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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Leo XIV took his first trip outside the Vatican on Saturday, heading about an hour's drive east of Rome for a visit to a Catholic shrine and stopping on the way back ...

Pope Leo XIV on Saturday visited and prayed at a Marian shrine outside of Rome, greeting the community there and urging them to “be faithful to the Mother.” The Holy Father visited the Shrine ...

The annual event usually features a 30-meter-long portable shrine that is carried through the streets. But this year, the shrine measures more than 108 meters in celebration of the Year of the Snake.

VATICAN CITY (CNS)–Less than 48 hours after being elected, Pope Leo XIV got in the front seat of a minivan and traveled 40 miles southeast from the Vatican to pray at a Marian shrine cared for by his ...

Meanwhile, Reverend Fr. Jonas Mejares, vice president for Augustinian Formation and mission at the University of San Agustin in Iloilo, fondly recalled Cardinal Prevost’s 2010 visit to Cebu. During ...

The Archdiocese of Cebu and Filipino faithful have responded with thanksgiving Masses and public prayers, expressing joy and spiritual kinship with the new Pope rooted in his past visits and personal ...

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In a social media post on Friday, the Archdiocese of Cebu said the new pontiff, then Fr. Robert Francis Prevost, visited the province in 2004 as the Prior General of the Augustinians. He also blessed ...

MANILA, Philippines — Filipinos will find a familiar friend in the newly elected Pope Leo XIV. Before he was elevated to the Chair of Saint Peter, Cardinal Robert Prevost, OSA, had walked ...