Pope Leo XIV fired back after President Donald Trump attacked him on social media, saying his calls for peace are rooted in the Gospel and should not be treated as a political argument with the White House. “I have no fear of the Trump administration,” the pope told reporters aboard the papal plane Monday en […]
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Pope Leo XIV invokes Pope Francis’ final words in Easter plea against growing ‘indifference’ to war
Pope Leo XIV gave his first Easter blessing as pontiff on Sunday, calling for peace and urging the world not to grow indifferent to the deaths of tens of thousands in violent conflicts around the world. Leo gave the traditional Urbi et Orbi blessing from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica to a crowd in […]
Pope Leo XIV announces two new saints, including first canonized millennial
Pope Leo XIV proclaimed a 15-year-old computer genius the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint, along with another popular Italian figure who spent his life spreading his faith before dying at a young age. Leo canonized Carlo Acutis, who died of Leukemia in 2006, and Italian student and avid outdoorsman Pier Giorgio Frassati, who died in […]
Pope Leo XIV to canonize two modern saints this weekend as faithful flock to Rome
The Jubilee, also known as the Holy Year, is in full swing with visitors flocking to Rome, the Vatican City and across Italy. In St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, Pope Leo XIV is scheduled to preside over the canonization of Carlo Acutis, a millennial computer programmer, and Italian student and avid outdoorsman Pier Giorgio Frassati. Fr. Charlie Gallagher, […]
Pope Leo opts to share papal residence with four associates, breaking with tradition
Pope Leo XIV is shaking up tradition at the Vatican — moving into a newly renovated papal apartment and bringing four roommates, according to reports. Leo plans to share his new residence, which is undergoing a major revamp, marking the first time in modern history that a pope has decided to live communally in the palace’s […]
Pope Leo meets Russian Orthodox cleric to discuss Ukraine war
The Vatican confirmed that Pope Leo received Metropolitan Anthony, the senior Russian Orthodox Church cleric who chairs its department of external church relations, along with five other high-profile clerics, during a morning audience on July 26. – https://kyivindependent.com/tag/ukraine/rss/ This article appeared on the websitekyivindependent.com This article is taken based on Law no. 8/1996 of Romania. […]
Pope Leo says Ukraine ‘martyred’ in Russia’s ‘senseless war’
Pope Leo XIV welcomed Ukrainian Greek Catholic pilgrims to the Vatican on June 28, saying their country has been “martyred” by Russia’s “senseless war.” Greek Catholicism is Ukraine’s second-largest Christian denomination, with adherents making up around one-tenth of the country’s population. Prevalent mainly in western Ukraine, it has retained many rituals and practices of the […]
Putin tells new pope Kyiv seeks to escalate war, urges Vatican support for Moscow-linked church in Ukraine
Russia wants the Vatican to “take a more active role” in advocating for what it described as freedom of religion in Ukraine, specifically for members of the Moscow-linked Ukrainian Orthodox Church, the Kremlin said in a statement on June 4 following recent diplomatic contacts. Russia’s war and occupation of large swaths of Ukraine have led […]
BREAKING: Zelensky meets Pope Leo XIV at Vatican, scheduled to have private talks
President Volodymyr Zelensky met with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on May 18, following the pontiff’s inauguration mass, according to Vatican News. According to Sky News, the Ukrainian president is also scheduled to have a private meeting with the Pope this afternoon. The visit marked Zelensky’s first in-person meeting with the new pope, formerly […]
Pope Leo dishes advice to journalists, mentions AI challenge in first news conference
Pope Leo XIV wrapped up his first meeting with Vatican-accredited journalists Monday morning. More than 1,000 members of the media were assembled to hear his remarks, according to the New York Times. Some of them even took their children. The gathering took place in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall, Vatican Media reported. There, the pontiff […]
Pope Leo delivers first ‘Regina Caeli’ prayers from St. Peter’s balcony
Pope Leo XIV held his first “Regina Caeli” prayer at St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican on Sunday. The newly elected holy father delivered the message just hours after visiting the tomb of his predecessor, Pope Francis. “I wanted so much to come here in these first days of the new Ministry that the Church […]
Pope Leo XIV, Villanova grad, introduces himself adorned in symbolism, proverbial religious devotion
As silence and stillness calmed the eager world, Cardinal Protodeacon Dominique Mamberti, overlooking a sea of tens of thousands of teary-eyed viewers in St. Peter’s Square, introduced Catholics and non-faithful to the newest pontiff. American Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Francis Prevost, was elected to take the papal seat and succeed the deceased Pope Francis […]