The pope shares his given name, Robert, with the 17th-century saint, a Jesuit cardinal and Doctor of the Church who died on Sept. 17, 1621.
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Pope Leo commemorates 9/11, praying for all who ‘bear wounds of that tragic day’
Pope Leo XIV commemorated the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks in his Sunday Angelus address.
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Vatican theological commission defines ‘sin against creation and the Creator’ in new document
The more than 29,000 word text calls for ecological conversion due to “sin against creation and the Creator.”
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Vatican City mints new coins featuring the face of Pope Leo XIV
It is the first time that the Vatican has issued coins featuring a pope’s portrait in nearly a decade. In 2017, Pope Francis requested that his portrait no longer appear on Vatican coins.
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Pope Leo encourages vocations and synodality in video message to meeting of LCWR sisters
In his message, Pope Leo encouraged the sisters to introduce young people “to your way of life, and help them to hear the voice of the Lord, who speaks to us in the depths of our hearts.”
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In Assisi, Pope Leo urges young people to become ‘new saints’
Pope Leo XIV traveled to Assisi Aug. 5 to celebrate the Jubilee Year of St. Francis with 2,500 young people, urging them to become the “new saints” the world needs today.
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Pope Leo XIV to offer public Masses and audiences every week of August
Here is a look at the pope’s schedule for the rest of the summer.
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Pope Leo to young Catholics: Jesus doesn’t want you to be couch potatoes
The church “needs your holy rebelliousness, your pure energy, and your desire to transform situations of suffering into spaces of hope,” the pope said to youth in a video message.
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Pope Leo appoints two US bishops as members of Vatican’s highest court
The bishops, Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco and Bishop Edward M. Lohse of Kalamazoo, Michigan, both hold doctorates in canon law.
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Pope Leo takes surprise road trip with his brother to mountainside shrines during his summer vacation
A video shared by one pilgrim showed the pope’s brother John Prevost stepping out of the black car along with Pope Leo, to the surprise of visitors who had come to the shrine without expecting a papal visit.