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U.S. Vice President JD Vance tours the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City of Jerusalem on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. / Credit: Nathan HOWARD / POOL / AFP / Getty ImagesWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 23, 2025 / 13:20 pm (CNA).U.S. Vice President JD Vance and his wife, Usha, attended a private Mass celebrated by Franciscan monks at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on Thursday during a three-day diplomatic trip to Israel.Vance, the nation's second Catholic vice president, met with a group of bishops and went to confession prior to Mass, according to the White House Pool Report.The Church of the Holy Sepulchre was constructed in the early fourth century during the reign of Constantine the Great, the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity. It is jointly operated by the Catholic Church, the Greek Orthodox Church, and four Oriental Orthodox churches.According to tradition, the church is built on the site of Jesus Christ's crucifixion, burial, and resurrect...

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Pope Leo XIV meets with participants of the fifth World Meeting of Popular Movements on Oct. 23, 2025, in the Vatican's Paul VI Audience Hall. / Credit: Vatican MediaVatican City, Oct 23, 2025 / 15:26 pm (CNA).Pope Leo XIV on Thursday decried the devastating impact of opioid addiction in the U.S., criticizing the pharmaceutical industry for its lack of "a global ethic" for the sake of profits.In an Oct. 23 meeting with participants of the fifth World Meeting of Popular Movements held inside the Vatican's Paul VI Audience Hall, the pope directly spoke out against "unbridled consumerism" and its negative impacts on people living in both poor and wealthy nations."In the current culture, with the help of advertising and publicity, a cult of physical well-being is being promoted, almost an idolatry of the body and, in this vision, the mystery of pain is reduced to something totally inhuman," he said."This can lead also to dependence on pain medications, the sale of which obviously g...

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Pope Leo XIV and King Charles III walk together in the Sistine Chapel during a historic meeting that included a prayer service at the Vatican, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. / Credit: Vatican MediaVatican City, Oct 23, 2025 / 09:34 am (CNA).History was made in the Sistine Chapel on Thursday as Pope Leo XIV and King Charles III prayed side by side, marking the first time since the Protestant Reformation that a reigning British monarch and a pope have prayed together during a royal state visit to the Vatican.Pope Leo XIV led the midday prayer of the Divine Office, standing beneath Michelangelo's fresco of "The Last Judgment" and flanked by Anglican Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell, King Charles, and Queen Camilla.Pope Leo XIV and King Charles III pray together in the Sistine Chapel during a historic meeting at the Vatican, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. Credit: Vatican MediaThe ecumenical prayer service featured the Sistine Chapel Choir along with the choirs from St. George's Chapel at Wi...