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Hendro Munsterman @hendrom.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Italiaanse kranten openen vanochtend met de longkanker van paus Leo XIV op de voorpagina

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Hendro Munsterman @hendrom.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

'De operatie is succesvol verlopen, volgens de geplande tijdsduur en procedure. De Heilige Vader is teruggekeerd naar zijn kamer', meldt het Vaticaan zojuist aan journalisten. Meer info later vanavond op www.nd.nl

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Hendro Munsterman @hendrom.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

+ + + Paus Leo XIV meldt zojuist dat hij in de komende dagen zal worden geopereerd om een 'knobbeltje in mijn long' te verwijderen. 'Het is in een zeer vroeg stadium vastgesteld en is goed gelokaliseerd. De artsen achten het raadzaam om in te grijpen.'

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Hendro Munsterman @hendrom.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Cathedral of Metz is full with people waiting for Pope Leo XIV presiding the eucharist here at 4 pm. Last stop of the four days visit of the Pope to France.

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Hendro Munsterman @hendrom.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Pope Leo XIV is in Metz meeting with several leaders of religious communities, from different Christian Churches, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism.

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Hendro Munsterman @hendrom.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Between Lourdes and Metz the papal airplane (named "Cité du Vatican") of Air France was escorted by two Rafales of the French Airforce. From the cockpit Pope Leo XIV spoke with the pilots of the Raffales flying next to us.

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Hendro Munsterman @hendrom.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

On our way from Lourdes to Metz. Last stop on Pope Leo's visit to France.

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Hendro Munsterman @hendrom.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Two hours of live television on France 2, France’s public broadcaster, from Lourdes, where 150,000 people have gathered to celebrate the Eucharist with Pope Leo XIV. Later, I commented on and analysing the Pope’s visit to France in English on France 24.

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Hendro Munsterman @hendrom.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

At the Sanctuary of Lourdes where thousands of people wait to celebrate at 11 am the eucharist with Pope Leo XIV

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Hendro Munsterman @hendrom.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Sur le plateau de France2 et le @jourduseigneur à Lourdes, ou 200.000 personnes attendent le pape Léon XIV pour la messe

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Hendro Munsterman @hendrom.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Ook bisschop Ronald Cornelissen van Groningen-Leeuwarden is in Lourdes met een groep pelgrims en wacht op de komst van paus Leo XIV bij de grot.

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Hendro Munsterman @hendrom.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Lourdes is waiting for Pope Leo XIV.

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Hendro Munsterman @hendrom.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Pope Leo XIV just landed at the airport of Lourdes, the Marian sanctuary in the south of France.

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Hendro Munsterman @hendrom.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The airplane that will bring pope Leo XIV to Lourdes, Metz and back to Rome has been rebaptized "Cité du Vatican" by @airfrance.

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Hendro Munsterman @hendrom.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

‘The most important insight is (...) the exchange of gifts that is renewed at every encounter. No one is so poor that they have nothing to give; no one is so rich that they have nothing to receive.’ - Pope Leo XIV at the Bakhita Center in Paris where immigrants are welcomed.

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Hendro Munsterman @hendrom.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

80,000 young French people are waiting for Pope Leo XIV at the iconic Stade de France. The atmosphere is electric!

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Hendro Munsterman @hendrom.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

'We must promote a virtue that is as rare as it is desirable: trust; trust that differences do not necessarily constitute a threat; trust that sincere dialogue can bring about a greater good than that which each person could achieve alone.' (Pope Leo XIV at @UNESCO in Paris)

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Hendro Munsterman @hendrom.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Amid a standing and prolonged ovation, Pope Leo XIV is welcomed by UNESCO, the UN agency for education, science and culture, in Paris.

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Hendro Munsterman @hendrom.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

During his address to President Macron and French authorities Leo XIV greeted not only the French people, but “all those who live in this country.” He referred to all its inhabitants as “one people” and said that the diversity of their origins “enriches the art of living together”.

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Hendro Munsterman @hendrom.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The President shows heaven to the Pope (or the ceiling of the Elysée of course). 📸 AIGAV pool

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Hendro Munsterman @hendrom.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Pope Leo XVI is welcomed at the Elysée by French president Emmanuel Macron and his wife.

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Hendro Munsterman @hendrom.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Pope Leo XIV welcomed the more than 80 journalists in the plane to Paris. We just landed, at 10:00 am, while all the church bells in the country were ringing.

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Hendro Munsterman @hendrom.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

In het pauselijk vliegtuig naar Parijs met fantastische internationale collega's. Wachtend op paus Leo XIV. Voor @nd.nl doe ik verslag van het vierdaagse pausbezoek aan Frankrijk.

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Hendro Munsterman @hendrom.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

The first cardinals arrive for the consistory with pope Leo XVI.

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Hendro Munsterman @hendrom.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

De hulpbisschop van het aartsbisdom Utrecht, Herman Woorts, was vanochtend bij de algemene audiëntie op het Sint-Pietersplein en groette na afloop samen met de andere aanwezige bisschoppen paus Leo XIV.

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Hendro Munsterman @hendrom.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

This morning I was commenting on the blessing of the 172,5 meter tower of the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona by Pope Leo XIV this evening on @France24_en

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Hendro Munsterman @hendrom.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

ANALYSIS - Why Pope Leo XIV is downgrading Catholic ‘Below-the-Belt’ morality and how this shift on sexual ethics could open the door to greater variety in church practice hendromunsterman.substack.com/why-pope-leo...

