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Pope Francis’ biggest legacy regarding synodality is “as a style, an attitude that helps us to be Church,” Pope Leo XIV said Thursday in a meeting with synod leaders.
Pope Leo XIV will impose the pallia at a Mass for the solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul in St. Peter’s Basilica on June 29.
According to the master of liturgical ceremonies, Archbishop Diego Ravelli, Pope Leo will be both blessing and personally imposing the pallia on the archbishops.
Many aspects of Pope Francis’ remarkable program of ecclesial renewal weare prefigured in Hans Urs von Balthasar’s vision for the church.
The sitdown would mark the first face-to-face meeting between Trump and Zelensky since April, when the two huddled at St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City during Pope Francis’ funeral.
Castel Gandolfo is preparing to welcome Pope Leo XIV on July 6. The imposing papal villa in this town on the shores of Lake Albano, a fortified 17th-century palace, was converted into a museum for ...
Pope Leo XIV in a message to the Order of Malta underlined the order’s religious character, stressing that without evangelization, the knights’ service to the poor is merely philanthropy.
Pope Leo XIV affirmed that priests must be celibate and insisted that bishops take “firm and decisive” action to deal with sex abusers.
The last three popes — Benedict XVI, Francis, and Leo XIV — have on more than one occasion recommended reading “Lord of the World.” ...
In Pope Leo's early days, he has woven together an emphasis on synodality and social teaching with faithfulness to doctrine and truth.