An Upright Gaze: Key to Leo XIV’s Homily for the Pontifical Universities

Nov 07, 2025 16:13

Holy Mass in St. Peter's Basilica -- with university students from the pontifical institutions --, presided over by Pope Leo XIV Photo: Vatican Media

Analysis Opinion

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Analysis Opinion•Religious Freedom

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The «Bible Access List» separates two key challenges: restriction and scarcity. The first refers to environments where the Bible is actively banned or censored; the second, to situations where believers are free in principle but deprived by circumstance

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Jorge Enrique Mújica

Analysis Opinion•Pope Leo XIV

On the Exhortation Dilexi te: when Peter reminds us that the poor are at the heart of the Gospel

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Analysis Opinion•Ecumenism

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Analysis Opinion•Vocations

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While the study focuses on Protestant clergy, its insights inevitably raise questions about the Catholic priesthood, where annual departures, though less frequently studied, remain a pastoral concern

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The gunman who attempted to assassinate John Paul II tried to meet with Leo XIV in Turquí: what happened?

Agca arrived with the unmistakable intention of inserting himself into the story. Speaking to Turkish media, he expressed hope for a brief conversation with the pontiff—a few minutes, nothing more—while insisting that the papal presence in Iznik was “extraordinary.”

The homily with which Pope Leo XIV instilled hope in the Lebanese people

Homily of Pope Leo XIV at the concluding Mass of his pastoral visit to Lebanon

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An Upright Gaze: Key to Leo XIV’s Homily for the Pontifical Universities

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