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A group of 48 transgender women attended a major Vatican event on Sunday with Pope Leo XIV, continuing a tradition that began under Pope Francis.
Diehard New York Knicks fan Spike Lee gifted Pope Leo XIV a custom Knicks jersey when the director visited him.
Pope Leo XIV championed cinema and the theatrical experience in remarks at the Vatican to representatives of the world of cinema.
Pope Leo XIV appealed for persecuted Christians around the globe on Sunday, making specific mention of Bangladesh, Nigeria, Mozambique, Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Pope Leo XIV praised the “silent and hidden love” of cloistered nuns who, he said, are free from the slavery of society’s focus on outward appearances.
On Wednesday night, in a quiet corner of Antoine's in the heart of New Orleans' oldest neighborhood, two branches of Pope Leo's family that lost touch two generations before he was born were reunited over oysters Rockefeller and French 75s.
But left unspoken at a Vatican meeting with film stars were the deep divisions over issues like abortion and homosexuality.
The Vatican officially rejected the Jesus apparitions reported in , France, during the 1970s. The supernatural claims have been declared false after decades.