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Hendro Munsterman @hendrom.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Nederlandse ambassadeur bij de Heilige Stoel, @JGMRuigrok, tijdens haar laatste Koningsdagviering als ambassadeur, in het voormalig Nederlands College. "De Koning was gisteren in Dokkum; die stad heeft ook een bijzondere band met de kerk, maar daar gaan we het niet over hebben".

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Hendro Munsterman @hendrom.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Ce matin j'étais invité sur France 2 pour analyser la première année du pape Léon XIV. Merci à cette très belle équipe du @jourduseigneur ! A revoir sur: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qape...

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Hendro Munsterman @hendrom.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Commented live this morning on France24 marking one year of Pope Leo XIV, reflecting on his Easter message and its global significance.

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Hendro Munsterman @hendrom.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

+ + + Pope Leo XIV during his homily of Palm Sunday: "Our God does not listen to the prayer of those who wage war and rejects it, saying: “Even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood” (Is 1: 15)."

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Hendro Munsterman @hendrom.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

At St. Peter's Square, people arrive with palm branches they brought for the celebration of Palm Sunday with Pope Leo XIV. For others, palm branches lie there for the taking. These are blessed during the Mass and afterwards usually hung on the wall behind the crucifix at home.

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Hendro Munsterman @hendrom.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

1/ This afternoon, Pope Leo XIV will take possession of the apartment in the Apostolic Palace, "moving in with his closest collaborators". The Vatican announced this, though without specifying which spaces the Pope will actually use himself. >>>

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Hendro Munsterman @hendrom.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

In 2016, Pope Francis decided that no other Vatican euro coins would be issued bearing his portrait. He did not want to appear on money. Now, almost a year after his death, the Vatican is nevertheless issuing a two-euro coin showing Pope Francis from behind at the moment he opens the Holy Door.

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Hendro Munsterman @hendrom.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Zorgwekkend, zowel ecologisch als geopolitiek: Nederland op 6e plaats van landen met de grootste olie-import (in miljoenen tonnen).

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Hendro Munsterman @hendrom.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

+ + + 1/ Pope Leo XIV has appointed cardinal Konrad Krajewski — who since 2013 has served in the Vatican as Papal Almoner and therefore responsible for the Holy See’s charitable assistance to the poor — as Archbishop of Łódź, the Polish diocese from which he originally comes. >

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Hendro Munsterman @hendrom.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

+ + + Pope Leo XIV reacts on the many innocent victims of the bombardments in the Middle East.

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Hendro Munsterman @hendrom.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Can someone explain this? This is from the new document of the International Theological Commission (163). I will soon write about the problematic use of Mariology by the ITC on my Substack, but this phrase is very surprising. Is Mary bigender and does she identify as “they”?

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Hendro Munsterman @hendrom.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Restauratie van Het Laatste Oordeel van Michelangelo in de Sixtijnse Kapel.

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Hendro Munsterman @hendrom.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Asked during the press conference what he thinks about the possibility of ordaining women, bishop Heiner Wilmer - the new president of the German Bishops Conference - answered:

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Hendro Munsterman @hendrom.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

German bishop Heiner Wilmer is the new president of the German Bishops Conference. During the press conference he was asked about his spiritual closeness to Etty Hillesum, the Dutch Jewish woman who died in Auschwitz. This was his answer:

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Hendro Munsterman @hendrom.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Asked during the press conference what he thinks about the possibility of ordaining women, bishop Heiner Wilmer - the new president of the German Bishops Conference - answered:

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Hendro Munsterman @hendrom.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

This is how Pope Benedict XVI defined “synodality” — avant la lettre #newonmysubstack open.substack.com/pub/hendromu...

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Hendro Munsterman @hendrom.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

- "Lift up your smartphones." - "We lift them up to the Lord".

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Hendro Munsterman @hendrom.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

The portrait of Pope Leo XIV is now visible in the Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls. Just in time for the start of the ecumenical prayer service with the Pope and representatives of other Christian Churches, the illumination was switched on.

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Hendro Munsterman @hendrom.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

A new place for reporting and analysis in English on Pope Leo, the Vatican and worldwide Christianity. Subscribe for free to my new Substack: open.substack.com/pub/hendromu...

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Hendro Munsterman @hendrom.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

🇻🇦 🇳🇱 Vanochtend gaf paus Leo XIV zijn gebruikelijke nieuwjaarstoespraak tot ambassadeurs bij de Heilige Stoel. Daarna mocht ook Annemieke Ruigrok, de Nederlandse ambassadeur paus Leo (allerhartelijkst, zoals de beelden tonen) groeten.

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Hendro Munsterman @hendrom.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

4/ Het aantal vertegenwoordigde landen onder de kiesgerechtigde kardinalen is inmiddels weer gedaald naar 65, terwijl het juist onder paus Franciscus naar het ongekend hoge aantal van 71 was gestegen. Aan het conclaaf namen kardinalen uit 70 landen deel. >

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Hendro Munsterman @hendrom.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

3/ 3/ Kardinaal Zenari was een van de drie kiesgerechtigde nuntii die de kardinaalshoed dragen. De 78 jarige kardinaal Emil Paul Tscherrig is een gepensioneerde nuntius. Kardinaal Christophe Pierre, de huidige nuntius in de Verenigde Staten, wordt aanstaande 30 januari 80 jaar. >

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