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World8h agoThe gifts Bob Dylan and Pope Leo exchanged during their 'brief' meeting at VaticanLeo hosted the American singer-songwriter at his official residence on WednesdayThe Independent World
World10h agoPope's visit to Argentina, LIVE: Leo XIV returns to Latin America on a 'much desired trip', highlighted the VaticanThe Holy See assured that 'the stop in Peru will be a homecoming for the Holy Father, but Argentina and Uruguay are also lands he knows well.' He will arrive in Uruguay this Friday and Argentina on Sunday. The agenda of his visit.Clarín
World15h agoBob Dylan comes knockin' on pope's door as Leo welcomes legend to VaticanThe American singer-songwriter and poet visited with the American pope at the Vatican during a break between concert dates in Italy. The Vatican said the encounter was brief.NPR News
World1d agoBob Dylan comes knockin' on pope's door as Leo welcomes legend to VaticanBob Dylan came knockin’ on Pope Leo XIV’ s door Wednesday, as the American singer-songwriter and poet visited with the American pope at the Vatican during a break…Japan Today
World1d agoBob Dylan comes knockin’ on pope’s door as Leo welcomes legend to VaticanBob Dylan came knockin’ on Pope Leo’s door on Wednesday, as the American singer-songwriter and poet visited the American pope at the Vatican during a break between concert dates in Italy. The Vatican said the encounter was brief, with Leo giving Dylan a rosary and Dylan presenting the pope with a copy of his autobiography, Chronicles: Volume One. Leo had quoted from an unpublished protest song Dylan penned in 1963, “Go Away You Bomb”, in his 2026 book Disarmed and Disarming: Peace Is a Gift. Leo...South China Morning Post
World1d agoBob Dylan comes knockin' on pope's door as Leo welcomes legend to VaticanBob Dylan has come knockin’ on Pope Leo XIV’s doorABC News
World1d agoBob Dylan comes knockin’ on pope’s door as Leo welcomes legend to Vatican - AP NewsBob Dylan comes knockin’ on pope’s door as Leo welcomes legend to Vatican AP NewsAP News
World1d agoBob Dylan blows in for meeting with Pope Leo at the VaticanThe pope, ‌originally from Chicago, is known to be a Bob Dylan fanIrish Times World
World1d agoBob Dylan meets Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican, with music, faith and a rosary giftBob Dylan meets Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican. The Pontiff gives him a rosary, the Nobel laureate gives him his autobiography. Tomorrow, the concert in Rome.EuroNews [en]
World1d agoBob Dylan meets Pope Leo at the VaticanAccompanied by Jesuit Father Antonio Spadaro and L'Osservatore Romano editor Andrea MondaANSA [en]
World3d agoMexican-American news executive assumes top Vatican roleShe's María Montserrat Alvarado, 39, a laywoman who moved from Mexico City to Miami as a child and as of Sunday is the Vatican's new communications chief — a ministry-level department. The post Mexican-American news executive assumes top Vatican role appeared first on Mexico News DailyMexico News Daily
World3d agoVatican names first laywoman to head communicationsThe Vatican has appointed 39-year-old Mexican-American media executive, Maria Alvarado, as its new head of communications, making her the first laywoman and first non-Italian to lead the department. Alvarado, who assumes office this week, will oversee the Vatican’s television, radio and print operations, as well as its press office. Her appointment, announced in June by […] The post Vatican names first laywoman to head communications appeared first on Vanguard News.Vanguard Nigeria
World3d agoDetails leaked about what Pope Leo XIV's popemobile will be like in Argentina: immaculate white, golden touches, dome, and meticulous Vatican requestsSix days before the Holy Father's arrival, the car he will use in Buenos Aires, Cordoba, and Lujan was designed by Toyota. It will have side openings so the Pope can greet the faithful.Clarín
World3d agoThe Mexican María Montserrat Alvarado takes the reins of Vatican communicationMaría Montserrat Alvarado, exdirectora de EWTN News, asume como líder del área de comunicación del Vaticano, un puesto sin precedentes para una mujer laica. Su nombramiento, decidido por el papa León XIV, destaca por su enfoque internacional y marca un cambio en la actitud hacia las mujeres en la Curia romana.Clarín
World5d agoPope Leo dribbles golden basketball and tries to stay neutral as rival US teams descend on VaticanThe teams will face off at the Eternal City Tip-Off, a game created to honor the first American popeThe Independent World
World5d agoPope meets Villanova and Notre Dame basketball teams at the VaticanThe teams are in Rome for the U.S. college basketball season opener — an event dubbed the Eternal City Tip-Off and created to honor the U.S.-born pope.CBS News
WorldOct 29Vatican: Century of Mercedes-Benz popemobiles goes on displayFrom silk-lined limousines to vehicles fitted with bulletproof glass, eight historic popemobiles go on display at the Vatican Museums. The exhibition traces how papal transport has evolved over nearly a century.Africanews [en]
WorldOct 29Vatican: Century of Mercedes-Benz popemobiles goes on displayFrom silk-lined limousines to vehicles fitted with bulletproof glass, eight historic popemobiles go on display at the Vatican Museums. The exhibition traces how papal transport has evolved over nearly a century.EuroNews [en]
WorldOct 29Vatican Museums exhibit marks a century of the PopemobileThe Vatican Museums opens an exhibition tracing the history of the Popemobile, from the first Mercedes-Benz car delivered to Pope Pius XI in 1930 to modern vehicles used by the Popes. The exhibition features eight historic Mercedes-Benz vehicles, alongside the first automobile ever built and a modern S-Class. Read allvaticannews_va · vatican
WorldOct 27Pope Leo’s cancer is ‘game changer’ for papacy, Vatican foreign minister saysPope Leo’s lung cancer diagnosis and surgery has affected how Catholics view his health and papacy, the Vatican’s foreign minister said on Tuesday, in an unusual acknowledgement by one of the Church’s most senior officials. “It’s a bit of ‌a game changer,” Archbishop Paul Gallagher told journalists at an event in Rome. Leo, 71, had part of one lung removed in surgery on October 13. His doctors have said the cancer was localised and had not spread, and the pope will not require further...South China Morning Post
WorldOct 26Vatican confirms Pope Leo's Latin America trip after post-surgery checkupPope Leo XIV will proceed with his planned trip to Uruguay, Argentina, and Peru.ABC News
WorldOct 23Pope Leo to miss Assisi gathering – VaticanPope Leo XIV will not attend a peace gathering at Assisi next week on doctors' advice as he recovers from lung cancer surgery, the Vatican said Friday. The post Pope Leo to miss Assisi gathering – Vatican appeared first on Vanguard News.Vanguard Nigeria
WorldOct 20A Vatican mission will arrive in Peru and expectations for the visit of Pope Leo XIV are renewedThe information was confirmed by the Peruvian foreign minister, Carlos Espá, who said that preparations for the pontiff's arrival have not been suspended. During his six-day stay in the country, the leader of the Catholic Church is scheduled to visit Lima, Chiclayo, Cusco, and Pucallpa.Clarín
WorldOct 18Smiling pope returns to Vatican after cancer surgeryPope Leo XIV's discharge on Saturday, four days after undergoing lung cancer surgery, ended a stretch of uncertainty that shook the Vatican and the world's 1.4 billion Catholics, less than two years into the Chicago-born pope's papacy.Le Monde [en]