Pope Leo heads to Monaco 488 years after the last papal visit

Decision to choose small, wealthy – but very Catholic – state for first European trip has baffled some Vatican observers

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Who can tame Trump? An unlikely candidate is emerging: the Catholic church

Inequality, immigration and civil rights are the battlegrounds on which the church, and some other Christian denominations, are fighting, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

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Pope Leo condemns US’s ‘extremely disrespectful’ treatment of immigrants

Pontiff backs statement by US bishops condemning raids and mass deportations under Trump administration

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Holy see: three of Pope Leo’s favourite films are divine. But the fourth is hard to forgive

Praise be for The Sound of Music, Ordinary People and It’s a Wonderful Life! The sinfully twee and queasy Life is Beautiful, however, must be renounced

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‘Listen to the cry of the Earth’: Pope Leo takes aim at climate change sceptics

Pontiff laments that some ‘ridicule those who speak of global warming’, days after Trump’s claims of ‘con job’

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‘Listen to the cry of the Earth’: Pope Leo takes aim at climate change sceptics

Pontiff laments that some ‘ridicule those who speak of global warming’, days after Trump’s claims of ‘con job’

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Pope Leo criticizes Trump’s hardline immigration policies: ‘I don’t know if that’s pro-life’

Pope questions what it means to be ‘pro-life’ amid the ‘inhuman treatment of immigrants’ in the US

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Pope Leo demands end to ‘pandemic of arms’ after Minnesota school shooting

First US pope in history prays for victims of last week’s shooting that left two children dead and 18 others injured

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Al Pacino becomes first film star to meet Pope Leo XIV

The actor, who is in Italy for a film about the Maserati car moguls, had an official audience with the pope alongside the film’s producer

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‘South Side’ Pope Leo offers video message to Chicagoans at ballpark mass

Pontiff addresses young people at baseball stadium on Saturday amid ‘No Kings’ protests across the country

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