This important office plays a prominent role in papal transitions and conclaves.
Pope Leo XIV
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‘Amoris Laetitia’ and its tough questions are here to stay
Some critics of Pope Francis had remained hopeful that a Leo papacy would bring some reversals of his teachings. Instead, in almost every case, Leo has doubled down, as he is doing this week.
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Why the Catholic Church still struggles to minister to families
This week on “Jesuitical,” Zac Davis and Ashley McKinless speak with Joseph de Viveiros, C.R., about the pastoral consequences of Pope Francis’ groundbreaking 2016 document on family life, “Amoris Laetitia.”
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Vatican II shows us what is beautiful about the church
Vatican II invited the church to rediscover how the Gospel becomes beautiful when embodied in the life of the Christian community.
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‘We have much to learn from families’: Pope Leo welcomes bishops to ‘Amoris Laetitia’ meeting
Pope Leo asked the bishops gathered at the Vatican for a meeting on the family to “recognize the work of grace even in situations marked by limits, wounds and apparent failure.”
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‘You are made for love’: Pope Leo pens new foreword to YOUCAT book on love and relationships
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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What 1,000 years of golden roses tell us about popes’ authority and influence, from Leo IX to Leo XIV
The history of the golden rose reveals the shift of papal priorities from political alliance-building to devotional symbolism.
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‘Amoris Laetitia’ at 10: The history, tensions and why Pope Leo wants to revisit Francis’ signature document
This week on “Inside the Vatican,” a look back at the tense 2014 and 2015 synods on the family and what Pope Francis decided in “Amoris Laetitia”
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Pope Leo writes to Gaza priest after strike kills 5, including Christian mother, daughter: ‘How long, Lord?’
“Ever since hearing the painful news about Maysa and Mary, I’ve been praying for them, their families, and everyone in Gaza. ‘How long, Lord?’” Pope Leo wrote, echoing a lament from Psalm 13.
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Pope Leo moves St. Peter’s archpriest to Italian diocese without naming successor
As archpriest, Cardinal Mauro Gambetti oversaw the daily administration of St. Peter’s Basilica and presided over liturgies when the pope was not present.