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The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dame Sarah Mullally, arrived in Rome this weekend for her first official visit since her enthronement last month. The four-day pilgrimage features a high-profile audience with Pope Leo XIV, the head of the Catholic Church. This meeting marks a significant milestone in ecumenical relations, occurring exactly 60 years after the historic…
A special envoy to United States President Donald Trump has asked world football governing body FIFA to replace Iran with Italy at the 2026 World Cup, a proposal that immediately reignited debate over politics, merit, and the integrity of the tournament. Paolo Zampolli, an Italian-American businessman and former modelling agent who claims to have…
Pope Leo XIV will visit Bata prison on Wednesday during the final leg of his 11-day apostolic journey across Africa. This visit to the overcrowded facility highlights the pontiff’s ongoing focus on human dignity and the struggles of the marginalized. The Pope’s itinerary includes meetings with families and youth at a stadium in Bata, alongside…
Pope Leo XIV has clarified that a speech he delivered in Cameroon condemning “tyrants” ransacking the world was written well before recent criticism from United States President Donald Trump and was never intended as a response to the American leader. Speaking to journalists on Saturday while travelling to Angola for the next leg of his…
Pope Leo XIV delivered a forceful condemnation of what he termed “a handful of tyrants” ravaging the world with war and exploitation, speaking from the heart of Cameroon’s separatist conflict during his four-nation African tour on Thursday. The pontiff travelled to Bamenda, the capital of Cameroon’s Northwest Region, where jubilant crowds lined roads, blowing…
Pope Leo XIV has declared a “moral obligation” to shield Lebanese civilians as diplomatic efforts to end the Middle East war falter. His appeal follows a collapsed summit between Iran and the United States in Pakistan. The 70-year-old pontiff spoke to crowds at St Peter’s Square during a period of escalating regional bloodshed. He insisted…
Pope Leo XIV departs Rome on Monday for an 11-day, 18,000-kilometre tour of Algeria, Cameroon, Angola, and Equatorial Guinea. The trip marks the American-born pontiff’s first major foreign mission since his election in May 2025 and comes at a moment of acute global instability. Over the course of the four-nation visit, the 70-year-old head of…
