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Pope Leo's prayer service in Iznik, Türkiye shows us that unity in love, not divisions, conflicts, disagreements, or violence, has the final word. ...read more
Just last month, the Vatican announced that Pope Leo XIV would be making his first apostolic visit to Türkiye and Lebanon, two nearby Middle Eastern countries separated by Syria and the Mediterranean Sea. ...read more
In his weekly General Audience, Pope Leo XIV continued his cycle of catechesis on the Paschal Mystery, as part of the Jubilee of Hope 2025. He reflected on Mary Magdalene's encounter with the risen Jesus in the garden as a sign of a renewed relationship between humanity and creation through  "an ecological conversion." ...read more
In his weekly General Audience, Pope Leo XIV continued his cycle of catechesis on the Paschal Mystery, as part of the Jubilee of Hope 2025. He reflected on the call to human fraternity found in the Good News of Christ's death and resurrection, saying that "This fraternity is based on Jesus’ commandment, which is new insofar as He accomplished it Himself, the superabundant fulfilment of the will of the Father." ...read more
Devotion to Mary through the rosary has long inspired the residents of Cap-de-la-Madeleine, a neighborhood of Trois-Rivières, Quebec. She even miraculously helped build the shrine that bears her name! ...read more
AI and other digital technologies are here to stay: how might Pope Leo XIV explore the good that can come of them even as they resist the bad? ...read more