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Cuba releases dissident José Daniel Ferrer into exile in US

Ferrer gained international acclaim as part of a group of 75 opposition figures imprisoned and put on trial in 2003

The Independent UK

Before becoming a priest, Pope Francis once worked as a nightclub bouncer

His rise to the altar of St. Peter’s Basilica wasn't that straight.

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Pope, Schwarzenegger To Rally Catholics To 'Terminate' Climate Change

Pope Leo XIV joins environmental experts and campaigners from around the world for a climate conference near Rome Wednesday featuring "Terminator" star Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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King Charles III To Visit Vatican In October

King Charles III, head of the Church of England, and Queen Camilla will make a state visit to meet Pope Leo XIV for the first time at the Vatican next month, Buckingham Palace said Saturday.

International Business Times

King Charles to meet Pope Leo during Vatican City state visit

Charles and Camilla met with Pope Francis just 12 days before his death

The Independent UK

King and Queen to meet Pope Leo on state visit to the Holy See

The visit will take place in late October to celebrate the 2025 jubilee year.

Evening Standard

'Finally Back Home': Rebel Octogenarian Nuns Reclaim Austrian Convent

Three rebel nuns in their 80s have taken back their Austrian convent after fleeing from their care home, with supporters flocking to the nunnery Saturday in a show of solidarity.

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Pope Leo admits he is not a Donald Trump supporter in revealing interview

Pope Leo XIV remarked US bishops showed ‘courage’ in confronting the Trump administration

The Independent UK

Pope Leo Puts The Brake On Church Reforms

Pope Leo XIV sought to reassure Catholics in his first interview published Thursday that he would not change key doctrine on gay marriage and women deacons, after his predecessor's divisive papacy.

International Business Times

Could first millennial saint Carlo Acutis' PlayStation controller become a relic?

London-born Italian boy Carlo Acutis was a computer whiz with a talent for coding and a love of video games, according to his mother.

Euronews

Scottish charity in global campaign to boycott trade with illegal Israeli settlements

AN AGENCY of the Catholic Church in Scotland has joined an international campaign calling on governments to boycott trade with illegal Israeli…

The National (Scotland)

Relic of the Catholic Church's first millennial saint stolen from Venezuelan parish

A relic of Carlo Acutis was stolen from a parish in western Venezuela, the coordinator of a youth group devoted to the man known as “God’s Influencer” has confirmed

The Independent UK

New Orleans Archdiocese agrees to $230 million settlement in clergy sex abuse case, attorneys say

The New Orleans Archdiocese has agreed to a $230 million settlement for survivors of clergy sexual abuse

The Independent UK

Catholic church canonises its first gamer saint, and one of his favourite games was Halo

Wonder how he felt about the Covenant.

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The Independent UK

Voices: What teen influencer Carlo Acutis becoming a saint says about Pope Leo’s Catholic Church

COMMENT: As the British-born Italian teenager is canonised, following a campaign by his wealthy family, Catherine Pepinster asks how the Catholic Church can honour the deserving people whose supporters don’t have the means to lobby on their behalf

Euronews

Estonia celebrates its first beatification ceremony in historic moment for Catholic community

"This day is a great gift not only to the Catholic Church in Estonia, but to the whole Catholic Church and Estonian society," - wrote Bishop Philippe Jourdan of Tallinn on the occasion of the first beatification in the history of the Estonian Church.

International Business Times

Vatican Receives First LGBTQ Pilgrimage

In a first for the Vatican, more than a thousand LGBTQ Catholics and their supporters are this weekend holding a pilgrimage, in what they are promoting as an important sign of diversity in the Church.

The Independent UK

LGBTQ+ Catholics descend on Rome in Holy Year pilgrimage and celebrate a new sense of acceptance

Hundreds of LGBTQ+ Catholics and their families have descended on Rome for a Holy Year pilgrimage

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Pope hints at surprise liberal stance on LGBT issues after meeting with prominent US advocate: ‘It was wonderful’

Reverend James Martin says the U.S. pontiff expressed in their Vatican meeting a ‘desire to welcome all people’

The Independent UK

Pope urges fellow Augustinians to work for unity as he opens their assembly

Pope Leo XIV has urged his fellow Augustinians to work humbly for unity in the Catholic Church

The Independent UK

Pope Leo meets LGBTQ+ Catholic advocate and vows continuity with Pope Francis' legacy of welcome

Pope Leo XIV has met with one of the most prominent advocates for greater LGBTQ+ inclusion in the Catholic Church

Euronews

Two years after her death, a biopic on Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor is in the works

The Irish musician died in 2023 at the age of 56. The future biopic should focus on her early career and is backed by the producers of the 2022 documentary 'Nothing Compares'.

The Independent UK

Sinéad O’Connor biopic in the works from company behind Lady Macbeth

Film has reportedly been in the works since the release of acclaimed documentary ‘Nothing Compares’

Evening Standard

Madonna urges Pope Leo to go to Gaza ‘before it is too late’

Pope Leo, who became the first US head of the Catholic Church in May, renewed his call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza in July.

The Independent UK

Anglican convert to receive one of the Pope’s biggest honours

The designation is one of the most significant decisions of Leo's young papacy and also carries deep personal meaning

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