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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

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

Sacred secret: The path to electing the new Pope begins today – Joseph Masilamany

A reporter’s mistaken brief sparks a theological reflection on the possibilities of papal election, as 132 cardinals gather behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel to choose the next leader of the Catholic Church

US bishop demands apology from Trump over AI image as pope

Bishop Thomas Paprocki says the image, shared after Pope Francis’s funeral, is offensive to Catholics and mocks the Church

Pope Francis used Italian slur for gay men in closed-door meeting, says report

Pontiff deployed derogatory term in private gathering with Italian bishops, says La Repubblica

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Anwar reveals over RM9 billion in remaining debt, with government funds covering the shortfall

3 senior Telekom Malaysia officers charged in US over US$20m embezzlement scheme

US prosecutors expose a sophisticated, multi-year insider scam at TM’s US subsidiary involving data capacity manipulation, phantom employees, and the use of AI-assisted tools to siphon millions

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