Pope Leo XIV declares St. John Henry Newman a doctor of the church, quoting from the saint’s famous hymn, “Lead, Kindly Light,” and holding him up as a model for educators.
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Read: Pope Leo marks 60th anniversary of church’s landmark document on interfaith relations
“Nostra Aetate,” Pope Leo said, “opened our eyes to a simple yet profound principle: dialogue is not a tactic or a tool, but a way of life.”
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Read: Pope Leo’s homily on what it means to be a synodal church
“No one should impose his or her own ideas; we must all listen to one another. No one is excluded; we are all called to participate.”
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Pope Leo’s address to the Jesuits: ‘The church needs you at the frontiers.’
Pope Leo addressed the major superiors of the Jesuits in the Synod Hall on Friday, Oct. 24, discussing the major frontiers of synodality, reconciliation and technology.
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Pope Leo: The Risen Christ is close to us in our darkest moments
Pope Leo: Today I would like to invite you to reflect on a surprising aspect of Christ’s Resurrection: his humility.
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Full text: Pope Leo’s homily for the feast of the Assumption
“Brothers and sisters, when in this life we “choose life,” we are right to see in Mary, assumed into heaven, our own destiny.”
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Full text: Pope Leo’s meditation for the Jubilee of Bishops
“Dear friends, a Bishop is a witness to hope by his example of a life firmly grounded in God and completely devoted to the service of the Church. This will be the case only insofar as he is conformed to Christ in his personal life and in his apostolic ministry.”
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Full text: Pope Leo XIV’s address to the media
“The way we communicate is of fundamental importance: we must say ‘no’ to the war of words and images, we must reject the paradigm of war,” Pope Leo told members of the media on Monday.
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Full text: Pope Leo XIV’s first formal address to the College of Cardinals
“I would like us to renew together today our complete commitment to the path that the universal church has now followed for decades in the wake of the Second Vatican Council,” Pope Leo said.
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Pope Francis: Rejecting migrants is a ‘grave sin’
In his General Audience address on Aug. 28 centered on the plight of migrants, Pope Francis said, “The Lord is with our migrants…not with those who repel them.“