Pope Leo XIV has added the feast day of St. John Henry Newman, who is “a radiant light for the Church on pilgrimage through history,” to the General Roman Calendar so that “his Optional Memorial be celebrated by all on 9 October.”
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Pope Leo appeals for end to antisemitism, prejudice, genocide
Pope Leo XIV called for an end to all antisemitism, prejudice, oppression and persecution worldwide.
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Papal puzzle lovers: Popes Leo XIV and XIII noted for liking word games
Pope Leo XIV, who plays the daily online puzzle Wordle, is not the only papal puzzle lover.
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Pope Leo on Christmas Eve: To turn away others is to turn away God
“Where there is room for the human person, there is room for God,” the pope said in his homily on Dec. 24 in St. Peter’s Basilica.
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Vatican’s 2024 surplus represents ‘significant progress’ in economic situation
The Vatican reported that it ended 2024 with a 1.6-million-euro surplus ($1.85 million) compared to a deficit of 51.2 million euros ($59.3 million) in 2023.
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Pope Leo decries opioid crisis, gambling, cruelty toward migrants in major speech on new social ills
“Ever more inhuman measures are being adopted—even celebrated politically—that treat these ‘undesirables’ as if they were garbage and not human beings,” he said during an address to popular movements.
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Pope Leo visits teen hospitalized during Jubilee of Youth
Pope Leo said that if the teen “had come all the way to Rome, then (the pope) could come all the way to the hospital to see him.”
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Pope Leo: Catholic migrants are ‘a true divine blessing’ to the churches that receive them
On Friday, Pope Leo XIV issued a statement on the theme “Migrants, missionaries of hope.”
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Relics of soon-to-be saints Carlo Acutis and Giorgio Frassati will be in Rome for Jubilee of Youth
The relics of Blesseds Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis, who are set to be canonized later this year, will be displayed in Rome for the Jubilee of Youth.
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Pope Leo condemns Israel’s attack against church, calls for end to ‘barbarity’
“I again call for an immediate end to the barbarity of the war and for a peaceful resolution of the conflict,” Pope Leo said.