WASHINGTON – When the U.S. bishops gather in November for their Fall Plenary Assembly, November 10-13, they will elect the next president and vice president for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). The president and vice president are elected from a slate of 10 candidates who have been nominated by their fellow bishops. They…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In separate videos recorded in English, Spanish and Italian, Pope Leo XIV urged every Catholic parish around the globe to observe World Mission Sunday Oct. 19 and take up the annual collection that supports Catholic missionary work. “When I served as a missionary priest and then bishop in Peru, I saw…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christians must avoid using their faith to label those who are different — often the poor — as enemies to be avoided and rejected, Pope Leo XIV said. “Some forms of worship do not foster communion with others and can numb our hearts,” he said in his homily during Mass in…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In the presence of the original statue of Our Lady of Fatima, which has one of the bullets from the attempted assassination in 1981 of St. John Paul II embedded in its crown, Pope Leo XIV called for the warring to lay down their weapons. “‘Lay down your sword’ is a…
WASHINGTON – Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops welcomed the first apostolic exhortation from Pope Leo XIV, Dilexi te, which invites all the faithful to renew their commitment and closeness to the poor. “In the first apostolic exhortation from Pope Leo XIV, we are consoled and challenged by his…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) –The apostolic exhortation “Dilexi Te” (“I Have Loved You”) on the church’s love for the poor, “is Pope Leo’s document. It is the magisterium of the church,” although Pope Leo himself wrote that it was begun by Pope Francis, said Cardinal Michael Czerny. The Canadian cardinal, prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting…