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Pope’s first trip to focus on religious harmony and peace
By choosing to make his first trip as Pope to Türkiye and Lebanon, Pope Leo XIV will shine a huge spotlight on the faith Christians share and on the yearnings for peace and prosperity common to all people. Source: OSV News.
A day (off) in the life of the Pope
Pope Leo XIV has described to a group of journalists how he typically spends his Tuesday day off at Castel Gandolfo. Source: CNA.
Christians must care for the poor and for the earth: Pope
If people do not see themselves as “caretakers of the garden of creation, we end up becoming its destroyers”, Pope Leo XIV said yesterday. Source: CNS.
Statue honours ‘one of our brothers, a Peruvian at heart’
Chiclayo, Peru, is celebrating following the inauguration and blessing of a large statue of Pope Leo XIV, located in a central roundabout in the city. Source: CNA.
Politicians failing to act on climate change: Pope
While “creation is crying out” and millions of people suffer the effects of climate change and pollution, politicians are failing to act, Pope Leo XIV has told Christian activists. Source: CNS.
Pope urges religious orders to perfect safeguarding systems
Religious orders of men and women must continue perfecting their efforts to ensure the safety and integrity of every child, every person they meet and every member of their order, Pope Leo XIV said this week. Source: CNS.
Everyone must have access to the Bible: Pope
At a time when young people spend so much time in “digital environments”, members of the Catholic Biblical Federation need to ask how they are fulfilling the Second Vatican Council’s mandate to give everyone access to the Bible, Pope Leo XIV said yesterday. Source: CNS.
Pope urges governments to support the poor
Before joining people for lunch yesterday, Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass for the Jubilee of the Poor and prayed that all Christians would share “the love of God, which welcomes, binds up wounds, forgives, consoles and heals”. Source: OSV News.
Film directors and actors can help people understand life: Pope
Meeting an international cast of film directors and actors, Pope Leo XIV spoke about the power of cinema to help people “contemplate and understand life, to recount its greatness and fragility and to portray the longing for infinity”. Source: CNS.