In a YouTube interview, former President Obama said Pope Leo’s ministry “wasn’t just preaching from the pulpit but getting his hands dirty, trying to help people. So I’m looking forward to talking to him.”
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Pope Leo sends greetings for the Lunar New Year
Pope Leo XIV prayed that the Lunar Year celebrations may “strengthen family ties” and “bring peace to homes and society.”
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Pope Leo XIV explains why Catholics fast during Lent
The ancient practice of fasting from food during Lent can free us from complacency and lead us to “hunger” for God, Pope Leo XIV said in his 2026 Lenten message.
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Journeying through Lent with Augustine and Pope Leo
If you really want to understand the harrowing, vulnerable journey of Lent, picture the plight of the migrant.
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Behind the scenes of Pope Leo XIV’s election
America’s senior Vatican correspondent chronicles the moments leading to the first American pope.
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Vatican holds firm after SSPX bishops’ ordination threats
In a highly significant move aimed at overcoming the more than 55-year division between the Priestly Society of St. Pius X and the Holy See, the prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, proposed “a specifically theological dialogue path, with a very precise methodology” to the SSPX to discuss “issues that have not yet been sufficiently clarified” between them.
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Pope Leo XIV: ‘The church is the rightful home of Sacred Scripture.’
“In the life and the faith of the Church [Scripture] finds the space where it can reveal its meaning and manifest its power,” Pope Leo said in his General Audience on Feb. 11.
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Pope Leo, an avid athlete, extols physical and spiritual benefits of sport in Olympic message
He called for sport to be accessible, to both poor people and women especially, and for fans to refrain from turning sport into a fanatical religion. Athletes, too, he said, must refrain from narcissism and becoming obsessed with their image and success.
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Pope Leo accepts resignation of Denver archbishop, names Colorado Springs bishop as successor
Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila of Denver and named as his successor Bishop James R. Golka of Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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Pope Leo XIV: Understanding Scripture’s divine Author—and human authors
In his General Audience message on Feb 4., Pope Leo XIV continued his catechesis on the documents of the Second Vatican council and reminded the faithful of the importance of “Dei Verbum.”