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Pope thanks media and calls for release of jailed journalists
Pope Leo XIV has asked journalists to be peacemakers by shunning prejudice and anger in their reporting and called for the release of journalists imprisoned for their work. Source: OSV News.
CRA celebrates election of Augustinian Pope
Catholic Religious Australia has welcomed the election of Pope Leo XIV and expressed its “joy in this moment of newness and opportunity as another chapter commences in the life of the Church”.
Peruvians celebrate election of ‘one of their own’
Thousands of Catholics packed the plaza outside the Cathedral of Santa Maria de Chiclayo in this northern Peruvian city to celebrate a Mass of thanksgiving for one of their own: Pope Leo XIV. Source: Catholic Review.
Pope Leo pleads for end to conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza
“Never again war!” Pope Leo XIV said from the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica in his first Sunday address yesterday before a packed crowd in the square and streets of Vatican City. Source: NCR Online.
Augustinians in Australia celebrate news of Pope Leo’s election
Augustinians around Australia are embracing the news of Pope Leo XIV’s election with a mix of joy and admiration. Source: The Catholic Leader.
Habemus papam: US cardinal elected Pope Leo XIV
Cardinal Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops under Pope Francis, has been elected the 267th pope, taking the name Pope Leo XIV. Source: CNS.
Australian bishops welcome Pope Leo XIV
The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has welcomed the election of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as the Pope, now known as Pope Leo XIV.
Biography of Robert Francis Prevost, Pope Leo XIV
Pope Leo XIV is the first Augustinian pope and the second Roman pontiff – after Pope Francis – from the Americas. Source: Vatican News.
Pope Leo’s choice of name a powerful statement
Even before he stepped out on the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica and spoke, Pope Leo XIV’s choice of a name was a powerful statement. Source: Catholic Review.