By Pope Leo XIV Canonizations of the Blessed: Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis Homily of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV St. Peter's Square - September 7, 2025 (Impromptu remarks before Holy Mass and the Rite of Canonization:) Good morning, everyone! Happy Sunday and welcome! Thank you! Brothers and sisters, today is a wonderful feast for [...]
We, too, can make our lives “masterpieces of holiness” like theirs, the Pope tells 80,000 faithful in St. Peter’s By Vatican News Saint Peter’s Square on Sunday, September 7, for the Mass with the canonization of Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis. On the facade of the Basilica are two tapestries depicting the new saints. [...]
The modern papacy is actually a product of centuries of change By Darrick Taylor, Ph.D.* Pope Leo XIII (r. 1873 to 1903) addressed the great social questions of his time in a series of encyclicals. Pope Leo XIV chose his papal name as a nod to Leo XIII The election of Pope Leo [...]
His past remarks as a priest and bishop reveal a few insights into the thought of our new Augustinian Pope By ITV staff Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, made a rather rare appearance before the media last year during the 2024 Synod on Synodality (photo: Vatican News) Pope Leo XIV does not [...]
"Bob" Prevost, native Chicagoan and youngest son of parents of mixed Old-world and New-world descent, knew his vocation from youth By ITV staff Robert Prevost, left, and his brothers John and Louis pose with their mother in this undated photo. (Courtesy John Prevost) Pope Leo, the former Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, Prefect of the [...]
"For you I am a bishop; with you I am a Christian" These words Pope Leo XIV spoke, quoting his spiritual father, St. Augustine, in his first address after his May 8 election. Over the weeks since, Pope Leo has followed a busy schedule of meetings, public appearances, liturgies and visits with public figures and [...]
By Anna Artymiak The Council of Nicaea, held in 325 AD, was attended by Emperor Constantine and ended with the defeat of the Arian heresy. Arius is represented at the feet of the assembly May 23, 2025 In two days he would have gone to Nicaea in Turkey to celebrate the 1,700th anniversary of [...]
By Pope Leo XIV Address of the Holy Father to Representatives of other Churches and Ecclesial Communities, and other religions Clementine Hall - Monday, May 19, 2025 Dear brothers and sisters, With great joy I extend my cordial greetings to all of you, Representatives of other Churches and Ecclesial Communities, as well as of other religions, [...]
Peace, unity and common profession of faith are the themes of the young pontificate of Leo XIV – themes which touch vitally on the Roman Church's relations with the East By Robert Moynihan Pope Leo XIV poses with those attending an interreligious meeting May 19 in the Clementine Hall at the Vatican. A time [...]
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost is the 267th Roman Pontiff with the name of Leo XIV. He is the first North American to be elected pope and the first Peruvian citizen. Vatican City, 8 May 2025. | Photo Grzegorz Galazka Pope Leo XIV. He was chosen yesterday by the 133 assembled voting cardinals to [...]
