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Bethlehem holds first Christmas celebrations for two years

West Bank city had suspended celebrations due to conflict in Gaza

No women deacons in the Catholic Church, Vatican Commission decides

Argument against female deacons includes wish to preserve ‘masculinity of Christ’ and of those who receive holy orders

Irish peacekeepers join thousands attending pope’s Mass in Beirut

Pontiff’s three-day trip to Lebanon ‘brings a lot of hope’

Pope Leo urges Lebanese leaders to persevere with peace efforts

Visit takes place amid heightened tensions as Israel says it is targeting Hizbullah’s rebuilding efforts

‘We are all very lucky that he is visiting’: Lebanon welcomes Pope Leo

Pontiff hails country as one where ‘peace is a desire and a vocation’ where its people have acted as peacemakers

Palestinian state ‘only’ solution to Israeli conflict, says Pope Leo

Head of Catholic Church visits Lebanon after leaving Turkey on first overseas trip

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Pope Leo condemns violence in name of religion at landmark event in Turkey

Pontiff urges Christian leaders to overcome centuries of heated divisions

Pope Leo says global conflicts are putting humanity’s future at risk

Pontiff visits Turkey on first trip outside Italy as pope, bringing message of peace

Pope Leo’s first trip outside Italy as pontiff is diplomatically delicate

Trip to Turkey and Lebanon could be revealing about the character and style of this still-elusive new pope

Pope Leo set to visit Middle East on first international trip as pontiff

First papal journey of US pontiff centres on Turkey and Lebanon as regional tensions persist

Israel says it killed Hizbullah official in first strike on Beirut in months

Iran-backed militant group warned not to rearm and rebuild

Fifty kidnapped Catholic school students in Nigeria escape

More than 250 children and 12 staff still held by kidnappers, church association says

Pope Leo designates St Mary’s Pro Cathedral as Dublin’s Catholic cathedral

It brings the number of cathedrals in Dublin to three, with the two others belonging to the Church of Ireland

New Bishop of Raphoe named by Pope Leo

Bishop of Ossory Niall Coll to take up position in the Co Donegal diocese

Orange Order sends letter of complaint to King Charles after he prayed with Pope Leo

Vatican visit marked first joint worship with a British monarch and a Catholic pontiff since Henry VIII’s rule

The Catholic thinker behind JD Vance’s religious conversion

Unthinkable: French philosopher René Girard developed a theory of scapegoating. The US vice president has weaponised it

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Anglican schism as traditionalists reject first female Archbishop of Canterbury

Church of Ireland archbishops have reasserted their loyalty to Canterbury

King Charles and Pope Leo pray together in a 500-year first

Last joint worship including an English monarch and Catholic pontiff was in 1534, after Henry VIII broke away from Rome

Malachy Clerkin: All hail Pope Leo XIV, the world’s most famous sporting trash-talker

His Holiness didn’t allow the fact that his own team is terrible stop him from zinging a Chicago Cubs fan. Amen to that

Ryder Cup’s tourist-trap ticket packages may boost local economy, but not local attendance

Plus: Barry Heneghan double jobs from Gaza flotilla, pipers fill their bags and Declan Ganley gains an ally

Pope Leo recounts being attacked by man in Ireland in resurfaced video

‘Never in my life ... have I been physically attacked as I was in Ireland,’ then-bishop told 2019 conference in Peru

Carlo Acutis: Pope Leo XIV canonises ‘God’s influencer’ as first millennial saint

The teenager, who died in 2006, used digital technology to spread the Catholic faith

First saint of 21st century, who died aged 15, to be canonised in Rome

‘God’s influencer’ Carlos Acutis died aged 15 in 2006

Carlo Acutis, the millennial saint, could not be more different to the influencers of the manosphere

The canonisation process has been swift for Carlo Acutis, who died in 2006, aged 15. He will be canonised in Rome this weekend

More than 800 killed in one of Afghanistan’s worst-ever earthquakes

Taliban asks world for help as at least 2,800 people are injured in rugged northeastern province of Kunar

Pope Leo’s first 100 days: ‘He is returning to what was normality before’

Cautious communications and sparse use of English have helped the first US pope to keep a low profile while returning to the more formal Vatican structure of the past

Pope Leo targeted Maga money in early days as pontiff, says Mary McAleese

Former president dubs Pope Leo XIV’s first 100 days `more Benedict than Francis’

Wildfires fanned by heatwave and strong winds rage across Europe

About 7,700 people evacuated near Greek city of Patras, while Spain is on course for one of its longest heatwaves on record, with almost all of country deemed to be at extreme or very high risk of fire

Pope Leo calls for release of Gena Heraty and eight others kidnapped in Haiti

Missionary from Co Mayo was abducted from orphanage near Port-au-Prince

A prima facie case of judges at odds over Latin

Plus: a Leeds MP’s chatbot struggles with our Irish-themed questions; Pope Leo’s Duolingo streak; and a US TikTok star discovers Kerry GAA

Ireland is in an adolescent stage where everything that smacks of Old Ireland is embarrassing

John Henry Newman’s legacy has fallen victim to the new orthodoxy that there is nothing good at all in Catholicism

Pope tells crowd of one million young Catholics ‘a different world is possible’

Vatican says more than a million young people were present, along with 7,000 priests and 450 bishops

As a teacher in my 20s, I am excited to be part of the revival of Christian faith

Rite & Reason: Catholic influencers and digital missionaries are bridging faith and tradition with modern culture in dynamic, creative ways

As Europe risks fracturing, the message of St Columbanus needs to be heard again

Rite & Reason: As Pope Leo XIV has reminded us, the Irish missionary’s perspective is as relevant now as it was more than 14 centuries ago

Texas floods: Death toll reaches at least 78, with 41 missing as rescue efforts continue

Donald Trump declares the deadly flooding a major disaster amid fresh fears of further flooding

Saipan the movie triggers a two-word reaction from Jason McAteer

Plus: Hollywood money to replace (the other) Brendan Gleeson; Pope Leo’s GAA link; and a spot of fencing at Milltown Golf Club

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