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The quiet pope: Leo’s first foreign trip is revealing his style
18+ hour, 46+ min ago (113+ words) Breaking news and analysis on politics, business, world, national news, entertainment and more. In-depth DC, Virginia, Maryland news coverage including traffic, weather, crime, education, restaurant reviews and more. A pontiff who listens more than he speaks, the 70-year-old Chicagoan is positioning himself as an antidote to an era of towering egos. ISTANBUL " In the largest event yet of his inaugural foreign trip, Pope Leo XIV spoke to a few thousand faithful in this Muslim-majority metropolis on Saturday of unity, of "breaking down the walls of prejudice," of rejecting "darkness" in favor of "light." But it wasn't just what the new pope said " it was how he said it....
At site of papal prayer in Turkey, a shrinking lake ‘means death’
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (111+ words) Breaking news and analysis on politics, business, world, national news, entertainment and more. In-depth DC, Virginia, Maryland news coverage including traffic, weather, crime, education, restaurant reviews and more. Beset by industry, agriculture and climate change, Lake Iznik, where Pope Leo will visit today, is slowly vanishing. It leaves behind deep anxiety about the future of life here. IZNIK, Turkey " When Pope Leo XIV arrives to commemorate a seminal event in Christian history believed to have taken place here 1,700 years ago, he will pray at the once-sunken ruins of an ancient basilica that only recently emerged from Lake Iznik, a freshwater expanse whose very survival is now threatened....
A hurricane destroyed these nuns’ home. A jeweler restored their relics.
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (102+ words) Breaking news and analysis on politics, business, world, national news, entertainment and more. In-depth DC, Virginia, Maryland news coverage including traffic, weather, crime, education, restaurant reviews and more. Nuns in Florida,turned to a local jeweler for help with holy relics ravaged by floods. He managed to restore the treasures, which seemed at first unsalvageable. Sister Mary Frances climbed into her office, careful to avoid broken glass. The floor was covered in muck from floodwaters that had raged through after Hurricane Ian hit two weeks earlier. Among the debris, Frances found six small, sacred relics she'd kept in her office....
Pope Leo to push unity at Nicaea, site of first Christian council
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (100+ words) Breaking news and analysis on politics, business, world, national news, entertainment and more. In-depth DC, Virginia, Maryland news coverage including traffic, weather, crime, education, restaurant reviews and more. Part of Leo's challenge is more firmly establishing who he will be as pope. He is positioning himself early as the pope of unity, the pope of peace. ANKARA " Seeking to unify a recently decriminalized faith, Constantine the Great called a summit of early Christians in the ancient Anatolian city of Nicaea. The then-nascent religion's theologians were clashing, over no issue more than the origins of Jesus Christ....
Column | Miss Manners: My husband’s adult sons never offer to pick up a check
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (123+ words) Breaking news and analysis on politics, business, world, national news, entertainment and more. In-depth DC, Virginia, Maryland news coverage including traffic, weather, crime, education, restaurant reviews and more. Letter writer is annoyed husband's sons let them pay for dinners but isn't sure saying something is the right move. Dear Miss Manners: At several gatherings with friends and family, the food is blessed by holding hands during a prayer " after I have already washed mine in preparation for eating. Holding hands defeats the purpose of washing them, but I don't know how to avoid it during the prayer. Refraining from holding hands, or immediately rewashing right after, might offend the other guests. Any ideas on how to handle this situation?...
Pope Leo’s trip to Middle East will stress, and test, interfaith ties
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (124+ words) Breaking news and analysis on politics, business, world, national news, entertainment and more. In-depth DC, Virginia, Maryland news coverage including traffic, weather, crime, education, restaurant reviews and more. Rather than his native Chicago or adopted Peru, Pope Leo XIV is making his first foreign trip to Turkey and Lebanon, putting him on tricky terrain shared by Muslims and Jews. VATICAN CITY " On his first official foreign trip, Pope Leo XIV will venture onto the tricky terrain of interfaith relations, with stops in two Muslim-majority countries " Turkey and Lebanon " where he will confront fresh wounds over Israel's warfare in the Middle East, fortify ties with the Eastern Orthodox Church and seek to spread the early themes of his papacy: unity and peace....
How Pope Leo XIV will continue with Pope Francis's legacy
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (41+ words) Pope Leo XIV vows to continue Francis's legacy as he visits the Middle East on first papal trip. How Pope Leo XIV will continue with Pope Francis's legacy - Pope Leo XIV's visit rekindles hope in war- and crisis-battered Lebanon...
Child preachers help evangelicals surge in Catholic Brazil
6+ day, 22+ hour ago (117+ words) Breaking news and analysis on politics, business, world, national news, entertainment and more. In-depth DC, Virginia, Maryland news coverage including traffic, weather, crime, education, restaurant reviews and more. Ester Souza, the 8-year-old daughter of pastors in rural S'o Paulo state, has millions of social media followers. VOTUPORANGA, Brazil " Ester Souza looks into the mirror and begins her transformation. She changes out of her pink T-shirt and shorts with flowers and butterflies and into a sober brown blouse and dress slacks. She weaves her long curly hair into two braids on top of her head. A touch of makeup and her expression shifts. The easy smile gives way to a look of deep focus....
1,700 years ago, bishops and an emperor wrote a creed. Millions still recite it in church
1+ week, 3+ day ago (198+ words) Breaking news and analysis on politics, business, world, national news, entertainment and more. In-depth DC, Virginia, Maryland news coverage including traffic, weather, crime, education, restaurant reviews and more. Centuries of church schisms show that if there's a doctrine to be fought over, there's a goodchanceChristianswillfightaboutit . That repeated splintering is what makes the Council of Nicaea " a meeting of bishops 1,700 years ago in present-day Turkey " so significant today. And why Pope Leo XIV is traveling on Nov. 28 to the site of this foundational moment in Christian unity as part of his first major foreign trip as pope. - /business/interactive/2025/pedestrian-deaths-surge-road-safety/1 Ian Duncan , Emmanuel Martinez and Dylan Moriarty The deadliest roads in America - 2 Perry Stein , Jeremy Roebuck , Theodoric Meyer and Kelly Kasulis Cho Trump signs bill directing Justice Department to release Epstein files - 3 Adam Taylor , John Hudson , Catherine Belton and Dan Lamothe…...
New museum in California offers immersive experience of the Shroud of Turin
1+ week, 3+ day ago (128+ words) Breaking news and analysis on politics, business, world, national news, entertainment and more. In-depth DC, Virginia, Maryland news coverage including traffic, weather, crime, education, restaurant reviews and more. A museum dedicated to the Shroud of Turin has opened at the Christ Cathedral campus in Garden Grove, California GARDEN GROVE, Calif. " An interactive museum dedicated to the Shroud of Turin, which some say was Jesus" burial cloth, opens its doors to the public Wednesday at the Christ Cathedral campus in Southern California. "The Shroud of Turin: An Immersive Experience," a $5-million exhibit in Garden Grove featuring 360-degree projection room theaters, Shroud of Turin replicas, interactive kiosks, and a life-size sculpture of Christ, was conceived over a span of three years and funded through private donations....