On the first anniversary of his May 8, 2025 election, the first American pontiff is travelling to Pompeii and Naples, starting the visit at a shrine founded by a former Satanic priest.
Rubio, a devout Catholic, sought to play down the rift ahead of the private audience, which will be followed by talks with Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin.
Pope Leo XIV met on Monday with the first woman to lead the world’s Anglican Christians, the newly enthroned Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally, urging unity to evangelize more effectively.
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.
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