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Pope Leo XIV

Trump blasts Pope Leo as ‘weak on crime’, ‘terrible for foreign policy’

US president says pontiff should “focus on being a great Pope, not a politician” in latest rant on Truth Social

Turun padang! Work over publicity: Cardinal

Bishop Sebastian Francis says the Catholic Church prefers to resolve issues behind closed doors instead of playing them out in the Press

Voting in conclave represents universality of Catholic Church, not individual countries: Cardinal Sebastian Francis

The first Malaysian cardinal to vote for a pope said cardinals were united in the kind of leader the church needed

From Chicago to the Chair of Peter: the Mathematician Pope who will craft the new formula for Global South-Global North dialogue – Joseph Masilamany 

Pope Leo XIV’s papacy will see a vigorous pursuit of social justice and reconciliation  

Anwar congratulates Catholics on Pope Leo’s election, reaffirms ties with Holy See

PM says he looks forward to continued engagement ‘rooted in mutual respect, dialogue, and shared commitment to peace’ 

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No, Malays could not fly: Scholars call out pseudohistory

UPSI and DBP academics urge discipline in handling history after Prof Solehah’s claims of Malays teaching China ‘flying kung fu’