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Pope Leo XIV opens a social media account in Latin

Pope Leo XIV has started a Twitter account in Latin, and it is magnificent! A splendid step towards popularising the Latin language

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“They say you have abandoned the idea of transporting Trajan's Column? To tell the truth, the undertaking would have cost us very dear”

«They say you have abandoned the idea of transporting Trajan's Column? To tell the truth, the undertaking would have cost us very dear» It beggars belief, but the French really did intend to carry Trajan's pillar off from Rome to Paris as a trophy during the

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Vermentino, Ripasso and Trentodoc for the Pope's dinner and the toast to the new Pope

Thanks to a photograph of the menu from the first supper of Leo XIV with the cardinals at the Casa Santa Marta, we know that the new Pope also has a very good taste in wine. Take note of the wines the Pope himself drinks with his supper of courgette

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Leo XIV explains choice of name by Rerum Novarum and the rise of artificial intelligence

Unlike the start of Francis's pontificate in 2013, when the newly elected pope's first meeting with the cardinals was broadcast live, Leo XIV chose to hold his behind closed doors. The Vatican has published part of the Pope's address, in which, as a supplement

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So the Vatican may escape higher tariffs, now that it has a Pope made in the USA?

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Pope Francis at the House of Saint Martha and the possible reversal of his innovations under Leo XIV

Italian and Spanish media confirm that Pope Leo XIV has decided to restore the papal residence in the Apostolic Palace. I remind you that Pope Francis lived and died in the Domus Sanctae Marthae (Casa Santa Marta), an annexe to St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, intended for

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Many Russian media have misrendered the surname Prevost, reading it as French, no doubt out of an idea of the pontiff's French background, but since the Pope is, after all, an American, and there is nothing French about him…

"Prévost" would be correct had he come from a French-speaking colony. In his own country he was Prevost, and this seemingly suited him well enough. At any rate, one will be able to put the question to him in person and find out whether he, in honouring

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Robert Francis Prevost, Now Leo XIV, the First Pope of Mixed Race

Robert Francis Prevost, now Leo XIV, is the first Pope of mixed race. His paternal ancestors were French and Italian; on his mother's side they were French, Spanish, Louisiana Creole, Afro-Haitian and African

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Cardinal Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, and the likely continuation of Francis's course

Of course, Trump will present the election of an American Pope as his own victory. But Cardinal Robert Prevost, who became Pope under the name of Leo XIV, is not the American pontiff the White House would have dreamed of. Given that his elevation owes much to the favour of

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Newly elected Pope on Francis’s blessing and a Church that builds bridges and dialogue

Words from the address of the new Pope, Leo XIV:. Let us keep in our ears the faint voice of Pope Francis, who blessed Rome. The Pope who blessed Rome gave his blessing to the whole world that Easter morning. Allow me to continue that blessing. God loves us. God

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The New Pope: Robert Francis Prevost of the United States, Who Takes the Name Leo XIV

He became a cardinal in 2023. Born in the United States in 1955, he belongs to the Order of Saint Augustine

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A New Pope Is Elected

They were quick about it