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Pilgrimage & Holy Sites
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Raymond J. de Souza: The day George H.W. Bush came to meet the pope — and me
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (653+ words) I learned only later of the message about a history-changing event that he delivered to John Paul the Great In the aftermath of 9/11 25 years ago, former president George H.W. Bush came to the Vatican to meet St. John Paul the Great…...
Rise in young Catholic converts points to spiritual longing in U.S. and Europe
1+ week, 3+ day ago (86+ words) The Washington Post As Pope Leo XIV visits France, the number of converts is growing in secular Western countries, and some in Gen Z are rediscovering the faith of their grandparents. PARIS — When Léa Guiragossian, a 22-year-old medical student from Bordeaux,…...
Pope brings message to protect life to French shrine at Lourdes known for miraculous cures
1+ week, 3+ day ago (71+ words) The Washington Post Pope Leo XIV is taking his opposition to euthanasia and medically assisted dying to Lourdes LOURDES, France — Pope Leo XIV is taking his opposition to euthanasia and medically assisted dying to Lourdes, the French Catholic shrine associated…...
Pope celebrates giant Paris mass in landmark visit
1+ week, 4+ day ago (790+ words) The leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics is on a four-day trip to France Pope Leo XIV celebrated an open-air mass in front of hundreds of thousands of faithful in Paris on Saturday after riding in the popemobile along the…...
Pope Leo XIV's outdoor Mass in Paris: the eye-popping numbers
1+ week, 4+ day ago (39+ words) The Washington Post PARIS — Pope Leo XIV's outdoor Mass on Saturday was a gargantuan undertaking. Here, from organizers and the Paris police department, are some of the eye-popping numbers:...
At sacred Lourdes, Pope Leo confronts a new reminder of the church’s sins
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Pope Leo heads to Lourdes: What to know about one of Catholicism’s most famous pilgrimage sites
1+ week, 5+ day ago (118+ words) The Washington Post Pope Leo XIV plans to visit the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in southern France on Sunday PARIS — Pope Leo XIV will visit the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes this weekend as part of his…...
See video of Pope Leo's blessing being rejected by upset baby
1+ week, 5+ day ago (26+ words) Crying baby pushes Pope Leo’s hand away during cathedral blessing in Paris USA Today Crying baby pushes Pope Leo’s hand away during cathedral blessing in Paris...
Pope Leo XIV in France to find a secular country at odds with Catholic teaching on life
2+ week, 2+ day ago (84+ words) The Washington Post Pope Leo XIV opens a four-day visit to France this weekend that is expected to touch on church teaching about the value of all human life VATICAN CITY — When an ailing Pope John Paul II visited the…...