Father Joshua Whitfield of Dallas, Texas spoke to OSV News after the devastating flash flooding in Texas on July 4.
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Pope Leo: Vatican still ready to host peace talks between Russia and Ukraine
Pope Leo XIV met with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy today and reaffirmed the Vatican’s willingness to host peace talks between Russia and Ukraine.
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The Catholic Church won’t endorse political candidates, even if IRS rules change, bishops announce
Although the IRS recently allowed religious organizations to address their faithful about electoral politics, the Church will not speak on specific candidates.
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Pope Leo prays for conversion of those resisting climate action at new Mass
“We must pray for the conversion of many people, inside and outside of the church, who still do not recognize the urgency of caring for our common home,” Pope Leo XIV said while celebrating a new formulary of the Mass “for the care of creation.”
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Vatican provides guidelines to help bishops and local churches implement synodality
The Vatican Synod office has released a set of guidelines for local churches and bishops to implement the proposals of the recent Synod on Synodality.
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NBC’s Tom Llamas says Jesuit education deepened his faith, pushed him to always do his best
When Miami native Tom Llamas was named “NBC Nightly News” anchor following the retirement of Lester Holt, one of the first phone calls he placed was to the rector/president of his Jesuit high school alma mater.
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Tennis, piano and a new encyclical: How Pope Leo will spend his summer vacation
Father Alejandro Moral Antón, prior general of the Augustinian order, spoke on Pope Leo XIV’s vacation at Castel Gandolfo.
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Catholics mourn, offer support, as Texas flood’s catastrophic death toll rises
Catholics across Texas and the world, including Pope Leo XIV, are offering their prayers and support after deadly flooding struck Texas on July 4.
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Pope Leo XIV resumes tradition, arrives at Castel Gandolfo for vacation to restore ‘body and spirit’
Pope Leo XIV arrived in the papal summer retreat of Castel Gandolfo on Sunday to start a six-week vacation, giving the hilltop town back its most illustrious resident after Pope Francis stayed away during his 12-year pontificate.
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Pope Leo speaks about early mornings as an altar boy in unscripted visit with young campers
It was one of the first times Leo has spoken unscripted at length in public, responding to questions posed to him by the children.