Almost one year in, Pope Leo’s vision for his pontificate is still coming into focus. But there are a few key characteristics that are worth noting. First, and most obviously, Leo is not Francis II. For much of Francis’s pontificate, the air…
The 11-day visit will combine pastoral encounters with Catholic communities, meetings with political leaders and civil society, and symbolic gestures of interreligious dialogue and reconciliation. Scheduled for April 13–23. The visit will take…
Lent at the Vatican this year feels like Advent in some ways, looking forward to long-expected moves by Pope Leo XIV. There are Vatican and archdiocesan appointments to be made, and there’s the likelihood of an encyclical. A social encyclical…
In a statement released yesterday, the Holy See confirmed that the Holy Father’s 11-day Apostolic Journey will take him to four African countries: Algeria, Cameroon, Angola, and Equatorial Guinea. According to Vatican officials, the pope is to…
Pope Leo XIV will spend the first full week of Lent on retreat – often termed “spiritual exercises” – with senior officials of the Roman Curia. This retreat is noteworthy in terms of the practice itself, the preacher, and the place. All three…
Human dignity, art, life, migrants, the elderly, young people, and artificial intelligence: these are some of the themes of the prayer intentions that Pope Leo has entrusted to his Worldwide Prayer Network for next year. The list begins with…
“I send warm greetings to those of you participating in the 2026 March for Life. I likewise express heartfelt appreciation, and assure you of my spiritual closeness as you gather for this eloquent public witness to affirm that the protection of…
The late American Catholic novelist Walker Percy once remarked that the contemporary vision of a human being is a brain connected to a pair of “genitals” (the actual term he used is a bit salty for the present site). There seems to be nothing in…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrulzlNyeJE On this episode of The Prayerful Posse, Raymond Arroyo, Father Gerald Murray, and Robert Royal examine a critical moment for the Catholic Church. As the College of Cardinals gathers in Rome under Pope…
Could an ecclesiastical jurisdiction for the traditional Roman liturgy resolve the impasse created by Traditionis Custodes? One of France’s most senior traditionalist clergymen has sent members of the Sacred College a letter proposing a new path…
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