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Pope Leo XIV
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Pope Leo just voted in the U.S. midterms. Should he have done that?
This week on “Jesuitical,” Ashley and Zac are joined by Chris White, a senior fellow at the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University, to discuss the impact of Pope Leo casting a vote in the U.S. midterm elections.
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Two Bobs from the Midwest: When Bob Dylan met Pope Leo
There are photos to prove it: Bob Dylan in the Vatican, shaking hands and sitting down for a chat with Pope Leo XIV. How did this happen? And what did they discuss?
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Pope Leo warns economic inequality threatens peace, urges politicians to serve common good
The threat to world peace stems from economic imbalances linked to development that is “neither equitable nor respectful of creation,” Pope Leo XIV said at his weekly general audience.
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Vatican: Pope Leo ‘enthusiastic’ and ‘clinically fit’ for whirlwind Latin America homecoming
Matteo Bruni, Holy See Press Office director, said “about 36 speeches” of the pope will be delivered during the journey.
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No one fully understands the role of deacons in the church—and maybe that’s a good thing
The unsettled condition of the diaconate may actually be a beneficial force, especially at a time when the church is experiencing what Pope Francis called an “epochal change.”
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Pope Leo tells Villanova and Notre Dame basketball teams he is neutral. But Prevost has other ideas.
The Villanova and Notre Dame men’s and women’s teams will play a doubleheader on Sunday at the 11,000-seat Palazzo dello Sport, about a half-hour drive from the Vatican.
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What Pope Leo’s ‘unity and peace’ actually means
Church historian Massimo Faggioli joins host Colleen Dulle to talk about Pope Leo’s effort and tactics for promoting unity and peace.
Posted inVatican Dispatch
Vatican confirms Pope Leo voted by mail in U.S. midterm election
As far as is known at the time of writing, none of Pope Leo’s immediate predecessors voted in elections in their homelands during the years of their pontificates.
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Top Vatican official says Pope Leo’s cancer diagnosis a ‘game-changer’ for the papacy
Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the Holy See’s foreign minister, also predicted that the Chicago-born Leo would in the “not-too-distant future” visit his native United States.