Sports News | SPO-CYCLING-GIRO D'ITALIA-POPE Pope Leo XIV Blesses Cyclists Competing in the Giro D''Italia as Final ...

Vatican City, Jun 2 (AP) Pope Leo XIV blessed the 159 cyclists competing in the Giro d'Italia as the three-week race's final stage began with an unprecedented ride through the Vatican gardens behind St. Peter's Basilica. After entering the …

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Egypt Plans Mega Tourism City Near St. Catherine Monastery in Sinai

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Pope Leo XIV blesses cyclists competing in the Giro d'Italia as final stage enters Vatican gardens

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV blessed the more than 150 cyclists competing in the Giro d’Italia on Sunday as the three-week race’s final stage began with an unprecedented ride through the Vatican gardens behind St. Peter’s Basilica. After entering the …

Pope Leo XIV faces test of Vatican justice in Becciu meeting fallout

ROME – For the outside world, it is perhaps Pope Leo XIV’s pleas for ceasefires in Gaza and Ukraine that have drawn the most attention since his election just over three weeks ago. For Catholic insiders, a range of papal actions have sparked reaction – …

Vatican City now runs on solar power — no miracle needed

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Pope Leo XIV leads Marian vigil at Vatican

On Saturday, May 31, Pope Leo XIV  marked the end of May outside the Church of Santo Stefano degli Abissini in the Vatican. When they were there, the faithful began a candlelit procession as they made their way up to the Grotto of Lourdes. Following the …

Vatican City Is Now Powered By Solar

Pope Francis had a dream that the Vatican would run entirely on green energy. He wanted to highlight the need “to make a transition to a sustainable development model that reduces greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere, setting the goal of climate …