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Leo XIV says Church must fight 'lack of faith' in first mass as pope

09-05-2025 15:19 Pope Leo XIV urges Church to restore the faith of millions in his first homily as pontiff.

Pride and praise in Peru for Pope Leo who left lasting impression

09-05-2025 08:26 Leo XIV first set foot in Peru some four decades ago as a missionary, before becoming bishop of the diocese of Chiclayo in the northwest of the country and gaining citizenship in 2015.

Soft-spoken Prevost is first pope from the US (and Peru)

08-05-2025 14:32 Italian newspaper La Repubblica has called the new pontiff "the least American of the Americans" for his soft-spoken touch. 

Cardinals choose first US pope in Catholic Church history

08-05-2025 14:24 Robert Francis Prevost of the US becomes pope, will adopt name of Pope Leo XIV.

Church, Milei government play nice despite tensions, distrust

27-04-2025 20:35 Death of Pope Francis shines a spotlight on the relationship between Argentina’s religious leaders, the clergy and President Javier Milei’s government.

by Juan Pablo Kavanagh

Diplomacy likely to trump geography in choice of new pope

27-04-2025 10:36 Pope Francis championed far-flung regions long overlooked by the Church and a non-European pope would make sense, given that Catholicism is growing in Africa and Asia.

Goodbye to the Argentine papacy

26-04-2025 05:00 While some of the causes Bergoglio embraced may have been good, by adopting them he blurred the distinction between Catholicism and what most of the “progressive” atheists and agnostics who have long dominated Western culture already take for granted.

by James Neilson

The Pope from the 'ends of the earth' called to 'repair' the Church

26-04-2025 05:00 Jorge Bergoglio enters history as the first American Pope. During his time heading the Catholic Church, he reformed Vatican governance, pushed for peace and reconciliation and guided the Church through some of the darkest moments in recent years, taking measures against child abuse by members of the clergy.

by Darío Silva D'Andrea

Sister Genevieve, French nun who broke protocol to see Pope's body

25-04-2025 10:09 Her image has gone round the world. Sister Geneviève broke protocol near Pope Francis’ coffin to remember the man he met following the murder of her aunt during Argentina’s 1976-1983 dictatorship.

How Argentina will say goodbye to Pope Francis

24-04-2025 21:41 Argentina will bid final farewell to Pope Francis with a Mass at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Buenos Aires, following vigils and pilgrimages to iconic places in the late pontiff’s life.

'Slum priests' take Pope's message to the poor

24-04-2025 11:18 The loss of Pope Francis has deeply affected the Catholic community worldwide, yet, priests from his hometown of Buenos Aires are keeping his legacy alive.

A political Pope – probing Francis’ ties with Argentina’s presidents

23-04-2025 11:52 The man formerly known as Jorge Bergoglio recognised himself as being a political figure, long before his arrival in Rome. He once declared: "Christians should not be apolitical." A look at his links with Néstor Kirchner, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Mauricio Macri, Alberto Fernández and Javier Milei.

Pope Francis' coffin carried to Saint Peter's Basilica

23-04-2025 08:54 Funeral preparations of Pope Francis have been initiated with the procession of his coffin to Saint Peter's Basilica.

Latin America bids fond farewell to its first pontiff

22-04-2025 13:17 News of death of Pope Francis moves many in Latin America; Personalities such as Lionel Messi and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva pay tribute.

The Pope who never returned – Argentina mourns its national hero

21-04-2025 19:39 Twelve years after celebrating Pope Francis’ coronation, Argentines mourn the death of a national hero who never returned home. 

Pope pushed himself, knew he 'did not have long left' – Vatican source

21-04-2025 16:45 Weakened by five weeks battling double pneumonia in hospital, some in the Vatican suspect the 88-year-old pontiff knew that his strength was abandoning him.

Archbishop Jorge García Cuerva: ‘We’ve lost the Pope of the poor’

21-04-2025 12:26 Archbishop of Buenos Aires pays homage to Pope Francis as he leads Mass at cathedral; “We’re lost the father of all humanity,” declares Jorge García Cuerva.

Who am I to judge? Pope Francis in quotes

21-04-2025 11:42 Pope Francis, who will go down in history as a radical pontiff and a champion of underdogs, died on Monday at age 88, having forged a more compassionate Catholic Church.

President Milei hails Pope's 'wisdom' despite 'differences'

21-04-2025 07:56 President bids farewell to Buenos Aires-born pontiff with statement recognising "differences" between two Argentines.

Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff, dead at 88

21-04-2025 06:30 Pope Francis has died, confirms Vatican in statement; Pontiff aroused both fervour and fury within the Church with reforms aimed at opening up centuries-old institution to the modern-day faithful.