What should I do if I have been betrayed? The Pope’s beautiful catechesis based on Judas and a gesture by Jesus

Aug 20, 2025 22:13

Pope Leo XIV’s General Audience was held in the Paul VI Hall, due to the intense summer heat in Rome Photo: Vatican Media

Local Church•Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV gives his pontifical miter to Chiclayo in Peru

The gesture was more than ceremonial. For many in Chiclayo, it was a reminder that the new pope—born Robert Francis Prevost in the United States but ordained to pastoral life in Peru—remains closely tied to the community where he lived and ministered for decades before becoming bishop and later rising to the papacy.

Aug 17, 2025 23:02

Enrique Villegas

Pope Leo XIV•Virgin Mary

The Pope’s first homily dedicated to the Virgin Mary on the Feast of the Assumption

Homily of Pope Leo XIV on the occasion of the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary

Aug 15, 2025 16:13

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV’s doctoral thesis to be published in October 2025

The dissertation situates the local prior not merely as an administrator but as a spiritual anchor for his community, with the Eucharistic liturgy at the heart of communal life. It emphasizes the common good of the Church, the value of consultation alongside hierarchical authority, and the mutual respect due to the varied gifts within the Body of Christ

Aug 14, 2025 18:16

Jorge Enrique Mújica

General Audience•Pope Leo XIV

A catechesis by Pope Leo XIV on betrayal

Pope’s general audience, August 13, 2025, on the betrayal of Jesus

Aug 13, 2025 17:17

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV•Vatican City

Pope Leo XIV approves labor reform on family matters for Vatican employees

For the first time, Vatican employees will have the right to five fully paid working days of paternity leave following the birth of a child

Aug 11, 2025 20:32

Valentina di Giorgio

Neither spiritualizing pain nor downplaying suffering: Pope Leo XIV’s powerful response on depression and mental health to a woman who attempted suicide

Pope Leo XIV’s response to a young Catalan woman who attempted suicide due to depression and asked the Holy Father two questions: Where can we see God when the darkness is absolute and we cannot take it anymore? How can we trust in God when it seems that nothing — not even our own life — is worth it?

Do you need to forgive? Leo XIV’s response to a heartbreaking story of crime, drugs, and neglect that moved Spain

Pope Leo XIV’s reply to Desiré, a young woman from Barcelona, who asked the Holy Father: “how can I forgive my father for almost leaving me without a mother?” and “How can I truly be reconciled with God?”

What should I do if I have been betrayed? The Pope’s beautiful catechesis based on Judas and a gesture by Jesus

Pope Leo XIV will visit Lebanon, according to official statements by the Archbishop of Beirut

Pope Leo XIV visits the Virgin Mary. Where, when, and how? This is how the encounter unfolded

How to Face Difficulties? Pope Leo Responds

Pope Leo XIV to bishops of the Amazon: no to the worship of nature

Pope Leo XIV offers food to the poor in Castelgandolfo: he seats four of them at his own table

What does it mean to be a “sign of contradiction”? Pope Leo XIV explains it

Pope Leo XIV gives his pontifical miter to Chiclayo in Peru

The Pope’s first homily dedicated to the Virgin Mary on the Feast of the Assumption

Pope Leo XIV’s doctoral thesis to be published in October 2025

A catechesis by Pope Leo XIV on betrayal

Pope Leo XIV approves labor reform on family matters for Vatican employees