The Catholic Church has its first US-born Pope. What do we know about Leo XIV?

By Emma Fowle2025-05-09T15:56:00

Source: Reuters

Cardinal Robert Prevost has been elected as the 267th leader of the Catholic Church. Pope Leo XIV was an unexpected choice, so here’s what we know about the Augustinian priest who was formerly a missionary in Peru

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Archbishop Sarah Mullally has faced fierce criticism following her pilgrimage to the holy land, with some accusing her of taking sides. But Michael Coren argues that her willingness to acknowledge both Israeli trauma and Palestinian suffering reflects the difficult way of Christ
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Antisemitism is surging in the Church. I visited Jerusalem to discuss what can be done

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500 years after William Tyndale risked everything to translate the New Testament, Christians are finding increasingly creative and sometimes covert ways to spread scripture. Across war zones, persecuted nations, remote communities and offline regions, here are five organisations fighting to get the Bible into the hands of every believer

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