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Pope Leo Urges International Diplomacy to Prevent ’Irreparable Abyss’

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Pope Leo Urges International Diplomacy to Prevent ’Irreparable Abyss’

51% Right coverage: 43 sources

Pope Leo on Sunday said the international community must strive to avoid war that risks opening an "irreparable abyss", and that diplomacy should take the place of conflict. See the Story

Shadowy Extremist Group Claims Damascus Church Attack

Pope Francis · Damascus

Shadowy Extremist Group Claims Damascus Church Attack

34% Center coverage: 6 sources

While Syrian authorities had initially attributed Sunday's suicide attack on a church in Damascus, which killed 25 people, to the Islamic State group, the jihadist group Saraya Ansar Al-Sunna has now claimed responsibility.See the Story

Pope Leo XIV ‘Deeply Saddened’ by Islamist Attack on a Church in Damascus

Pope Francis · Damascus

Pope Leo XIV ‘Deeply Saddened’ by Islamist Attack on a Church in Damascus

80% Right coverage: 5 sources

On Sunday, June 22, eyewitnesses reported that two armed men stormed the Greek Orthodox Church of St. Elias in Douailah on the outskirts of the Syrian capital.See the Story

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Pope Leo XIV: ‘Humanity Cries Out and Pleads for Peace’

Sheinbaum: 'Mexico Will Always Be a Factor for Peace' After US-Iran Escalation

34% Center coverage: 3 sources

President Claudia Sheinbaum on Sunday expressed opposition to war and called on the United Nations to lead a peacebuilding process after the United States military attacked three nuclear facilities in Iran. In a social media post, Sheinbaum noted that “a wise man,” the recently-deceased Pope Francis, “said something that turns out to be extremely pertinent at this time: ‘War is the greatest failure of humanity. There is no future in destruction,…Pope Francis · Mexico See the Story

Pope Leads Corpus Christi Procession Through Streets of Rome

Coverage: 5 sources

Pope Leo XVI raises the monstrance during Benediction after a Corpus Christi procession to Rome’s Basilica of St. Mary Major June 22, 2025. (Photo: CNS/Lola Gomez) by Cindy Wooden ROME (CNS) – In carrying Jesus through the city streets in a Corpus Christi procession, Christians are called to be witnesses of his love, sharing both their material and spiritual gifts, Pope Leo XIV said. A procession with the Eucharist is a way to present Jesus “to …Pope Francis · Rome See the Story

Trump set to meet Zelensky for first time since Pope Francis’ funeral after zinging Putin

67% Right coverage: 3 sources

President Trump is expected to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the NATO summit on Wednesday — the day after he castigated Russian leader Vladimir Putin for offering to “help” with Iran.Volodymyr Zelenskyy · Kyiv See the Story

Assange Celebrates a Year in Freedom with Low Profile in Her Native Australia WikiLeaks Founder only Showed up in Cannes and at the Funeral of Pope Francis

The journalist left London's high-security prison in Belmarsh after agreeing to plead guilty to a crime for conspiring to obtain and disseminate classified U.S. documents.Pope Francis · Freedom Read Article

Patriarch of Alexandria held official meeting with the President of the Republic of Cyprus | Orthodox Times (en)

An official and cordial meeting took place today, June 24, at the Presidential Palace in Nicosia between Pope and Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria and All Africa and the President of the Republic of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulides. During the meeting, the Patriarch informed the President about the wide-ranging, multifaceted, and multi-level missionary work of the Patriarchate across the African continent – spiritual, philanthropic, medical, and…Pope Francis · Nicosia Read Article

How Holy Is The Idolatry Of The Pope? : The Indiependent

Anna Whyte asks whether the feverish fanaticism surrounding the recently elected Pope Leo XIV is in keeping with the spirit of Catholicism. The post How Holy Is The Idolatry Of The Pope? appeared first on The Indiependent.Pope Francis · United Kingdom Read Article

Growing consensus on religious freedom benefits everyone, religious or not

100% Center coverage: 2 sources

Religious freedom doesn’t need to be zero-sum: It can be a rising tide that lifts all boats.Pope Francis See the Story

Meet St. Damasus, a pope who changed the world

Pope Leo XIV is the 267th bishop of Rome, the successor of St. Peter, whom Jesus named as the chief of the apostles and leader of the Christian community, or the Church. Among Leo XIV‘s predecessors have been both saints and scoundrels. Some made little, if any, impact. Others changed Christian religious practice and even the world. Into this latter group falls Pope St. Damasus I, who sat in the chair of Peter between 366 and 384, a relatively l…Pope Francis · Rome Read Article

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