Shorouk Express The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Pope Leo XIV shared a message of hope with his hometown of Chicago as he encouraged the…
Shorouk Express “The pope plans to make the Vatican, the Holy See, available for a direct meeting between the two sides,” said Parolin, Pope Leo’s No. 2, according to news agency Ansa. Leo XIV, who was elected last week, has made it clear that working for peace in Ukraine will be a major priority of…
Shorouk Express Pope Leo accused of failing to properly investigate allegations of child sexual abuse Pope Leo has been accused of failing to properly investigate allegations of child sexual abuse against priests in his churches in Chicago and Peru. Jabed Ahmed11 May 2025 13:01 In pictures | Pope Leo’s first Sunday address (Copyright 2025 The…
Shorouk Express “He’s like a dual passport holder, he’s the perfect pontiff for the present moment,” said Miles Pattenden, papal historian and lecturer at Oxford University. Prevost’s predecessor Pope Francis, née Jorge Mario Bergoglio, wrestled with widening divisions in a Church split along geographical and ideological lines. Traditionalists who continued to see the institution as…
Shorouk Express On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Robert Prevost has become the first US leader of the 1.4 billion-member Catholic Church – taking the name Pope Leo XIV and telling the world: “Peace be…
