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Buckingham Palace makes announcement with 'significant moment' for King Charles
Steven Smith Content Editor 12:16, 17 Oct 2025 King Charles will be accompanied by his wife(Image: Lucy North/PA) The King will become the first British monarch to pray at a public service with the Pope since the Reformation when he makes a state...

King Charles announcement made as he’s set for historic moment with Pope Leo XIV
King Charles and Pope Leo XIV will be the first British monarch and pontiff to worship together at a service since the Reformation in the 16th century. The service will bring together clergy and choirs from both the Roman Catholic Church and the...
Jelly Roll Performs Hit Song in Vatican City
Jelly Roll has been making headlines all year long but his latest newsworthy performance is one of epic proportions. On Saturday, September 13, the 40-year-old country star took the stage at the “Grace for the World” event in Italy's Vatican City,...
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King Charles and Queen Camilla to Visit with Pope Leo During Rescheduled State Visit to Vatican City By Meredith Kile
NEED TO KNOW King Charles and Queen Camilla will reportedly meet with Pope Leo during an official state visit to Vatican City The King and Queen postponed their planned visit in April due to Pope Francis' ill health at the time, instead meeting...

Pope Leo XIV Denounces Food as Weapon of War on World Food Day, Urges Global Action Against Hunger
Rome, October 16, 2025 – In a powerful address that reverberated through the halls of international diplomacy, Pope Leo XIV issued a resounding condemnation of using food as a weapon of war, branding it a "cruel strategy" that strips millions of...

Does President Trump really want to stop the war in Gaza? Why is the Vatican not investigating the genocide in Gaza?
Based on his first term in office, many analysts projected that Donald Trump’s return to the White House would augur ill for the Arab world in general and the Palestinians in particular. They were not let down by the new president. Not only did he...

King Charles and Queen Camilla to visit Vatican in October
King Charles and Queen Camilla will make an important trip to Vatican City next month, their first visit since Pope Leo XIV’s election earlier this year. The two-day October trip will mark their only overseas engagement this autumn. It will carry...

King Charles and Queen Camilla ‘set to meet new Pope’ next month during trip to Vatican City
King Charles and Queen Camilla are set to meet Pope Leo XIV, the first American pontiff, in a visit to Vatican City next month. The royal couple will travel to the city-state for a two-day visit in October in their only autumnal overseas...

Mental health initiative, cardinal interviews, St. Maximilian Kolbe | Week in Review
25 The U.S. Catholic bishops have launched a new “Healing and Hope” effort to more closely engage the faithful in addressing the issue of mental health, particularly at the local level. OSV News recently interviewed Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo...

King Charles set to meet the new Pope on visit to Vatican City next month
KING Charles will meet the new Pope on a visit to Vatican City next month, The Sun can reveal. Leo XIV became the Pope — known as “Il Papa” — in May after the death of predecessor Francis, aged 88. 2 Leo XIV became the Pope, known as 'Il Papa', in...

The Dialog, 1965-1970: Vietnam, instruction from Second Vatican Council, Catholic education among top issues
The 60th anniversary edition of The Dialog published Sept. 19, 2025, included a review of Catholic news from 1965-2025. This is the first of 10 parts. 1965 The first issue of The Dialog was published on Sept. 3, 1965, and cost 10 cents. The front...

Aging society a ‘moral test’: Vatican asks if we’re ready
Archbishop Ettore Balestrero told the United Nations in Geneva that it is paramount that the dignity of the elderly is preserved as the population ages. The world needs to protect the human rights of the elderly, said the Holy See's observer to...

What does King Charles do and who else is in the Royal Family?
Jennifer Clarke ShareSave King Charles and Queen Camilla will meet Pope Leo XIV as part of a two-day state visit to the Vatican in October. A previous official trip to the Vatican was postponed in April 2025 because of the poor health of the...

Lafayette Parish firefighters rescue man from burning mobile home, another person injured; dog died
LAFAYETTE PARISH, La. (NEWS 15) — Firefighters rescued a man from a burning mobile home in Lafayette Parish and another person got out on their own, but the family dog did not survive. The two people were taken to the hospital but both are...

Pope says world hunger a collective failure
The Pope is applauded after his address at the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation’s headquarters in Rome yesterday (CNS/Vatican Media) “Allowing millions of human beings to live — and die — as victims of hunger is a collective failure, an...

Brigitte Bardot recovering from a 'serious' mystery illness and recent surgery
Iconic French film star Brigitte Bardot was recently hospitalized with an unknown illness and is recovering at home. Brigitte had a minor surgery and is now resting at her home in Saint-Tropez in the south of France, according to a report from...
As the world watches, Australia stands up for childhood
Who could fail to be moved? The handful of corporations that profit from the trade, each of which has a market capitalisation of a trillion US dollars or more, of course. Loading Communications Minister Anika Wells is exasperated with their...

Is there hope for Libero Milone’s final appeal?
The former auditor general of the Vatican has filed his final appeal in the city state’s Court of Cassation. Former Auditor General of the Vatican, Libero Milone. Pillar file photo. Speaking to journalists in Rome on October 14, Libero Milone...

Pope Leo XIV asks every parish worldwide to take part in World Mission Sunday
Pope Leo XIV is asking all parishes across the globe to participate in World Mission Sunday this weekend to help spread the Gospel. On World Mission Sunday, the Pope explained in an Oct. 13 video message, “the whole Church prays, united,...
Neuroscientists are starting to take miracles seriously
In 2007, at Memorial Hospital in Rhode Island, a premature baby was born by C-section after being severely deprived of oxygen in the womb. A couple hours later, his heartbeat slowed until it was nearly undetectable. The attending doctor prayed...