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Cardinal Ambongo Reflects on the Election of Pope Leo XIV: A Shepherd for a Fractured World

Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, Archbishop of Kinshasa and President of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SCEAM), described the election of Pope Leo XIV as a profo...

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Pope Leo XIV's Pectoral Cross: A Profound Testament to Augustinian Heritage and Unity

On May 8, 2025, as Pope Leo XIV stepped onto the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica to greet the faithful, he bore a pectoral cross that was not merely ornamental but deeply symbolic. This cro...

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