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[Title] => Star of Rome's 'sexy priest' calendar admits: 'I was never a priest'
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[Title] => Pope Leo names Tagle, Laguna bishop, Filipino Guam archbishop to Vatican comms
[Summary] => Pope Leo XIV has appointed Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle and San Pablo Bishop Marcelino Maralit as members of the Vatican’s communication arm.
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[Title] => St Peter's Basilica gets terrace cafe, translated mass for 400th birthday
[Summary] => The changes, which also include a new real-time booking app to help regulate the crowds, are among several initiatives marking 400 years since the consecration of the world's largest church on November 18, 1626.
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[Title] => Rome to charge visitors for access to Trevi Fountain
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[Title] => Pope Leo offers prayers for 'Uwan’s' victims
[Summary] => Pope Leo XIV on Sunday, November 9 (Rome time, Sunday in Manila), has offered prayers to the victims of Typhoon “Uwan” (international name: Fung Wong).
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[Title] => Kalookan’s Cardinal David assumes titular church
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[Title] => SB19 to headline 'Sama sa Roma' celebration, cancels Riyadh tour stop
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[Title] => Pope Leo offers prayers for Cebu earthquake victims
[Summary] => “I express my closeness to the beloved Filipino people, and in particular, I pray for those who have been most harshly affected by the consequences of the earthquake,” Leo said in Italian.
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[Title] => Pope's 'Jubilee of Youth' closes with huge Rome mass
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[Title] => Young Catholics give rock star welcome to Pope Leo at vigil
[Summary] => Hundreds of thousands of young faithful feted Pope Leo XIV like a rock star Saturday at an open-air prayer vigil outside Rome, after the head of the Catholic Church made a dramatic entrance by helicopter.
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[Title] => Young Catholics give rock star welcome to Pope Leo at vigil
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