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Jubilee of Synodal Teams: Converting relationships to be ‘One in Christ’
Posted on 10/25/2025 04:43 AM ()
Prior to Friday’s encounter with Pope Leo, participants in the Jubilee for Synodal Teams and Participatory Bodies engage in a dialogue in the Paul VI, with leaders discussing hopes for the future, ongoing tensions, and the place of synodality in the Church and the world.
Pope meets with Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam
Posted on 10/25/2025 03:44 AM ()
Pope Leo XIV receives Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and Deputy Prime Minister Tarek Mitri at an audience on Saturday morning. The Lebanese leaders later met with Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin and other members of the Secretariat of State
Pope at Jubilee Audience: We hope for what we do not yet see
Posted on 10/25/2025 02:52 AM ()
At the Jubilee Audience on Saturday, Pope Leo XIV holds up the example of Nicholas of Cusa, “a great thinker and a servant of unity”, who helps us understand that we can continue to hope even when we do not have all the answers.
Pope Leo dialogues with Synod teams and participants
Posted on 10/24/2025 11:15 AM ()
Pope Leo XIV meets and dialogues with members of Synodal teams and participatory bodies here for their Jubilee pilgrimage from 24 to 26 October 2025.
EBU: Vatican Radio provided essential coverage of conclave
Posted on 10/24/2025 06:35 AM ()
A European news summit organized by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and Italian broadcaster RAI highlighted Vatican Radio’s contribution to coverage of the papal transition by providing authoritative and timely information during the period from the death of Francis to the election of Pope Leo XIV.
Pope Leo to Jesuits: ‘Go to the frontiers with courage and discernment'
Posted on 10/24/2025 05:10 AM ()
Pope Leo XIV addresses the Major Superiors of the Society of Jesus, urging them to remain faithful to their missionary tradition of discernment and service at the frontiers of culture, faith, and human need.
Pope approves beatification for priests martyred under Nazism and Communism
Posted on 10/24/2025 05:03 AM ()
Pope Leo XIV approves the upcoming beatification of nine Polish priests martyred at Dachau and Auschwitz; and two diocesan priests killed out of “hatred of the faith” by the Communist regime that ruled Czechoslovakia in the 1950s. The Holy Father also promulgates decrees concerning four new Venerables: a Spanish Cistercian nun, a Spanish Dominican priest, an Italian diocesan priest, and an Italian Carmelite friar.
Pope Leo XIV: We must do everything to sustain the family
Posted on 10/24/2025 04:53 AM ()
Pope Leo XIV welcomes faculty and students from the Pontifical John Paul II Theological Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family, underscoring that “everywhere and always, we are called to sustain, defend, and promote the family."
Philippines: Bringing to light safeguarding as a mission of all
Posted on 10/24/2025 04:48 AM ()
The first national safeguarding conference in the Philippines, gathering experts and leaders from across Southeast Asia, highlights the Church’s shared mission to protect minors and vulnerable persons.
Pope to Estonian pilgrims: 'Your ecumenical witness is the antithesis to hatred'
Posted on 10/24/2025 03:50 AM ()
Pope Leo XIV reminds pilgrims from Estonia in Rome for the Jubilee that their ecumenical witness is the "very antithesis of the hatred that was so tragically visible during the Soviet regime’s persecution of the Church" and urges them "to pray fervently for peace" while "we still see the logic of war being perpetrated in Europe."