As an African woman theologian, I read “Dilexi Te” not as an abstract ecclesial document, but as a reflection of the spiritual wisdom and lived theology of African women.
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Surrogacy reduces children to products for sale, Vatican foreign minister says
Surrogacy violates the dignity of both unborn children and pregnant women, reducing them to mere commodities and victims of exploitation, said Archbishop Paul R. Gallagher, the Vatican foreign minister.
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Leo’s new papal staff highlights Christ’s victory over death
While Catholics have been accustomed to the famed silver papal staff featuring the suffering of Christ crucified and used by the pontiffs for decades, a new staff, or crosier, used by Pope Leo XIV, emphasized the victory of the risen Christ over death.
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Vatican completes official mosaic portrait of Pope Leo XIV for papal basilica
Pope Leo blessed artists Jan. 14, smiling at the sight of his own image, even as he battled a cold.
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Pope Leo on the Vatican II document that reminds us: Christ transforms our relationship with God
This is a fundamental point of Christian faith, which Dei Verbum reminds us of: Jesus Christ radically transforms man’s relationship with God, which is henceforth a relationship of friendship. Therefore, the only condition of the new covenant is love.
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What we learned from Pope Leo’s first consistory
This week, Pope Leo XIV convened his first consistory. 170 cardinals from around the world gathered at the Vatican for two days of intense meetings. On “Inside the Vatican” this week, hosts Colleen Dulle and Gerard O’Connell discuss the key takeaways from the consistory and what it signals about the style and substance of Leo’s […]
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Pope Leo to visit Spain this year, with stops in Madrid, Barcelona and Canary Islands, cardinal says
Spain had long lobbied for Francis to visit, but over 12 years he always declined. Francis preferred to travel to smaller countries, oftentimes far away, where Catholics were a minority.
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‘War is back in vogue,’ Pope Leo warns in major foreign policy speech
“War is back in vogue, and a zeal for war is spreading,” Pope Leo XIV said in a forceful address on Jan. 9 to ambassadors from the 184 countries that have full diplomatic relations with the Holy See.
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Pope Leo says he will hold consistories with the College of Cardinals every year
Leo XIV clearly does not intend to go it alone as pope.
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Read: Pope Leo XIV’s opening address at the Extraordinary Consistory of Cardinals
(OSV News) — This is the text from Pope Leo XIV’s address Jan. 7, 2026, at the opening of the Extraordinary Consistory with the College of Cardinals, given in the Synod Hall in the Vatican. Dear Brothers, I am very pleased to welcome all of you. Thank you for your presence! May the Holy Spirit, […]