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Assyrian International News Agency16h
Iraqi Christians: An Ancient People Driven Into Exile
Today, only 140,000 remain,[2] divided between federal Iraq and the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan. Mostly Assyrian or ...
The Vatican has held sacred belongings for a century. Now their Indigenous owners want them back
Inside Vatican City, the home of Pope Leo, lies a vast collection of Indigenous artifacts and cultural objects that some ...
Religion News Service on MSN1d
On anniversary of the first Council of Nicaea, Christian leaders seek to return to ecumenism
Christian leaders stress that the council and its anniversary still have relevance in the modern day, despite theological ...
Pope Leo XIV is the first member of the Order of St. Augustine to be elected pope – but who are the Augustinians?
The Rule of St. Augustine offered monks a firm structure for their daily lives of work and prayer, even before the mendicant ...
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Nicaea, Ecclesial rules, and 21st-century Asia
The Council of Nicaea promotes a dynamic relationship with law, fostering ecclesial unity without entangling in rigid web of ...
19th-century Catholic teachings, 21st-century tech: How concerns about AI guided Pope Leo's choice of name
By taking the name Leo, I believe the new pope is suggesting something similar. The important question is not whether new ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN8d
A Century Ago, a High School Teacher From a Small Tennessee Town Ignited a National Debate Over Human Evolution
The Scopes “monkey trial” garnered international attention, and the battle that was fought continues in some form in other ...
Pope Leo XIV makes first U.S. bishop appointment, fills San Diego vacancy
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, on Thursday made his first American bishop appointment as he ...
Herald Malaysia13d
All the saints and Church Fathers Pope Leo XIV quoted in his first week
Pope Leo XIV used the words in his first Regina Caeli address when discussing the need for prayer for more vocations among ...
Houston Chronicle21d
Pope Leo XIV celebrates first Mass after historic election as Pope Francis' successor
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians ... the 13th century as a community of “mendicant” friars — dedicated to poverty, service and evangelization ...
Robert Prevost, elected first pope from US in history of the Catholic Church, takes the name Leo XIV
Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost the 267th pontiff to lead the Catholic Church in a moment of global ...