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Catechesis Pope Leo XIV

Make space in your life to receive Jesus: Pope 

Pope Leo yesterday reminded Christians that they need to make space in their lives to receive Jesus Christ. Source: Crux. 

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Pope visits Spanish teenager in Rome hospital

Pope Leo XIV visited a Spanish teenager who was hospitalised during the Jubilee of Youth and prayed with and spoke to the family. Source: OSV News.

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Pope calls for peace, disarmament on anniversary of Hiroshima bombing

The scars still borne by survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and still visible on the cities’ streets and buildings are a plea to pursue peace and disarmament, Pope Leo XIV said yesterday. Source: OSV News.

Jubilee 2025 Pope Leo XIV

‘You are the sign a different world is possible’, Pope tells youth

Pope Leo XIV yesterday told more than a million Catholic youth at a closing Mass for a weeklong Jubilee event that they are “the sign that a different world is possible”, where conflicts can be resolved with dialogue, not weapons. Source: Crux.

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Pope’s invitation to pray for peaceful coexistence

This month, Pope Leo XIV is inviting people to pray “that societies avoid internal conflicts due to ethnic, political, religious or ideological reasons”. Source: Vatican News.

Books Pope Leo XIV

Special delivery: Australian priest gives Pope Leo first biography

Fr Tony Banks, an Australian Augustinian priest based in Rome, has hand-delivered to Pope Leo XIV a copy of the first English-language biography about the pope. Source: The Southern Cross.

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Pope Leo meets Russian Orthodox cleric amid war, strained relations

Pope Leo XIV met with a top Russian Orthodox cleric, the first such visit from Moscow since the papal election, and one that comes amid strained relations with Rome due to Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine. Source: Catholic Review.

Middle East Pope Leo XIV

Pope says Gaza is being ‘crushed by hunger’

Pope Leo XIV yesterday said he was following the humanitarian crisis taking place in Gaza with “great concern,” saying the civilian population is being “crushed by hunger and continues to be exposed to violence and death”. Source: Crux.

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Migrants and refugees are ‘messengers of hope’

Pope Leo XIV says that with their courage and tenacity in the pursuit of happiness, migrants and refugees are “messengers of hope”. Source: CNS.