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‘Humbling honor’: 'The Chosen' actor Jonathan Roumie met Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican
Deseret News - Utah
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June 26, 2025
Pope Leo XIV and Jonathan Roumie, the actor who portrays Jesus on “The Chosen,” posed for a selfie outside the Vatican this week. After three weeks of filming the crucifixion scenes for the sixth season of the popular show in Italy, Roumie visited...
Be "firm and decisive" in Dealing with Scandal, Sexual Abuse: Pope Leo XIV to Bishop Pilgrims at Vatican
ACI Africa
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June 25, 2025
Following his reference to their personal chastity, the pope asked the bishops, when dealing with abuse, especially abuse of minors, to fully respect the Church’s current regulations. Pope Leo, before his election, spent two years as head of the...
Holy Selfie: Jonathan Roumie meets Pope Leo at the Vatican
Aleteia
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June 26, 2025
Jonathan Roumie meets Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican -- and the pope shares their joyful selfie with the world. Fans of the hit series The Chosen were delighted to see that actor Jonathan Roumie -- who portrays Jesus Christ -- met Pope Leo XIV at the...
A Congolese Customs Worker Who Resisted Corruption is Beatified By The Vatican
The San Diego Voice and Viewpoint - California
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June 26, 2025
By Nicole Winfield, Justin Kambumba, and Chinedu Asadu Associated Press ROME (AP) — The Vatican on Sunday beatified a Congolese customs worker who was killed for resisting a bribe, giving young people in a place with endemic corruption a new model...
Vatican-backed report urges urgent global action on debt, development crises
Business Hallmark
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June 25, 2025
A landmark new report commissioned by Pope Francis and led by Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz and former Argentine Economy Minister Martín Guzmán has called for urgent global action to address mounting debt and development crises facing billions of...
‘The Chosen’ Actor Jonathan Roumie Meets Pope Leo XIV at Vatican, Calling it an 'Honor'
Crosswalk
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June 26, 2025
The actor who portrays Jesus in the biblical series The Chosen greeted Pope Leo XIV during Wednesday’s general audience and gave him a gift, calling the conversation a blessing. Actor Jonathan Roumie, who is Catholic, was one of four actors from...
Kokstad to Vatican: Local Bishop gets big job from Pope Leo XIV
The Citizen (South Africa)
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June 26, 2025
Bishop Thulani Victor Mbuyisa CMM of Kokstad Diocese is among five new members ministering in Africa who have been appointed. Pope Leo XIV has appointed a South African Bishop from Kokstad in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) to the Vatican dicastery for...
Vatican elects new custos of the Holy Land
CatholicVote - Wisconsin
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June 24, 2025
Father Francesco Ielpo, a Franciscan priest from Italy, has been elected the new custos of the Holy Land. Fr. Ielpo succeeds Father Francesco Patton, who held the position since 2016. Pope Leo XIV confirmed the appointment following the vote by...
How One American Parish Put the Catechism Online — and Caught the Vatican’s Eye
National Catholic Register
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June 25, 2025
Recently, the Vatican rolled out a major website redesign for the first time since its launch in the mid-1990s. One thing that caught my eye was that the link to the Catechism of the Catholic Church was moved to the site’s front page. I grinned...
Pope Leo meets Jesus actor Jonathan Roumie in the Vatican
Philippine STAR
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June 26, 2025
MANILA, Philippines — Catholic stars collided as Pope Leo XIV met with actor Jonathan Roumie, who plays Jesus in the biblical series "The Chosen," in the Vatican. Roumie met the pope last June 25 during a general audience in the Vatican two days...
Pope Leo XIV to meet Ukrainian pilgrims in Vatican
Ukrinform
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Pope Leo XIV, at the invitation of Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Sviatoslav, will meet with Ukrainian pilgrims on June 28 at St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican. According to Ukrinform, this was announced on the official website of...
Pope appoints ex-DepEd chief Luistro to Vatican dicastry
Politiko
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June 26, 2025
Former Department of Education (DepEd) Sec. Armin Luistro has been appointed by Pope Leo XIV to the Dicastry for Institutes of Concecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life. In a report on the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines...
Jesus From ‘The Chosen’ Jonathan Roumie Meets Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican After Filming Crucifixion (PHOTO)
TV Insider
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June 25, 2025
The Chosen star Jonathan Roumie has officially met the American Pope, as the actor best known for playing Jesus in the biblical series traveled to the Vatican to cross paths with Pope Leo XIV. The moment when Roumie captured a selfie with the...
‘The Chosen’s’ Jesus Actor Jonathan Roumie Meets Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican
Variety
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June 25, 2025
“The Chosen” star Jonathan Roumie met briefly with Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday during a general audience at the Vatican, where a Season 5 episode of the hit biblical series had streamed on Monday at the Holy See’s Filmoteca theater. Roumie, who...
Vatican Backs Report Calling for Financial Reforms to Alleviate Global Debt Crisis
National Catholic Register
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The Vatican has endorsed a report calling for reforms to alleviate the global debt crisis affecting billions of people in developing countries. The document, titled “The Jubilee Report: A Blueprint for Tackling the Debt and Development Crises and...
For Pete's Sake, A Vatican Podcast: The Irishman that Worked with Five Popes
Rome Reports
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June 25, 2025
"For Pete’s Sake: A Vatican Podcast,” premiers its pilot episode with special guest Seàn-Patrick Lovett, a Vatican expert that worked personally with the past five popes. Lovett dives into his extensive work covering everything from Pope Paul VI's...
Conversation Connecticut: Father Joseph Farrell from the Vatican discusses Pope Leo XIV
News 12 Connecticut
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In today's "Conversation Connecticut," News 12's Rebecca Surran welcomes Father Joseph Farrell, vicar general of the Order of St. Augustine from the Vatican. Father Farrell has known Pope Leo XIV for years. He talks about what can be expected from...
Vatican-China Agreement Enters New Phase With Pope Leo XIV at the Helm
National Catholic Register
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Rumor has it that a delegation from China is expected to visit the Vatican at the end of June for the regular bilateral meeting to discuss Sino-Vatican relations and the progress of the agreement on the appointment of bishops. The news is not...
Pope's BIG statement on Sex and Celibacy, Leo XIV says, Vatican strict on abuses and...
DNA India
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Head of the Catholic Church and Vatican's Pope Leo XIV met about 400 bishops and cardinals from 38 countries attending this week’s special Holy Year celebrations for clergy at St. Peter's Basilica. Pope Leo XIV at Vatican (File Image) Head of the...
Vatican report urges overhaul of Africa's debt architecture
African Business
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June 23, 2025
A new Vatican-backed report, unveiled in Rome, calls to overhaul the global financial architecture and fix a debt system that it says is punishing Africa and other developing regions. The Jubilee Report challenges the logic of inequity, arguing...