Catholic priests will now be able to celebrate Mass “for the care of creation.”
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Catholic bishops from Global South demand climate justice in first-ever joint ecological appeal
Bishops from the conferences of Africa, Asia, and Latin America produced a joint document calling for climate justice ahead of the U.N. climate conference in November.
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Podcast: How Pope Leo XIV was elected
This week on “Jesuitical,” Zac and Ashley chat with Christopher White about his new book, ‘Pope Leo XVI: Inside the Conclave and the Dawn of a New Papacy.’
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Pope Leo XIV calls new archbishops to model ‘unity in diversity’ for a divided world
“The whole church needs fraternity, which must be present in all of our relationships, whether between lay people and priests, priests and bishops, bishops and the pope,” he said during his homily at Mass on the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul June 29.
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A Vatican reporter on keeping the faith amid the Catholic Church’s scandals
What happened when the place I had gone for consolation became the focus of my anger
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Pope Leo XIV affirms priestly celibacy and demands ‘firm’ action on sex abuse in speech to bishops
History’s first American pope reaffirmed Wednesday that the primary role of bishops is to forge unity in his diocese among clergy and to be close to his flock in word and deed.
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Full text: Pope Leo’s meditation for the Jubilee of Bishops
“Dear friends, a Bishop is a witness to hope by his example of a life firmly grounded in God and completely devoted to the service of the Church. This will be the case only insofar as he is conformed to Christ in his personal life and in his apostolic ministry.”
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Pope Leo offers advice to seminarians around the world: Don’t be afraid of your feelings and reject hypocrisy
“Keeping our gaze on Jesus, we must learn to give a name and voice even to sadness, fear, anguish, indignation, bringing everything into relationship with God,” Pope Leo said.
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Leo brings back a papal tradition: summer at Castel Gandolfo
Pope Leo XIV will bring back the tradition of the pope spending two weeks of the summer at Castel Gandolfo, the papal summer residence.
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Pope Leo sets Sept. 7 for joint canonization of Carlo Acutis and Frassati
Blessed Carlo Acutis, the first millennial saint, and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, who dedicated his life to serving the poor and sick, will be canonized together on Sept. 7.