Pope Leo signs a BMW motorcycle Members of the Jesus Bikers — a motorcycle club from Germany — along with representatives of Missio Austria, the Pontifical Mission Societies in Austria, presented Pope Leo XIV with a specially modified BMW R18 motorcycle Sept. 3. VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The human longing for love is not a…
Reading 1 1 Thessalonians 5:1-6, 9-11 Concerning times and seasons, brothers and sisters, you have no need for anything to be written to you. For you yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief at night. When people are saying, “Peace and security,” then sudden disaster comes upon…
ROME (CNS) — Twelve years after ending two terms as prior general of the Augustinian order, Pope Leo XIV encouraged his confreres in the order to pray to the Holy Spirit for the gifts of listening, being humble and promoting unity. Presiding at a Mass of the Holy Spirit Sept. 1 to open the order’s…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Leo XIV, praying publicly for the victims of the school shooting in Minneapolis, also prayed for an end to the “pandemic” of gun violence. After reciting the Angelus prayer with visitors in St. Peter’s Square Aug. 31, Pope Leo switched from Italian to English when he led the prayers for…
WASHINGTON – As the use of artificial intelligence (AI) increases in the workplace, we must “advocate for the responsible use of technology, robust protection for those vulnerable to exploitation,” said Archbishop Borys Gudziak in a statement for Labor Day (Sept. 1). Archbishop Gudziak echoed Pope Leo XIV’s encouragement for the Church to turn to its…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — “So much of who I am I owe to the spirit and the teachings of St. Augustine,” Pope Leo XIV told his Augustinian confreres and their benefactors who were celebrating the saint’s feast day in Philadelphia. As Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, the pope had been scheduled to be in Philadelphia for…