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Pope's Sports Engagement

Pope Leo XIV met with basketball teams from Villanova and Notre Dame at the Vatican, per CBS News.

The pontiff emphasized how sports unite people in an age of increasing distance, as reported by Vatican News.

A candlelight procession for peace was held at St. Mary Major on October 31, according to Vatican News.

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01ncronlinencronline.org · 2 NovVatican Museum exhibit celebrates almost a century of popemobiles 02cbsnewscbsnews.com · 2 NovU.S. executive starting key job as first laywoman to head Vatican ministry 03reutersreuters.com · 31 OctPope Leo tries to stay neutral as basketball rivals descend on Vatican 04cbsnewscbsnews.com · 31 OctPope Leo meets with Villanova and Notre Dame basketball teams at the Vatican 05vaticannewsvaticannews.va · 31 OctCandlelight procession for peace at St Mary Major on October 31 06vaticannewsvaticannews.va · 31 OctPope: In an age marked by distance, sports bring people together 07vaticannewsvaticannews.va · 31 OctUkraine: Papal Almoner concludes visit to a wounded people 08pbspbs.org · 30 OctLeo XIV has become the first pope in history to vote in a U.S. general election

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E14 places every story on a stack of fifteen floors, from the fields under everything to the planet acting as one. This one sits on E9, cultures; the pressure it names: sports engagement.

Here it turns on cultures: basketball teams, Pope Leo XIV, candlelight procession and St. Mary Major.

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The floor of culture and meaning. In this briefing: basketball teams, Pope Leo XIV, candlelight procession, St. Mary Major.

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