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.
Pope Leo XIV
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Being human after AI: Daft Punk, Pope Leo and ‘Magnifica Humanitas’
The more I read “Magnifica Humanitas,” the more I found myself thinking about two French musicians who spent nearly 30 years masquerading as robots.
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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.
Posted inFaith and Reason
The future of Catholicism in Africa: Looking beyond the numbers
If the remarkable growth of Catholicism in Africa is to remain sustainable in the coming decades, the church will have to pay attention to significant cultural, spiritual and demographic realities.
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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.”
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What I saw at the ‘Pope Hat’ White Sox game: A nun throwing the first pitch, a 5th-inning sign of peace and 35,000 miters
I went to a White Sox game and all I got was a papal miter (thanks be to God).
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Pope Leo explains why Sunday is the ‘foundation and kernel’ of the liturgical year
Pope Leo XIV urged Catholics to gather in person for Sunday Mass and called for working conditions that allow people to attend.
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Pope Leo offers prayers for victims of Colombia earthquake
Pope Leo XIV said he was deeply saddened by the loss of life and destruction following a powerful earthquake that struck Colombia, leaving more than 100 dead and dozens of collapsed buildings.
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Paragraph 176 of ‘Magnifica Humanitas’ and Pope Leo XIV’s apology for the enslavement of African people
“Pope Leo’s formal apology and plea for forgiveness is long overdue,” Bishop Edward Braxton writes. Is it too late for the pope’s words to have an impact?
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In Assisi, Pope Leo urges young people to become ‘new saints’
Pope Leo XIV traveled to Assisi Aug. 5 to celebrate the Jubilee Year of St. Francis with 2,500 young people, urging them to become the “new saints” the world needs today.