For nearly seven minutes, the Westfield High School girls soccer team enjoyed an advantage against one of Western Massachusetts’ toughest tournament teams. Unfortunately for the Bombers, it’s what happened after that that determined their fate.

Pope Leo XIV has authorised a traditional mass to take place this weekend at the Vatican, lifting restrictions that angered conservatives in his latest attempt to heal splits within the Catholic Church.

This is because Camilla does not have permission to wear white when meeting the pope; only seven women in the world have that privilege. Protocol means that most women meeting the pope should wear black, with no cleavage, as well a mantilla, which is a kind of headscarf.

Almost two-thirds of humanity—more than five billion people—live in countries where serious violations of religious freedom are taking place, according to the 2025 “Religious Freedom in the World Report.

The apostolic exhortation "Dilexi Te" ("I Have Loved You") on the church's love for the poor, "is Pope Leo's document. It is the magisterium of the church," although Pope Leo himself wrote that it was begun by Pope Francis,

Your specific mission concerns the search for and common witness to the truth,” Pope Leo XIV said Oct. 24 at the Vatican.

Queen Camilla made a fashion statement in a black dress and veil for her and King Charles ' historic meeting with Pope Leo, but other queens are known for wearing white to greet the pontiff.

On the feast day of St. Francis, a beloved champion of the poor, Pope Leo XIV signed his first apostolic exhortation, "Dilexi Te" ("I Have Loved You").