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‘It’s kind of a tough situation’: US Catholics torn in feud between president and the pope

Trump’s attacks on Pope Leo XIV polarizing the diverse community as faith and politics come to a head

The Guardian - US

Pope wraps up Cameroon visit with Mass as he looks ahead to Angola

Pope Leo XIV is wrapping up his visit to Cameroon with a Mass in the capital Yaounde

The Independent UK

Russia has looted thousands of Ukrainian cultural objects in the war. Finding them is a challenge

Ukraine is struggling to recover thousands of artworks and other cultural objects lost during Russia’s full-scale invasion

The Independent UK

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Two weeks that pushed Trump to the edge. Is his presidency unravelling?

The president has opened fissures in his base by starting a war he couldn’t finish with Iran, stoking inflation and offending Christians. Barred from running again, he may feel he has nothing to lose

The Guardian - US

Oscar Schmidt, Basketball Hall of Famer from Brazil, dies at 68

Oscar Schmidt, the Basketball Hall of Famer known to his Brazilian compatriots as the “Holy Hand,” died Friday

The Independent UK

Pope Leo XIV's visit to an African church linked to slavery reflects on his own complex heritage

The pope’s planned visit to a Catholic chapel in Angola that was connected to the slave trade is seen as a symbolic moment by some Africans

The Independent UK

Trump news at a glance: president celebrates strait of Hormuz reopening, though Iran officials warn they could close it again

Iran’s parliamentary speaker warned it would shut the strait again if the US blockade continues, which Trump said would remain in place until the conflict was fully concluded – key US politics stories from 17 April at a glance

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Trump’s former top lawyer said president’s mental health decline has ‘accelerated’: ‘This is somebody who just is lost’

Former White House counsel said Trump’s ‘malignant narcissism’ was more consequential than Joe Biden’s ‘benevolent grandpa losing his memory’

The Independent UK

Epstein’s old friend just punished homeless children to settle a score with the Pope

Epstein’s old friend just pulled $11 million in funding from a Miami charity that shelters homeless migrant children. The Trump administration abruptly canceled its contract with Catholic Charities, a move that will shutter a program that has housed and cared for unaccompanied minors for over six decades. The decision leaves…

The Mary Sue

White House vs the pope: What is behind the clash and Catholic just war doctrine?

Theologians Euronews spoke to believe that the escalating war of words between Washington and the Holy See has raised important questions over Catholic and Christian moral thought.

Euronews

A week of lots of noise, few results in Congress

During what should have been a week of crucial messaging and legislating, Congress spent the week instead focused on dramas on and off Capitol Hill. And those sagas have left lawmakers with a lengthy to-do list to tackle next week before they scramble to leave D.C. ahead of their next…

Roll Call

Is Donald Trump Showing 'Accelerated' Dementia? Ty Cobb Warns of POTUS' 'Great Deterioration'

Former White House lawyer Ty Cobb has claimed Donald Trump is showing 'accelerated' mental decline, warning of a 'great deterioration' in the president's behaviour and judgment.

International Business Times UK

'I understand when you say no to war,' Brazil's Lula tells Spain's PM Pedro Sánchez

Lula and Sánchez are both outspoken in their criticism of US President Donald Trump, who has threatened both with punitive tariffs.

Euronews

Stephen Colbert on Trump’s Vatican feud: ‘Damn, the pope just read you for filth’

Late-night hosts reacted to Trump’s plans for a triumphal arch, high gas prices and RFK Jr’s odd interest in roadkill

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Trump Is Invoking God to Justify a War — and Every Major Christian Leader in the Western World Is Now Publicly Pushing Back

Christian leaders criticise Trump administration's use of religious language to justify military actions, warning it risks politicising faith

The Independent UK

Catholic schools Notre Dame, Villanova to open hoops season in Rome with men's-women's doubleheader

Notre Dame and Villanova will play a men’s and women’s basketball doubleheader to open the season in Rome, Italy

We Got This Covered

Catholic priest drops divine shade on Donald Trump from pulpit as congregation giggles

Picking a fight with the pope isn't a great way to win over Catholics.

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Purported pedophile Donald Trump takes aim at Catholic charities for kids to punish the Pope

All because the Pope won't support his attack on Iran.

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Latin Times

Archbishop of Canterbury "Stands in Solidarity" With Pope Leo XIV, Calls for Peace Amid Dispute With Trump

In recent days, Leo has intensified his calls for peace and his criticism of the United States, which has drawn anger from Donald Trump, who called the pope "weak on crime" and "terrible for foreign policy."

International Business Times UK

Who Is Pope Leo XIV's Brother? Bomb Threat Terror Rocks His Home After Trump Unleashes Furious Attack on the Pope

A false bomb threat at Pope Leo XIV's brother's home in Chicago highlights rising political tensions, with no explosives found. The incident coincides with verbal exchanges between Trump and the Pope.

The Independent UK

Pope Leo to receive rock star welcome during landmark Africa visit

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Fortune

Pope Leo warned the world is in ‘big trouble’ if Elon Musk becomes the first trillionaire

The top 1% increased their wealth by nearly $34 trillion over the last decade—enough to eliminate annual poverty 22 times over.

The Guardian - UK

‘Popesplaining’ Vance out of depth in argument over whether Iran is a just war

Trump administration has riled head of Catholic church over use of theology to justify conflict in Iran

Euronews

Cameroon sees mass turnout for Pope Leo XIV visit as he calls for peace

Cameroon saw thousands of faithful gather on Wednesday 16 April at Bamenda’s airfield, where Pope Leo XIV celebrated an open‑air Mass and called for a “decisive change of course” towards peace.

The Conversation

US raises the stakes in the Strait of Hormuz

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