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‘Cameroon is a powder keg’: Catholic bishops challenge nonagenarian president
Cameroon’s elderly president is absent as bishops, led by Archbishop Kleda, publicly denounce corruption, poverty and violence while divisions and a weak opposition mark the election.
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8mPope Leo uses Spain visit to press Europe on abortion, migration and peace
MADRID (RNS) — In a historic address to Spain’s Parliament, Pope Leo XIV offered one of the clearest expressions yet of his effort to frame abortion, migration and peace as interconnected questions of human dignity.
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5mPope Leo tells secular Spain not to leave Catholic faith in the ‘museum of the past’
MADRID (RNS) — Before one of the largest crowds of his young pontificate, Pope Leo XIV used Spain’s Corpus Christi celebrations to call Catholics in an increasingly secular country back to a public, living faith.
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2m"Congregation of the World": Union Seminary's Rev. Dr. Serene Jones
The first woman president of historic Union Theological Seminary in New York City reflects on her 18 years in the position, and on the state of activism and religious vocation in 2026 America.
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6mPope Leo tells youth in Madrid to be 'sparks of a new humanity'
MADRID (RNS) — Leo encouraged young people to cast aside appearances, to seek justice and to live an honest life.
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6mIn Spain, Pope Leo XIV urges Europe to overcome polarization
MADRID (RNS) — Pope Leo XIV urged Europe to embrace complexity instead of divisive simplifications while speaking to political and diplomatic authorities in Madrid.