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In the June 10 speech delivered in the Clementine Hall of the Vatican Apostolic Palace, Pope Leo XIV thanked the papal nuncios and international organizations for their work.
Pope Leo XIV celebrated Pentecost Mass with participants in the Year of Hope's Jubilee of Ecclesial Movements, Associations, and New Communities.
This weekend, the Church celebrates Pentecost, one of the most important feast days of the year, which concludes the Easter season.
The pope spoke at the symposium “Nicaea and the Church of the Third Millennium: Towards Catholic-Orthodox Unity,” which took place this week at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome.
The pontiff addressed a massive crowd, estimated by the Vatican at around 70,000, in St. Peter’s Square on June 7 during a prayer vigil there.
When will Carlo Acutis be canonized? That is the question Catholics are asking after the ceremony was postponed due to the death of Pope Francis.
“The pope made an appeal for Russia to take a gesture that would favor peace, emphasizing the importance of dialogue,” Vatican Press Office Director Matteo Bruni said.
Pope Leo XIV will gather the cardinals at the Vatican on June 13 to give final approval to the canonizations of eight blesseds whose causes were promoted by Pope Francis.
“Even when it seems we are able to do little in life, it is always worthwhile. There is always the possibility to find meaning, because God loves our life,” Leo said.
In his first prayer intention video of his papacy, Pope Leo XIV has asked the faithful to pray that the world might grow in compassion during the month of June.
The Vatican Library is the custodian of a major part of humanity’s literary heritage. That includes more than 80,000 ancient manuscripts and 2 million printed books.
In the Holy Father’s message he said the Church needs to be farsighted in discerning the needs of parents and children often caught up in “worldly concerns.”
Marriage is “not an ideal but the measure of true love between a man and a woman: a love that is total, faithful and fruitful,”
Pope Leo XIV declared families "the cradle of the future of humanity" during Mass for the Jubilee of Families at St. Peter's Square.
FULL TEXT: Homily of Pope Leo XIV on Jubilee for Families, Children, Grandparents and the Elderly
Pope Leo XIV praised a major bioethics summit in Rome for promoting science rooted in truth and respect for human dignity.
Pope Leo XIV ordained 11 new priests for the Diocese of Rome during Saturday Mass, calling for priestly lives that are "transparent, visible, credible".
Pope Leo XIV on Friday stated that authentic peace “takes shape from the ground up” when the differences and conflicts they entail “are not set aside.”
More than 80,000 ancient manuscripts from the Vatican Library will be restored and digitized thanks to an agreement with the Colnaghi Foundation.
More than 60,000 pilgrims from 120 countries will be in Rome this weekend to participate in the Jubilee of Families, Children, Grandparents, and the Elderly.