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Here’s a first look at the Vatican’s newly released documentary Leo from Chicago, which explores the roots of Pope Leo XIV and offers never-before-seen footage of Robert Francis Prevost in his native United States. The film features in-depth interviews with his brothers, Louis and John Prevost, and reveals new personal details — including what he looks forward to most on Thanksgiving, and how even as a boy he was able to turn 'an unruly little mob into friends.'

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Pope Leo XIV urges Argentina’s industrial leaders to place human dignity and the common good at the heart of economic life, recalling the enduring relevance of Rerum Novarum.

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In a “Special Message” on immigration, the Bishops of the United States assure immigrants of their solidarity and call for “meaningful reform” of the nation’s immigration laws.

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Pope Leo meets with the participants in the conference “Mysticism, Mystical Phenomena, and Holiness,” organized by the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints and emphasizes the importance of evaluating carefully candidates for sainthood, especially those who have experienced mystical phenomena.

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Pope Leo XIV meets with cloistered Augustinian religious and encourages them to live in joy and communion with Christ, while embracing humble charity toward one another.

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Madeleine Wörner from Germany emphasises the importance of transitioning to green, ecological systems but highlights that this must be done in a just way, putting the people first and ensuring that nobody is left behind.

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On the sidelines of COP30 in Belém, Brazil, hospital boats are docked on the riverside, offering medical assistance to those most in need. The boats, inspired by Pope Francis, travel all along the Amazon River to tend to the needs to Indigenous communities and those who live along the river, far from cities. This is the testimony of Felipe, a volunteer doctor.

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U.S. Catholic bishops voted Wednesday to make official a ban on gender-transition care for transgender patients at Catholic hospitals. The step formalizes a yearslong process for the U.S. church to address transgender health care.

At least twenty Christians have been killed in Nigeria’s Taraba State in 24 hours in what is seen as the worsening specter of Christian persecution in the West African country.

Pope Leo XIV warns that young people and children could easily be manipulated by artificial intelligence and insists that 'safeguarding minors' dignity cannot be reduced to policies' and requires 'digital education' when addressing participants in the “The Dignity of Children and Adolescents in the Age of Artificial Intelligence” Conference on Thursday in the Vatican.

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