27 Nov 2025 - 10:25PM
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