Pope Leo XIV
Pope Sets Consistory to Consider Declaring Eight New Saints
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Although Pope Francis already set August 3 as the date to declare the sainthood of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, Pope Leo XIV will hold a meeting […]
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News Briefs: June 1, 2025
Justices Deadlocked on Oklahoma Catholic Charter School Case WASHINGTON, D.C. (OSV News) – An evenly-divided U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, May 22, sidestepped a major ruling in a case regarding what […]
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News Briefs: May 25, 2025
Lisieux Celebrates 100 Years Since the Canonization of ‘The Little Flower’ PARIS (OSV News) – Catholics in Normandy have commemorated the 100th anniversary of the canonization of St. Thérèse of […]
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U.S. Bishops Update Pastoral Letter on Pornography
(OSV News) – The U.S. bishops recently released an updated version of their 2015 pastoral letter on the dangers of pornography, a document they said is “still needed today” amid increased […]
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Trump Names Bishop Rhoades, Others to Religious Liberty Advisory Board
WASHINGTON D.C. (OSV News) – Bishop Rhoades was one of three U.S. Catholic bishops who were among religious leaders President Donald Trump appointed to an advisory board of his recently established Religious […]
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Local Clergy Assist at Pope Leo’s Inauguration Mass
Beneath a flawlessly blue Roman sky, with Bernini’s famous colonnade wrapping its ancient arms around the estimated 150,000 people gathered in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Leo XIV – the Church’s […]
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News Briefs: May 18, 2025
Pope Leo to Inaugurate His Papacy on May 18 VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Leo XIV will officially inaugurate his papacy with Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, May […]
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From Chicago to St. Peter’s: Get to Know Pope Leo XIV
(OSV News) – Standing on the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica, newly elected Pope Leo XIV smiled, waved, and appeared to hold back emotion on Thursday, May 8, as he introduced […]
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Local Catholics React to First American Pope
The election of Pope Leo XIV on Thursday, May 8, left Catholics around the world with mouths agape in shock at the news that an American, hailing from Chicago, was […]
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Pope Leo XIV’s First Homily: ‘This Is the World that Has Been Entrusted to Us’
The following homily was given by Pope Leo XIV during a Mass for the College of Cardinals in the Sistine Chapel on Friday, May 9. I begin with a word […]
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Bishop Rhoades: ‘A Joyful Day for the Church to Have a New Shepherd’
After white smoke poured out from the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, signaling that the conclave had ended and that the cardinal-electors, guided by the Holy Spirit, had finished their […]
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Chicago Native Cardinal Prevost Elected, Takes Name of Leo XIV
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, the Chicago-born prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops under Pope Francis, was elected the 267th pope on Thursday, May 8, and took […]