Pope Leo XIV offers his advice to young people on finding authentic true love and commitment in marriage in a new book foreword published Oct. 6.
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Bishop Barron meets Pope Leo XIV at Vatican
Bishop Robert E. Barron met Pope Leo XIV for a private audience at the Vatican Oct 1, describing his first extended, one-on-one conversation with a pope as covering “a lot of different topics.”
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In France, Pope Leo emerged as the global voice for ‘right to life’ of the disabled and vulnerable
The pope’s defense of life touched on some of Europe’s most contentious social questions, yet with his humble and measured manner, his message hit differently than the “culture wars” of decades past.
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Pope Leo draws 800,000 to Mass in the heart of Paris
PARIS (OSV News) — Close to 800,000 people lined Paris’ Champs Elysees from the Arc de Triomphe to the Place de la Concorde for Mass Sept. 26 with Pope Leo XIV, who urged the people of France to follow Jesus to the source of true happiness and peace. “Seeing you gathered here, my brothers and […]
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Pope Leo shares childhood memories of Blessed Fulton Sheen on flight to Paris
“The message that he had was something that really came home to people and I think helped us as a family,” he added.
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Why Sept. 17 is a holiday in Vatican City: Pope Leo XIV’s ‘name day’ explained
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.”