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The papal fisherman’s ring and lead seal are nulled during the 12th general congregation of the College of Cardinals on Tuesday, May 6, 2025. | Credit: Vatican Media

Cardinals Witness Destruction of Pope Francis’ Ring, Seal

May 6, 2025

The papal fisherman’s ring and lead seal were nulled during the 12th general congregation of the College of Cardinals on Tuesday.

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Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo, the archbishop of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo, asked President Donald Trump for aid to Africa an op-ed published in the Wall Street Journal on Sunday, June 8, 2025. / Credit: François-Régis Salefran CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED

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Pope Leo XIV address papal representatives on June 10, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

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Members of the Regional Union of the Diocesan Priests of West Africa (RUPWA). Credit: Fr. Peter Konteh.

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Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass for the Solemnity of Pentecost in St. Peter's Square on June 8, 2025. In his homily, he emphasized the significance of the Holy Spirit in the life of a Christian. / Credit: Vatican Media

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Bishop Stephen Dami Mamza of Nigeria’s Catholic Diocese of Yola. Credit": Yola Diocese

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Archbishop Alick Banda of Zambia’s Catholic Archdiocese of Lusaka. Credit: Catholic Archdiocese of Lusaka

Charismatic Renewal Movement Members in Zambia’s Lusaka Archdiocese Challenged to Be Christ’s “bold witnesses”

Pope Leo XIV greets participants of the symposium “Nicaea and the Church of the Third Millennium: Towards Catholic-Orthodox Unity" in Rome, Saturday, June 7, 2025 / Credit: Vatican Media

At Ecumenical Symposium, Pope Leo XIV Says Catholic Church Open to Universal Easter Date

Members of the Regional Union of the Diocesan Priests of West Africa (RUPWA). Credit: Fr. Peter Konteh.

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