Pope Leo XVI placed the pallium on the shoulders of 35 new metropolitan archbishops appointed over the last year during Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on June 29, the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul.
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Pope Leo XIV calls for solidarity, prayers after deadly Venezuela quakes
Venezuelan government officials reported June 28 that the death toll reached 1,450 and thousands more were injured.
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Pope Leo closes consistory with appeal for peace, continued emphasis on synodality
“We must not resign ourselves to violence. God continues to open paths of reconciliation and peace throughout history. We have a responsibility to walk these paths with courage and to help the world recognize them.”
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After Iran debacle, is the Trump admin ready to listen to the Vatican?
After the Iran debacle, are U.S. diplomats ready to accept that the path to the geopolitical good, if not to the perfect, lies through diplomacy and compromise, not threats and missile strikes?
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Pope Leo issues challenge to cardinals gathered in Rome: ‘Learn synodality by practicing it’
Leo also surprised the cardinals by telling them, “I wish to ask you for your help.”
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‘I doubt he will be diplomatic’: What Pope Leo may say to the U.S. on July 3
On the season finale of “Inside the Vatican,” Colleen and Gerry discuss the hectic weeks before Pope Leo’s summer vacation.
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Pope Leo and Trump aren’t the first feuding leaders: a history of papal power clashes
This week on “Jesuitical,” hosts Zac Davis and Ashley McKinless talk with historian Miles Pattenden about the long and quirky history of feuds between popes and politicians.
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Pope Leo to Jesuit university presidents: Guide students to ‘know the One who is Truth’
“Those who conduct research, those who pursue studies and those who seek the truth are ultimately seeking God, whether they realize it or not,” Pope Leo said to members of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities.
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Extraordinary consistory signals Pope Leo’s push to work with cardinals on global challenges
As the second consistory of the year, the pope is making good on the cardinals’ requests for further collaboration, which the college expressed during the general congregations prior to his election last year.
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Pope Leo XIV exalts first American saint Cabrini as a model for Christians for her care of migrants
St. Frances Cabrini, the patron saint of migrants, is well known to many Americans for her work caring for Italian immigrants in the U.S. at the turn of the last century.