Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday called for “greater room for freedom” in Equatorial Guinea and delivered a rare criticism of living conditions for prisoners before visiting inmates in a jail known for its squalor and ill-treatment of detainees.
US President Donald Trump’s threat to destroy Iran’s centuries-old civilisation was the red line that prompted Pope Leo to show his colours, analysts say.
Trump has called the pontiff “WEAK on Crime, and terrible for Foreign Policy”, suggesting that cardinals only elected Leo pope in May 2025 because he was American, and a potential bridge to Washington.
Mullally, who is married with two children, becomes the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury, the first having been appointed in the late sixth century.
The Pope has been urged by the International Association of Exorcists (AIE) to appoint at least one trained exorcist priest in every diocese worldwide due to a reported surge in Satanism and occult practices.
Kwa mujibu wa uamuzi huo, taasisi na mabaraza mbalimbali ya Kiislamu sasa yanaweza kuendesha shughuli zao na kuchagua viongozi wao bila kulazimishwa kuwa chini ya mwamvuli mmoja.
Askofu wa Jimbo Kuu Katoliki la Musoma, Michael Msonganzila, amelaani vikali tukio la Jeshi la Polisi kurusha mabomu ya machozi ndani ya eneo la kanisa wakati wa ibada, tukio lililotokea wakati wanachama wanawake wa Chadema BAWACHA, walipokuwa wakitoka ibadani.
A self-proclaimed preacher in Kenya linked to an infamous starvation cult that killed more than 400 people was charged on Wednesday over a further 52 deaths, prosecutors said.
Leo was speaking to leaders of the Roman Curia — the Catholic Church’s governing body — as he prepares for his first Christmas as pope.
Pope Leo XIV stressed the importance of Christian charity at a meeting with hard-right European lawmakers on Wednesday, highlighting Europe’s Judeo-Christian roots while warning against being stuck in a “past epoch”.
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