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Pope Leo wraps up France trip by urging Europe to blunt 'desire for domination' driving today's wars

By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV is urging Europe to draw from its Christian roots and traditions of dialogue to confront the thirst for domination driving today's wars.

Pope blasts assisted dying as 'false compassion' at French shrine known for miraculous cures

By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press

On the third day of his visit to France, Leo again waded into the end-of-life debate unfolding in his native U.S. and countries around the world.

Pope Leo draws 800,000 people to central Paris for open-air Mass on iconic square

By Nicole Winfield, Samuel Petrequin, Sylvie Corbet, John Leicester, Associated Press

The turnout testified to the church’s lasting influence in France despite declining attendance and secularizing trends that have emptied churches across Europe.

Pope Leo XIV affirms need for media to cover public figures when asked about Trump ban

By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV told journalists they were welcome to report on him, as he responded to the Trump administration’s attempt to bar U.S. media from the White House and affirmed the importance of journalists covering public figures.

Pope opens France trip with warning that a 'paradise of machines' could undermine humanity

By Nicole Winfield, Sylvie Corbet, John Leicester, Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV warned Friday that a “paradise of machines” risked undermining humanity as he opened a trip to France by posing fundamental questions about what it means to be human in the age of artificial intelligence, a nuclear arms…

Pope will retrace his missionary footsteps in Peru and finally visit Argentina in November

By Nicole Winfield, Isabel DeBre, Franklin Briceno, Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV will retrace his steps as a missionary priest when he returns to Peru in November in his longest trip to date that will also take him to Uruguay and Argentina, where his Argentine predecessor Pope Francis never…

Pope celebrates his 71st birthday but it's Vatican employees who get the gift

By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press

The Vatican published a papal decree repealing 2021 salary cuts that Pope Francis had imposed on many Vatican employees as part of the Holy See’s COVID-19 cost-saving measures.

Pope Leo returns to sanctuary where he prayed after election and unveils a fresco depicting the event

By Silvia Stellacci, Nicole Winfield, Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV returned Monday to a sanctuary where he prayed just after his election and revealed a permanent sign of his devotion to the place: a fresco depicting him praying that now adorns an upper cornice of the basilica.

Pope marks July 4 by praying in Lampedusa for migrants who died seeking freedom and prosperity

By Nicole Winfield, Andrea Rosa, Associated Press

In a letter sent to Americans on the July 4 anniversary, Leo insisted that protecting the unborn and all human life also means “welcoming, protecting and assisting immigrants, whose hopes, sacrifices and contribution have formed part of the history of…

Vatican excommunicates schismatic bishops and priests, and warns their followers

By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press

The Vatican responded aggressively Thursday to a traditionalist group that consecrated bishops without the pope’s consent, declaring the Society of St. Pius X had formally broken with the Catholic Church.