Alice Ritchie
News Editor, Italy and Malta at Agence France-Presse (AFP)
Editor at 24matins.es
AFP news editor for Italy, Vatican City and Malta. South London via Paris and a few other places. Recovering Brexit correspondent.
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2 days ago |
ibtimes.com | Alexandria Sage |Alice Ritchie
Pope Leo XIV called Monday for the release of jailed journalists and urged reporters against using words that fan hatred, as Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky invited him to the war-torn country. Leo, the first US leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics, held his introductory audience with journalists at the Vatican four days after being elected pope by cardinals.
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5 days ago |
wataugademocrat.com | Alice Ritchie |Alexandria Sage AFP
By Alice Ritchie and Alexandria Sage AFP One of the most pressing issues facing Pope Leo XIV is tackling sexual abuse by clergy in the Catholic Church -- and campaigners say he has a mixed record. Two victims' rights groups, SNAP and Bishop Accountability, issued statements following his election as the first pope from the United States on Thursday, questioning the 69-year-old's commitment to lifting the lid on the scourge.
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newsbug.info | Clément Melki |Alice Ritchie |Alexandria Sage AFP
Leo XIV celebrated his first mass as pope on Friday, the day after becoming the first US head of the Catholic Church, with the world's eyes watching for signs of what kind of leader he will be. Chicago-born Robert Francis Prevost on Thursday became the 267th pope, spiritual head of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics and successor to Argentina's Pope Francis, after a secret conclave by his fellow cardinals in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel.
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djournal.com | Alice Ritchie |Alexandria Sage AFP
One of the most pressing issues facing Pope Leo XIV is tackling sexual abuse by clergy in the Catholic Church -- and campaigners say he has a mixed record. Two victims' rights groups, SNAP and Bishop Accountability, issued statements following his election as the first pope from the United States on Thursday, questioning the 69-year-old's commitment to lifting the lid on the scourge. kAmpD 9625 @7 E96 pF8FDE:?:2? @C56C H@C=5H:56 2?5 E96? 2D 3:D9@A @7 E96 !6CFG:2? 5:@46D6 @7 r9:4=2J@ 36EH66?
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kdhnews.com | Alice Ritchie |Alexandria Sage AFP
By Alice Ritchie and Alexandria Sage AFP One of the most pressing issues facing Pope Leo XIV is tackling sexual abuse by clergy in the Catholic Church -- and campaigners say he has a mixed record. Two victims' rights groups, SNAP and Bishop Accountability, issued statements following his election as the first pope from the United States on Thursday, questioning the 69-year-old's commitment to lifting the lid on the scourge.
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