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Up in the Clouds With the Pope, It’s Still Commercial

Unlike American presidents, Pope Leo XIV has no private jet, so he travels on commercial airlines, like the rest of us. Well, almost.

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Pope Leo XIV and Gennaro Anastasio, a senior cabin manager on many papal flights, after arriving in Turkey in 2025.
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Behind Italy’s Protests: Rising Prices and Sinking Hopes

Inspired in part by French demonstrations, protests in Italy by students in the north and truckers in the south could affect national elections next year.

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Demonstrators clashed with police in Milan this month.
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Pope Leo Addresses the Faithful a Day After Leaving the Hospital

“This experience has made me feel a special closeness to all those who are battling illness and infirmity,” he said, in his first public appearance since his lung surgery.

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Pope Leo XIV on Sunday in the Apostolic Palace overlooking St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican.
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