Lawyers for Mikal Mahdi allege ‘botched’ firing squad execution in South Carolina

A priest friend of Pope Leo XIV shares memories of him in Peru On Sunday, May 12, Pope Leo XIV made time in his busy schedule to welcome his friend Father Hugo Sánchez and Sánchez’s mother to the Vatican.

Lawyers for Mikal Mahdi allege ‘botched’ firing squad execution in South Carolina According to a status report filed by Mikal Mahdi’s lawyers, the autopsy and eyewitness accounts of his death raise several questions about the execution. Pope Leo’s ‘greatest generation’ dad served on D-Day tank landing ship Louis Marius Prevost, the father of Pope Leo XIV, served on a D-Day landing ship during World War II. Australian archbishop promotes ecumenical creed on human sexuality Archbishop Julian Porteous of Hobart is among some 6,000 initial signatories of the “Australian Creed for Sexual Integrity,” a statement affirming Christian ethics on sex and gender.

Leo XIV papacy could mean increased charitable giving, Papal Foundation president says President of the Papal Foundation, which carries out the Holy Father’s humanitarian aid projects, thinks Leo XIV’s papacy might increase charitable giving in US.