Leo’s decision to speak English to deliver this message reveals that he wanted it to reach the United States.
Pope Leo XIV
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Father James Martin: Pope Leo wants to continue Francis’ approach to LGBTQ Catholics
The message I received from Pope Leo, loud and clear, was that he wanted to continue with the same approach that Pope Francis had advanced, which was one of openness and welcome.
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Pope Leo’s prayer for September: Respecting and protecting God’s creation
Participating in the ecumenical Season of Creation, Pope Leo XIV’s prayer intention for the month of September is “for our relationship with all of creation.”
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Pope Leo named one of top 100 A.I. influencers by Time magazine
If Leo XIV continues to marshal the world’s Catholics against AI’s alienating potential, Time said, “Silicon Valley faces a formidable—and unexpected—spiritual counterweight.”
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Israeli president Herzog to visit Pope Leo at Vatican
President Herzog’s visit comes at a very delicate political moment, as Israeli forces have laid siege to Gaza City in an attempt to take full control of it and have already reduced parts of it to rubble.
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Pope Leo meets with Father James Martin, seen as a sign of support for ministry with L.G.B.T.Q. Catholics
“He made clear that he wants everyone to feel welcome,” Father James Martin, S.J., said after his private audience with Pope Leo.
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Pope Leo calls for stop to ‘the pandemic of arms’ after Minnesota Catholic school shooting
Speaking in English, Pope Leo XIV asked people “to plead with God to stop the pandemic of arms, large and small, which infects our world” as he prayed for “the victims of the tragic shooting during a school Mass” in Minnesota last week.
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Pope Leo talks about what St. Augustine has given him in new video message
“So much of who I am I owe to the spirit and the teachings of St. Augustine,” Pope Leo XIV told his Augustinian confreres and their benefactors who were celebrating the saint’s feast day in Philadelphia.
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After the Catholic school shooting, will Pope Leo weigh in on America’s divisive gun debate?
In the midst of the loss—of life, of innocence and likely of a church, if not a school—some are looking to Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S.-born pope, for leadership in response to the overwhelmingly American problem of school shootings.
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Fasting for peace in Gaza: What Pope Leo’s call really means
I can’t will myself into a spiritual experience, into a sense of solidarity or meaning or nobility or deep and somber union with God and man. I can will myself into doing regular daily things and recording them and seeing what comes of it all.