The Catholic Church—and particularly Pope Leo—have an impressive ability to bring diverse people together to focus on the things that are most important to humanity.
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AFL-CIO president: The significance of ‘Magnifica Humanitas’ is ‘absolutely huge’
“When I first read it, I just felt like this could have been a document written by the trade union movement.”
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Pope Leo calls for ‘culture of negotiation’ at meeting of North and South American leaders
This was the fourth of the synodal style encounters that were inspired by Pope Francis’ encyclical, “Fratelli Tutti,” published in October 2020.
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Synodality, multiculturalism and working with Pope Leo: Archbishop Costelloe on the Australian Catholic Church
Archbishop Costelloe spoke about the commitment to being a synodal church in a country where multiculturalism, social cohesion and improving the situation of its aboriginal peoples are all works in progress.
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Pope Leo celebrates his 71st birthday—by giving gifts to the Vatican
Pope Leo restored full salaries to cardinals, senior officials, clerics and women and men religious working in the Holy See. He also extended available space to the Vatican Library and archives.
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Is Pope Leo ‘Americanizing’ Vatican fundraising?
Narratives that say “Francis ate with the poor; Leo eats with the rich” are oversimplifying the approaches of the two popes to Vatican finances.
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Pope Leo: Conversion of heart needed to end wars and heal the Earth
The social and ecological devastation wrought by war is a moral crisis, Pope Leo XIV wrote in his message for the 2026 World Day of Prayer for Creation.
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Pope Leo calls on priests to ‘respect’ the post-Vatican II liturgies in new letter
Pope Leo’s letter to Cardinal Roche is the latest in a series of moves he has made this summer to affirm the reforms of the Second Vatican Council.
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Pope Leo will make 12-day trip to Peru, Argentina and Uruguay, Vatican announces
Leo will visit Latin America in November and he will spend more than half of his time in Peru.
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97-year-old cardinal celebrates Mass at site of communist labor camp where he was imprisoned for 18 years
Cardinal Ernest Simoni returned on July 31 to the site of the forced-labor camp where he had been imprisoned for 18 years under Albania’s communist regime.