On Monday morning, Pope Leo XIV met JD Vance in the private library of the Apostolic Palace, a day after the pontiff’s inaugural Mass.
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The Augustinian roots of Pope Leo XIV: Preach grace, not duty
Preaching for the Sixth Sunday of Easter, Year C, Fr. Bill Gabriel, O.S.A., finds resonance in his homily between the risen Christ’s parting words—“Peace be with you”—and Pope Leo XIV’s call for “an unarmed and disarming peace.”
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Pope Leo XIV at inaugural Mass: ‘This is the hour for love’
At his installation Mass, the pope said, “in this our time, we still see too much discord, too many wounds caused by hatred, violence, prejudice, the fear of difference, and an economic paradigm that exploits the Earth’s resources and marginalizes the poorest.”
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Pope Leo XIV: We must ‘train others in critical thinking’ and ‘encounter and listen to the poor’
Leo XIV said, “the church’s social doctrine is called to provide insights that facilitate dialogue between science and conscience, and thus make an essential contribution to better understanding, hope and peace.”
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Jesuit superior general reaffirms Jesuits’ availability to Pope Leo XIV
Beyond a simple affirmation of the pope’s authority, the letter by Arturo Sosa, S.J., called attention to its particular place of importance in the life of the Jesuits.
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Zoom Event: Pope Leo XIV, Conclave Debrief and What’s Next for the Church
Tuesday, May 20th at 5:30pm ET: Featuring Sam Sawyer, S.J., James Martin, S.J., Colleen Dulle and Sebastian Gomes.
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Pope Leo XIV’s installation Mass: A new beginning rooted in tradition
Pope Leo XIV will formally begin his ministry as bishop of Rome with a liturgy steeped in tradition and rich in symbolism May 18.
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Pope Leo XIV on social media: Instagram and X accounts up and growing
While Pope Leo XIV has deleted the account he began as Father Robert F. Prevost on Twitter, now X, in 2011, the Vatican has launched new accounts for him on X and Instagram.
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Pope Leo to diplomats: The church will always speak truth and work for justice
Leo XIV told the ambassadors that as pope he intended “to strengthen understanding and dialogue” with their respective countries.
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Pope Leo XIV can bring Catholic social teaching into the A.I. age
In these early days of the A.I. revolution, a lesson from the first Industrial Revolution holds firm. Catholic social teaching instructs us to look beyond machinery to people.