Ruth Sherlock
Stories
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In Istanbul, Pope Leo calls for unity between the eastern and western churches
Pope Leo visits Istanbul's Blue Mosque and celebrates mass as he calls for peace and unity among Christians and Muslims.
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Pope Leo prays for unity at historic Nicaea site
On the second day of his inaugural overseas trip, Pope Leo XIV visited the ancient site of the First Council of Nicaea, in Turkey, urging Christians — and all faiths — to reject the use of religion to justify violence.
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Pope Leo is traveling to Turkey and Lebanon on the first foreign trip of his papacy
This Thanksgiving, Pope Leo is making his first overseas trip as pontiff. He started in Turkey, where he called for tolerance between different peoples and religions.
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Pope Leo XIV embarks on first foreign trip, visiting Turkey and Lebanon
Pope Leo XIV is visiting Lebanon and Turkey for his first trip abroad, where he will push for Middle East peace and highlight the plight of local Christians.
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Italy's Campi Flegrei supervolcano is stirring. Could this seismic giant soon erupt?
The volcano near Naples is shaking the ground in a way that scientists say it hasn't for centuries, posing risks for hundreds of thousands of people living in the 8-mile-wide crater left by past eruptions.
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He left Gaza and fled to Europe on a jet ski. Now he hopes to bring his family
In an extraordinary journey, a Palestinian man used a jet ski to cross the Mediterranean Sea and reach Europe after he fled the war in Gaza.
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Hidden passage of emperors opened at the Colosseum
Visitors to the Colosseum in Rome can now walk through a tunnel that even in Roman times was exclusively reserved for emperors
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Is Italy’s Super Volcano Getting Ready to Erupt?
Italy’s Campi Flegrei volcano is depicted in Greek and Roman mythology as the entrance to the underworld. Its eruptions thousands of years ago blocked out the sun, turning summer into winter. And now the volcano is stirring in a way it hasn’t for centuries. We go to the volcano outside Naples to understand its new activity.
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Thousands are in danger near Naples as volcano Campi Flegrei wakens
In Italy, a super volcano outside of Naples is stirring in a way it hasn't for centuries. And hundreds of thousands of people live right by it.
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Protests grow in Italy against Israel's offensive in Gaza
Protests calling for an end to Israel's offensive against Hamas brought hundreds thousands of people onto the streets in Italy, according to the labor union which helped organize them.
