VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV vowed to take “every effort” Wednesday to work for peace in the Middle East and Ukraine and ...

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Pope Leo's inauguration ceremony will offer yet another opportunity for U.S. and Ukrainian leaders to negotiate peace.

On April 16, 2025, Holy Wednesday, our beloved Peggy Thodis went ... food, and the Greek Orthodox Church. She attended college at the University of Illinois, where she met her future architect ...

Leo XIV vows to work for peace in regions with eastern-rite churches. VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV vowed Wednesday to take ...

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JERUSALEM - Christians from around the world prayed for Pope Francis at a solemn Mass on Wednesday at ... denominations in the Holy Land, including from the Coptic Orthodox Church.

(photo credit: REUTERS/AMMAR AWAD) Christians from around the world prayed for Pope Francis at a solemn Mass on Wednesday ... in the Holy Land, including from the Coptic Orthodox Church.

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In Jerusalem, Latin patriarch Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, OFM, announced a holy Mass to be held on Wednesday at the ... The Coptic Orthodox Church, led by Pope Tawadros II, also expressed ...

Pope Leo XIV vowed to take "every effort" Wednesday to work for peace in the Middle East and Ukraine and to actively promote the spirituality and traditions of the eastern rite churches, those ...