Pope Leo XIV and Bartholomew I ‘deeply alarmed’ by global tensions — By: Catholic News Agency

Pope Leo XIV and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople sign a joint declaration at the Palace of the Ecumenical Orthodox Patriarchate in Istanbul, Turkey, on November 29, 2025. / Vatican Media Istanbul, Turkey, Nov 29, 2025 / 10:07 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople said on Saturday they…

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Pope Leo XIV, at Mass in Turkey, calls for Catholic, ecumenical and interreligious unity — By: Catholic News Agency

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass at the Volkswagen Arena in Istanbul, Turkey, on November 29, 2025. / Screenshot: Vatican Media Istanbul, Turkey, Nov 29, 2025 / 11:20 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV marked the start of Advent on Saturday with an appeal for unity and peace, telling thousands gathered for Mass in Istanbul that Christians…

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How a remote island in Indonesia forms hundreds of priests for the world — By: Catholic News Agency

Seminarians at St. Paul’s Major Seminary on the Indonesian island of Flores. / Credit: St. Paul’s Major Seminary, Flores, Indonesia EWTN News, Nov 29, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Roughly 500 miles east of Bali lies the island of Flores, a vocational powerhouse that supplies seminarians not only to Indonesia but also to Catholic communities…

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Filipino archbishop asks Catholics to attend protests against government corruption — By: Catholic News Agency

Members of Iglesia ni Cristo take part in a protest against corruption on Nov. 16, 2025 in Manila, Philippines. A powerful Philippine megachurch, Iglesia ni Cristo, mobilized over half a million members to join growing protests over alleged corruption in multibillion-peso flood control projects. Catholic leaders in the Philippines have also mobilized Catholics to participate…

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Pope Leo XIV marks Nicaea anniversary, urges Christians to overcome divisions — By: Catholic News Agency

Pope Leo XIV and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople at an ecumenical event marking the 1,700th anniversary of Nicene Creed, in Iznik, Turkey, on November 28th, 2025. / Screenshot: Vatican Media Iznik, Turkey, Nov 28, 2025 / 08:05 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV commemorated the 1700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea on…

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