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Pope Leo XIV on Sunday called on the faithful to “multiply hope and to proclaim the coming of God’s Kingdom” as he presided for the first time as pope over Mass for the Solemnity of Corpus Christi.
“Today more than ever, humanity cries out and pleads for peace,” Pope Leo XIV said in remarks following his Angelus reflection June 22.
Pope Leo urged political leaders from around the world to promote the common good, warning especially of the threat to human dignity from artificial intelligence.
Pope Leo XIV issued a fresh warning about the negative effects that artificial intelligence can have on the “intellectual and neurological development” of rising generations.
On June 19, 1982, Robert Prevost was ordained a priest by Belgian Archbishop Jean Jadot in St. Monica Chapel, located just outside the Vatican.
At an event sponsored by the Domenico Bartolucci Foundation, Pope Leo XIV said that polyphony is a musical form “full of meaning” for prayer and Christian life.
During the June 19 site visit, the Holy Father blessed staff working in the central radio center on the Vatican’s Corpus Christi holiday.
Addressing pilgrims at the end of Wednesday’s general audience, the pontiff lamented that “the Church is brokenhearted at the cry of pain rising from places devastated by war.”
Pope Leo XIV reminded listeners at the Wednesday general audience that Jesus is capable of healing and unblocking our past.
Bishop A. Elias Zaidan, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace, echoed Pope Leo’s calls for peaceful solutions.
The solemnity coincided with the June 14–15 Jubilee of Sport, where Pope Leo XIV asked pilgrims who belong to sports teams and associations to glorify God.
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Pope Leo XIV will canonize seven blesseds on Oct. 19, including two Venezuelans: Dr. José Gregorio Hernández Cisneros and María del Carmen Rendiles Martínez.
Pope Leo XIV has released his message for the ninth World Day of the Poor, which will be held on Sunday, Nov. 16.
“We are very hopeful; you perceive a lot of enthusiasm, anyway, whether from brother priests or from the people of God,” newly ordained Father Simone Troilo told CNA.
As indicated in the annual report published Wednesday by the Holy See Press Office, the net profit of 32.8 million euros represents a 7% increase compared with 2023.
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.