General Audience•Pope Leo XIV

The parable of the sower explained by Pope Leo XIV

Pope’s General Audience, May 21, 2025 on the Parable of the Sower

May 21, 2025 12:37

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Pope Leo XIV

The grace of the call and the obedience of faith as meditated by Pope Leo (and quoting Benedict XVI)

Homily by Pope Leo XIV on the occasion of his visit to the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls

May 20, 2025 17:34

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Pope Leo XIV

PHOTO GALLERY: Pope goes to St. Paul’s Basilica to venerate relics of the Apostle

Veneration occurs at the beginning of the pontificate

May 20, 2025 17:32

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Dicasteries•Pope Leo XIV

Leo XIV makes surprise visit to dicastery over which he presided and celebrates Mass for his former staff

The Pope presided over a private Mass in the Dicastery’s chapel, returning not merely as a former superior, but now as the Bishop of Rome and Supreme Pontiff.

May 20, 2025 17:26

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Gender Ideology•Local Church•Pro Life

USA: Bishops Thomas and Barron Applaud Move to Defund Abortion and “Gender Transition” Industries, Call for Authentic Health Care

In recognition of last week’s committee markups of the U.S. House of Representatives’ budget reconciliation bill, and in anticipation of its being voted on in the House in the days ahead, the bishops also urged Congress to support authentic health care for vulnerable women and children.

May 19, 2025 18:25

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Vatican Diplomacy

Vice President Vance after audience with the Pope: “I know he is a true servant of God”

The White House Press Briefing Room reports that the Pope also held meetings with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the U.S. delegation.

May 19, 2025 18:24

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Ecumenism•Pope Leo XIV

Leo XIV to separated Christians: “I consider the reestablishment of full and visible communion a priority”

Address of the Pope to representatives of Christian ecclesial communities not in communion with Rome and to representatives of other religions on the occasion of his presence at the Mass for the inauguration of his pontificate

May 19, 2025 18:21

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Pope Leo XIV•Vatican Diplomacy

Prime Minister of Australia received in audience by Pope Leo XIV

The presence of Albanese at the papal inaugural Mass the day before had already marked a symbolic moment of convergence between state and spiritual leadership. Yet Monday’s audience gave that symbolism personal texture and political clarity

May 19, 2025 18:16

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Pope Leo XIV•Vatican Diplomacy

What did Colombia’s president ask the Pope and what does it have to do with Trump and the USA? Here is the answer

President Petro did not shy away from bold appeals. He framed climate change not as an abstract threat but as the existential pivot around which global politics—and humanity’s survival—must now turn. “If the U.S. government continues to treat migration as the core issue,” he told the Pope, “it will end up sacrificing its own children.”

May 19, 2025 18:07

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Ecumenism•Pope Leo XIV

Leo XIV will go to Turkey at the end of 2025. Patriarch of Constantinople confirms it after audience

Though the date remains unspecified, the significance is clear: this will be Leo XIV’s first papal trip abroad, and its destination is no accident.

May 19, 2025 18:04

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Pope Leo XIV

2 dimensions of the mission entrusted to Peter by Jesus and meditated on by Pope Leo at the Mass at the beginning of his pontificate

Homily of Pope Leo XIV on the occasion of the Mass at the beginning of his pontificate

May 18, 2025 19:25

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Ecumenism

Anglicans amplify their voice in search for next Archbishop of Canterbury

The five regions—Asia, Africa, Europe, the Americas, and Oceania—now each send one delegate. Their profiles reflect the theological and ethnic diversity of global Anglicanism: a Palestinian bishop, a Māori canon, a Ghanaian academic priest, a Welsh bishop, and an Argentine lay minister.

May 18, 2025 09:18

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