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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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 asks newly ordained priests to be signs of reconciliation in the church and world
“It is not important to be perfect, but it is necessary to be credible,” the pope said in his homily at the Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica.
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Pope Leo: Families are the cradle of the future of humanity
In a celebration of the Jubilee of Families, Children, Grandparents and the Elderly, Pope Leo XIV reminded the congregation of the importance of family in passing on the faith and ensuring the future of humanity.
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Cardinal Steiner on how Pope Leo will follow Pope Francis—and how he’ll chart his own path
Brazilian Cardinal Leonardo Steiner told America that Pope Leo would carry forward Pope Francis’ legacy of synodality in the church.
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White smoke, a new pope and the sound of the Holy Spirit
Suddenly I heard the most beautiful noise I have ever heard in my life: the sound of tens of thousands of people cheering as they saw the white smoke pouring from the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel.
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Cardinal Gracias: Pope Leo ‘is the ideal man to lead the church at this time’
In this interview, Cardinal Gracias speaks about the election of Leo XIV, his membership in Pope Francis’ council of cardinal advisors and why he considers Francis a saint.
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What the role of bishop means to Pope Leo (and to St. Augustine)
Pope Leo’s quotation of Augustine after his election contains within it an important theological point about the nature of the episcopacy. The quotation signals Leo XIV’s approach to his role as bishop of Rome.