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Where do women feature in the history of diplomacy?

On June 24, the United Nations marks the International Day of Women in Diplomacy. The occasion invites us to celebrate the slow but visible increase of women in foreign ministries, embassies, and international negotiations. Yet it also prompts a deeper question: what counts as diplomacy, and who gets recognised as…

The Conversation

Jesus Was an Alien Hybrid? The Bizarre Flying Saucer Religions Surging in Popularity as UFOs Go Mainstream

As UFOs and UAPs go mainstream, from the Pentagon to the Vatican, fringe 'flying saucer' religions and alien hybrid myths are quietly reshaping debates about God, demons and life beyond Earth.

International Business Times UK

JD Vance has some thoughts about how the pope is doing his job

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JD Vance calls his meeting with Vatican officials right before Pope Francis died ‘unsettling’ in new book

The vice president accused the Vatican of being ‘unwilling to move its moral guidance’ in extracts from his memoir Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith

The Independent UK

Pope returns to Rome on plane offered by Spanish king after technical glitch, Vatican says

It was the first time in decades that a papal flight had experienced a problem so serious that it required the pope to change planes.

Euronews

Bad Bunny Went From Conservative Lightning Rod to Vatican Insider—What Happened Behind Closed Doors?

Bad Bunny met Pope Leo XIV during his Madrid residency, sparking intrigue about their private discussions.

International Business Times UK

Is the far right exploiting the 'sickening' attack by a refugee in Belfast?

PRESS REVIEW – Wednesday, June 10: British papers talk about the unrest in Belfast in the aftermath of a knife stabbing. Next: what does it mean to be a trillionaire? Elon Musk might soon find out. Also: Pope Leo met with Bad Bunny, but the Vatican says it won't be…

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Pope Leo to celebrate mass at Barcelona's unfinished Sagrada Familia

Pope Leo XIV will celebrate mass at Barcelona's Sagrada Família on Wednesday and bless its final tower, marking the completion of Antoni Gaudí's masterpiece and making it the tallest church in the world. The pontiff arrived in Spain at the weekend for a week-long visit focused on immigration and politics.

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Bad Bunny, Pope meet in Madrid as Spanish tours overlap

Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny was granted a special visit with Pope Leo when the pair's Spanish tours overlapped in Madrid.

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The pope and the artificial intelligence profiteers

The Tower of Babel is the biblical story of how humanity, united by a single language and a single ambition, attempts to build a tower to heaven. The project ends in collapse, with God punishing the builders for their hubris by fragmenting humanity into different languages and cultures. The parable,…

Bangkok Post

Pope Leo XIV met Bad Bunny in Madrid on Monday: Vatican

BARCELONA - Pope Leo XIV held a surprise meeting with Puerto Rican music star Bad Bunny at Real Madrid's Bernabeu stadium during his state visit to Spain, the Vatican said on Tuesday.

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Pope meets abuse victims in Spain as some protest

Pope Leo says the numerous cases of sexual abuse within the Catholic Church are a "scourge" to be tackled with greater determination during a visit to Spain.

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Awkward Video Shows Woman Refusing To Stop Singing At The Vatican After Multiple Security Guards Ask Her To Leave

“She literally sinned in the Vatican for her vanity,” a netizen said.

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Peter Thiel Warns AI Could 'Summon the Antichrist' as Pope Issues Shocking Vatican Decree

Peter Thiel warns AI might 'summon the Antichrist,' contrasting with the Vatican's decree on AI's moral limits, highlighting a global debate on technology's role in society.

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Spain: Pope Leo says world crying for peace, urges leaders to temper divisions

Pope Leo has begun a week-long visit to Spain on Saturday. He called on world leaders to reject divisive politics and embrace peace. The Pope will meet with homeless people and migrants. He will also address the Spanish parliament. His visit highlights Spain's history of interfaith cooperation. The Pope's agenda…

Radio France Internationale

Pope Leo XIV visits Spain as Church seeks a fresh voice in changing Europe

Pope Leo XIV has begun a weeklong visit to Spain, bringing the American pontiff to one of Europe’s historic centres of Christianity at a moment of political tension, social change and renewed curiosity about faith.

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World crying for peace, Pope says on visit to Spain

Pope Leo XIV has touched down in Spain, where he's begun his week-long tour by urging world leaders against "fanning the flames of polarisation".

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Lebanon war reopens old divisions as fears grow for country's unity

Israel's war in southern Lebanon is reopening old wounds far beyond the battlefield. More than a million people have been displaced since Israel and Hezbollah returned to full-scale conflict in March, while political leaders remain split over the powerful Shiite movement and negotiations with Israel. As calls for federalism and…

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The Independent UK

Ahead of papal visit, Spain pushes forward with reparations for church sex abuse victims

Spain is addressing sexual abuse within the Catholic Church with a new reparations program

Latin Times

Meet María Montserrat Alvarado, the Lay Mexican Woman Chosen by Pope Leo XIV to Lead Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV appointed María Montserrat Alvarado, a Mexico City native and veteran Catholic media executive, as the new prefect of the Vatican's Dicastery for Communication, making her the first non-religious woman to hold one of the Holy See's most influential communications posts.

Fortune

Who is Chris Olah? The atheist Anthropic cofounder the Pope chose to sit beside him at the Vatican and tell the tech industry it can't govern itself

The Anthropic cofounder is worth $8 billion and won a $100,000 Thiel Fellowship in 2012.

Euronews

Venice Biennale 61: Patti Smith and Soundwalk Collective's ritual performance

Patti Smith performed texts and hymns by Saint Hildegard of Bingen, a 12th-century Benedictine nun, at the official opening of the Holy See's Vatican Pavilion.

International Business Times UK

Is Pope Leo XIV in Danger? ISIS Issues Chilling Target Warning Against Pontiff Ahead of June 11 Stadium Visit

Pope Leo XIV's visit to Spain faces heightened security due to pro-ISIS propaganda, with large crowds expected and significant political and social implications.

The Independent UK

Pope names Mexican-American as first woman to lead Vatican department

Pope Leo XIV has taken a step toward overhauling the Vatican’s communications by naming Maria Montserrat Alvarado as the new head of its communications office

The Independent UK

'Love my woke pope': Why Leo's first encyclical went viral and how it speaks to his papal approach

Pope Leo XIV has issued a manifesto calling for robust regulation of artificial intelligence

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