angelus

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On Sunday, after praying the Angelus with thousands of pilgrims gathered on St. Peter’s Square, Pope Leo noted the “violence and devastation” across the Middle East.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

Then to Los Angeles, where her grand church, the Angelus Temple, was built in Echo Park.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2025

"With great sorrow, I follow the tragic news coming from Sudan, particularly from the city of El-Fasher in the afflicted northern Darfur region," the pope said during his Angelus address at Saint Peter's Square.

From Barron's • Nov. 2, 2025

"The agreement to begin the peace process has given a spark of hope in the Holy Land," the US-born pontiff said at the end of Sunday's Angelus prayer.

From Barron's • Oct. 12, 2025

Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and church bells all over ring out the Angelus and Nurse O’Halloran weeps for the waste of a dress, that child still in there and me in me finery.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt