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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — As conflict in the Middle East escalated with Israeli airstrikes on nuclear sites in Iran and retaliatory drone attacks on Israel, Pope Leo XIV appealed for restraint and renewed the church’s calls for nuclear disarmament and peaceful dialogue. Pope Leo XIV addresses pilgrims in Rome for the Holy Year 2025 during…
The following is the full text of Pope Leo XIV’s address to those gathered to celebrate the Chicago-born pope’s election: My dear friends, It’s a pleasure for me to greet all of you gathered together at White Sox Park on this great celebration as a community of faith in the Archdiocese of Chicago. A…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Leo XIV will canonize Blesseds Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati together on Oct. 7, the Vatican announced. Meeting with cardinals living in and visiting Rome for an ordinary public consistory June 13, the pope approved the new canonization date for the two young blesseds and set Oct. 19 as…
WASHINGTON – “Deacons serve an invaluable role in bringing the hope of the Gospel to all members of society,” said Bishop Earl Boyea of Lansing. “By their witness in the parish, within their families, at the workplace, and while serving the poor, the life of a deacon displays the servant heart of Christ in their…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The cultural and pastoral diversity among clergy is not a burden but a gift that should enrich communion within the church rather than fragment it, Pope Leo XIV told the priests and deacons of the Diocese of Rome. “Ours is truly a particular diocese,” the pope said during a June 12…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — When anyone cries out to God for healing or help, God always listens, Pope Leo XIV said. “There is no cry that God does not hear, even when we are not aware we are addressing him,” the pope told thousands of people gathered under a hot sun in St. Peter’s Square…