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Vatican studying possible papal trip to Turkey, Lebanon
21 Aug 2025 13:30 GMT
VATICAN CITY — A plan for Pope Leo XIV to visit Lebanon as well as Turkey in late November and early December is being studied, a Vatican official said.
Lebanon’s Cardinal Bechara Rai, patriarch of the Maronite Catholic Church, told Al Arabiya television …
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Madonna calls on Pope to visit Gaza 'before it's too late'
12 Aug 2025 18:17 GMT
Madonna calls on Pope to visit Gaza 'before it' …
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Pope visits Shrine of Our Lady of Grace just south of Rome
19 Aug 2025 17:08 GMT
Pope Leo XIV travels to a Marian shrine of Our Lady of Grace in a village within the Diocese of Palestrina, and holds a private meeting with the Resurrectionist religious dedicated to caring for the sanctuary.
By Kielce Gussie
On 19 August, Pope Leo XIV …
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US singer Madonna urges Pope to visit Gaza ‘before it’s too late’
13 Aug 2025 01:23 GMT
LOS ANGELES - Madonna has urged Pope Leo XIV to visit Gaza and bring his “light to the children before it is too late”. The US queen of pop shared her plea on social media, saying the pontiff was “the only one of us who cannot be denied entry.” Her …
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Pope visits mountaintop Marian shrine
19 Aug 2025 14:45 GMT
By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Leo XIV paid a private visit to the Shrine of Our Lady of Grace of Mentorella, high in the Monti Prenestini mountain range of central Italy.
On his last full day in Castel Gandolfo, Aug. 19, …
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Madonna pleads with the Pope to visit Gaza as she says 'everyone is suffering'
12 Aug 2025 15:24 GMT
Madonna is pleading with the Pope to go to Gaza and asking him to "bring your light" to the people there.
In a post shared across her social media, the 66-year-old singer said she felt she needed to reach out to Pope Leo XIV as it is her duty …
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Madonna urges Pope to visit Gaza amid starvation crisis
12 Aug 2025 14:12 GMT
Pop icon Madonna has made an appeal to Pope Leo XIV, urging him to visit the blockaded Gaza Strip amid a starvation crisis that has sparked international outrage.
“You are the only one of us that cannot be denied entry,” the U.S. singer wrote on social …
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Madonna urges the pope to visit Gaza ‘before it’s too late’
12 Aug 2025 11:37 GMT
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Madonna urges Pope to visit Gaza, act to save starving children
11 Aug 2025 22:01 GMT
Pop icon Madonna on Monday urged Pope Leo XIV to visit the Gaza Strip, calling on him to “bring your light to the children before it’s too late” amid Israel’s ongoing deadly assault on the enclave. "Most Holy Father, please go to Gaza and bring your …
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Madonna calls on pope to visit Gaza: 'As a mother, I cannot bear to watch the suffering'
11 Aug 2025 20:55 GMT
In a post on the X social media platform, the singer, 66, wrote that she can no longer bear to see images of the suffering of the children in Gaza and asked the Pope to “please go to Gaza and bring your light to the children before it’s too late.”
Politics …