13+ hour, 37+ min ago  (369+ words) ROME, April 3 (Reuters) - Pope Leo led a candle-lit service with thousands of Catholics inside Rome's famed Colosseum on Friday evening that featured prayers for war orphans and deported immigrant children, and a warning to world leaders that their decisions will…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (724+ words) Pope Leo XIV is preparing to celebrate Easter for the first time as pontiff a year after his predecessor's death, as concerns grow among Christians over the Middle East war. Holy Week began with a clash in the Holy Land…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago  (558+ words) Israel said the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem would regain access to Christianity's holiest site after the decision to block him from entering the Holy Sepulchre on Palm Sunday triggered international condemnation. Police prevented Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa from entering the church,…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago  (176+ words) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday the Latin Patriarch would get "full and immediate access" to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, after police denied him entry on Palm Sunday. "I have instructed the relevant authorities that Cardinal Pierbattista…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago  (689+ words) Israeli police blocked the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to celebrate Palm Sunday mass, which the prime minister's office said was done out of 'concern for his safety". The two…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago  (551+ words) Worshippers attended a muted Palm Sunday service at a Greek Catholic cathedral in Damascus after the city's churches decided to limit celebrations to prayers only after violence hit a Christian town. On Friday night, Suqaylabiyah, one of the largest Christian…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago  (714+ words) Israeli police blocked the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to celebrate Palm Sunday mass, which the prime minister's office said was done out of 'concern for his safety". The two…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago  (354+ words) By Ali Sawafta and Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM, March 29 (Reuters) - Israeli police prevented the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem from marking Palm Sunday at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre "for the first time in centuries," the Patriarchate said, with police citing…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago  (344+ words) VATICAN CITY, March 29 (Reuters) - Pope Leo said on Sunday that God rejects the prayers of leaders who start wars and have "hands full of blood", in unusually forceful remarks as the Iran war entered its second month. Addressing tens of…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (151+ words) VATICAN CITY, March 22 (Reuters) - Pope Leo on Sunday said death and suffering caused by the war in the Middle East are a "scandal to the whole human family", renewing his plea for an immediate ceasefire. As the U.S.-Israeli war on…...