As a Chicago-born math major, canon lawyer and two-time superior of his global Augustinian religious order, the 69-year-old pope presumably can read a balance sheet and make sense of the Vatican’s complicated finances, which have long been mired in scandal.
Pope Leo XIV
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Pope Leo at Pentecost: The Holy Spirit opens borders in hearts, in relationships and between peoples
The Holy Spirit “writes in our hearts before all else the commandment of love that the Lord has made the center and summit of everything,” the pope said.
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Pope Leo on Nicaea, synodality and a common date for Easter
Pope Leo told his ecumenical audience: “By celebrating together this Nicene faith and by proclaiming it together, we will also advance towards the restoration of full communion among us.”
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Pope Leo XIV’s first month: Listening before acting
Although no major curial appointments or announcements have been made, one person who had a chance to know then-Cardinal Robert F. Prevost during the Synod on Synodality said the new pope takes his time and listens before speaking or taking concrete action.
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Pope Leo XIV names Uganda native as bishop of Louisiana’s Houma-Thibodaux diocese
“I did not expect this—I am humbled beyond words that the Holy Father has chosen me, not from outside, but from among the ranks of the priests of this beloved Diocese,” the bishop-designate said.
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Not Francis 2.0: Cardinals’ first impressions of Pope Leo XIV
In this episode, we dive into a series of candid interviews conducted by veteran Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell with cardinal-electors from around the world on the new pope.
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‘We call him our cousin’: Black Catholics in New Orleans embrace Pope Leo as their own
NEW ORLEANS (RNS and NPR) — ‘I’m praying for this new pope from the United States who has roots in the 7th Ward. That was a mind-blowing moment for me,’ said one Black priest, whose church is a mile from where the pope’s ancestors once lived.
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Vatican sex abuse commission holds first meeting with Pope Leo
Later this year, the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors will deliver a “Universal Guidelines Framework for Safeguarding,” exploring “conversional justice through the lens of reparations.”
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Pope Leo XIV and Russia’s Vladimir Putin have first phone call
Pope Leo and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke together by phone today, June 4, for the first time, the Kremlin said.
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Pope Leo to meet with cardinals to consider declaring eight new saints
Although Pope Francis already set Aug. 3 as the date to declare the sainthood of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, Pope Leo XIV will hold a meeting with cardinals to approve his canonization and that of seven other people.