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Pope Leo XIV resumes the tradition of taking a summer vacation. But he's got plenty of homework

Pope Leo XIV is starting a six-week vacation this weekend at the papal summer retreat south of Rome

The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2025

'Hug Therapy': How Pope Leo Is Trying To Unify Vatican

Pope Leo XIV heads off on holiday on Sunday, having spent his first two months as Catholic leader rebuilding unity and bolstering tradition after his predecessor's unorthodox papacy.

International Business Times · Jul 4, 2025

U.S. Catholic Leader, Pope Leo Ally Condemns Trump's Immigration Policies: 'It Literally Rips Families Apart'

Cardinal Robert McElroy said that the "mechanism" being used for Trump's immigration crackdown was the "creation of fear" among 10 million undocumented people in the US, "the great majority" of whom had contributed to society

Latin Times · Jul 3, 2025

Idaho student murders: The key evidence that helped catch Bryan Kohberger and the mysteries that remain

Some of that evidence may have come out at trial

The Independent UK · Jul 3, 2025

Skydiving plane goes off New Jersey runway and crashes into woods, sending at least 15 to hospital

Authorities say at least 15 people were injured when a small skydiving aircraft went off the end of a runway at an airport in southern New Jersey and crashed in a wooded area

The Independent UK · Jul 3, 2025

Pope Leo XIV’s hometown votes to buy his childhood home

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The Independent UK · Jul 2, 2025

Military honors bestowed on Illinois veteran identified nearly a decade after death

A veteran who died in Chicago without any recollection of their life has been memorialized in a funeral service with military honors

The Independent UK · Jul 2, 2025

Some education grants in limbo were used for ‘leftwing agenda,’ Trump administration says

The Trump administration has accused states and schools of using federal education grants to help fund “a radical leftwing agenda.”

The Independent UK · Jul 2, 2025

Pope Leo XIV’s childhood home can now be bought

Pope Leo XIV’s hometown is poised to acquire his childhood home

The Independent UK · Jul 2, 2025

Diddy's trial was the latest in a line of high-profile celebrity criminal cases

A New York City jury’s decision to convict Sean “Diddy” Combs on prostitution-related offenses and acquit the music mogul on sex trafficking and racketeering charges is the latest in a line of high-profile celebrity criminal cases that garnered widespread attention

The Independent UK · Jul 2, 2025