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 Cardinal Robert Prevost, a former missionary and teacher, was chosen by cardinals in a secretive conclave this month that lasted barely 24 hours. The first American pope, his papacy begins at a time of crisis of U.S. leadership, as the Trump administration seeks to roll back Washington’s centrality in multinational organizations. In his…
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 Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email Pope Leo XIV’s eldest brother shared a raft of pro-Donald Trump, anti-Democrat content on social media, including reposting a clip that branded former…
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 The new pope could also “reinterpret,” without rolling back, some of Francis’ more contentious progressive moves, such as his declaration permitting blessings for individuals in same-sex couples, Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, the progressive archbishop of Luxembourg, told a handful of reporters including POLITICO in a side-room of the Nuova Chiesa church in Rome on…
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…
Shorouk Express BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 8. A fresh face has taken the reins in the Vatican, as a new Pope has been elected, Trend reports. White smoke has risen from the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican, signaling the election of a new Pope. White smoke traditionally indicates that a consensus has been reached among the…
Shorouk Express Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email JD Vance has broken his silence on Donald Trump’s now-infamous AI image depicting himself as the Pope. The vice president, a Catholic, who…
