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British royals pray with pope in historic step for churches and welcome respite from Epstein scandal
King Charles III and Queen Camilla have visited the Vatican to pray with Pope Leo XIV. This historic meeting aims to strengthen ties between the Church of England and the Catholic Church.
The Italian nuns canonized are Vincenza Maria Poloni, the 19th-century founder of Verona's Institute of the Sisters of Mercy, which cares primarily for the sick in hospitals, and Maria Troncatti of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians.
During his first official visit with Italian President Sergio Mattarella on October 14, Pope Leo addressed what he described as a troubling decline in birth rates across Europe, specifically highlighting Italy’s ongoing population crisis.
VATICAN CITY -- VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV met Monday for the first time with an organization of clergy abuse survivors and advocates, who said he agreed to maintain a permanent dialogue with them as they press for a zero-tolerance for abuse policy in the Catholic Church.
St. Newman, whom Pope Leo will declare a “doctor of the church” on Nov. 1, will join the current patron of Catholic education, St. Thomas Aquinas.
COMMENTARY: Like his Polish predecessor, the first American Pope stresses the complementarity of reason and faith.