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 […]
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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, […]
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 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 […]