Pope Leo XIV

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EWTN News Nightly

Eight hundred years after the death of St. Francis of Assisi, Pope Leo has proclaimed a Special Jubilee Year in the saint’s honor. The Jubilee revives the historic “Pardon of Assisi,” offering the opportunity for a plenary indulgence. The year will include major events in Assisi, including the first extended public veneration of St. Francis’ mortal remains. Church leaders say the Jubilee highlights St. Francis’ enduring message of mercy, peace, and harmony in a world marked by division and uncertainty:
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Mark Lambert

The Holy Door of St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican has been sealed up.
“It is good to become pilgrims of hope. And it is good to continue to be so, together! God’s faithfulness will surprise us again. If we do not reduce our churches to monuments, if our communities are truly homes, if we remain united in resisting the enticements of the powerful, then we will be the generation of the dawn. Mary, Star of the Morning, will always walk before us! In her Son we shall contemplate and serve a magnificent humanity, transformed not by delusions of omnipotence, but by the God who, out of love, became flesh.” — Leo XIV

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RT

Pope Leo XIV has reportedly been invited to join Trump’s 'Board of Peace'

The first US pope — and a critic of some of Trump’s policies — is said to be evaluating the offer

Hopefully, His Holiness won't have to pay a billion dollars to get in

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ROME REPORTS

Trump invites Pope Leo to join the 'Board of Peace' for the reconstruction of Gaza. The announcement was made by Cardinal Parolin on the sidelines of an event 📢

Each country would be required to contribute $1 billion to secure a seat on the council. However, despite the invitation, the Cardinal made it clear that the Vatican will not make any financial contribution 💸

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EWTN News

Pope Leo XIV will not travel to the United States in 2026, the director of the Holy See Press Office, Matteo Bruni, said Sunday, denying circulating reports that the pontiff might make an apostolic trip to his native country.
A U.S. visit had been anticipated by some American Catholics ahead of the country’s 250th anniversary of independence on July 4, 2026.
At the same time, papal travel elsewhere is taking shape. Local church authorities in Africa have said Leo will visit several countries on the continent — with Angola and Equatorial Guinea among the destinations publicly confirmed by local authorities, and Cameroon also widely anticipated as part of the itinerary — with timing broadly described as after Easter.
In South America, Peruvian bishops have said the pope will visit the country — where he previously served as a bishop — later this year, with local church leaders pointing to a timeframe in November or early December.
A visit to Spain is also expected this summer, with Spanish church authorities indicating stops including Madrid, Barcelona, and the Canary Islands.
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James Tate

Pope declares Trump’s war prayer circus “Immoral” and warns MAGA that war is not holy.

Pope Leo XIV delivered a stunning rebuke from the Vatican after evangelical leaders gathered in the Oval Office to lay hands on Donald Trump and bless his war with Iran.
The Chicago-born pontiff rejected the spectacle outright and issued a blunt moral warning.
"War is not holy; only peace is holy because it is willed by God."
The pope repeated the words several times as he condemned the growing conflict that has already taken lives. American troops are dying. Iranian civilians are dying. Schoolgirls have been killed. The danger of a wider regional catastrophe grows by the day.
He called the fighting an immoral assault and pleaded with leaders across the world to listen to the suffering instead of the fanatics trying to baptize violence.
"If the world is deaf to this appeal, we are certain that God will hear our prayer and the lament of so much suffering.
"We must dare peace. Enough of wars with their painful piles of death, their destruction and displacement."
No prayer circle in the Oval Office can make bloodshed holy. VIA~~~U.S. Democratic Socialists

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Christopher Hale

Mar 3
NEW: Pope Leo XIV has criticized Donald Trump’s Iran War for the third time in three days:

“Find solutions, without weapons, to resolve problems,” the first U.S-born pope said.

“Pray for peace, work for peace, less hatred. Hatred keeps growing in the world.”

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Ihab Hassan

BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV expressed deep sorrow over the killing of Father Pierre El-Rai, who was killed by Israeli army artillery shelling in the village of Al-Qlayaa in southern Lebanon.

The Pope said he is following the situation with concern and is praying for an immediate end to the hostilities and for peace in the region.

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Catholic Arena

BREAKING 🇱🇧 🇻🇦

The Vatican Press Office:

"Pope Leo XIV expresses his deep sorrow for all the victims of the recent bombings in the Middle East, for the many innocent people, including many children, and for those who came to their aid, such as Father Pierre El-Rahi, the Maronite priest killed this afternoon in Qlayaa. He is following the events with concern and prays for a swift end to all hostilities.”


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May 12, 2025

Commentary account

You know, it’s funny when people hear that Pope Leo XIV has a math degree, taught physics, and wrote a thesis on monastic leadership, they act like it's some wild plot twist. The Catholic Church has always been low-key obsessed with education. I mean, did you know nearly every pope since the Renaissance has had a PhD? Benedict XVI had five. Cardinals today basically need doctorate-level expertise to even get a seat at the table. Leo XIV isn't an outlier; he's following a 2,000-year-old playbook where faith and reason are BFFs. This is the same institution that gave us the Big Bang theory (thanks to a Jesuit priest, Georges Lemaître) and the guy who invented genetics (shoutout to Gregor Mendel, the pea-plant-obsessed Augustinian friar). Yet somehow, we still think of the Church as just incense and hymns.

The Church's duality; defending doctrinal tradition while pioneering intellectual frontiers, is its defining paradox. Consider the Vatican's astronomical observatory, which has operated since 1582, or the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, which has included members like Hawking and Einstein.

Let's break it down. Those monks and nuns you picture copying manuscripts in candlelit monasteries? They weren't just praying, they were preserving ancient Greek philosophy, advancing math, and basically saving Western civilisation during the Dark Ages. Fast-forward to today, and the Vatican still runs its own space telescope (yes, really, Jesuit brothers track asteroids). The Chúrch condemned Galileo, sure, but now it funds ethical stem-cell research and partners with IBM on AI ethics. It's like the ultimate comeback story: "Oops, we messed up on heliocentrism; here's a think tank on quantum physics."

And let's talk about those religious orders. Jesuits? They basically invented the modern university system. The Jesuits founded in 1540, by a chap called Ignatius Loyala, (half monk, half soldier) ran over 800 universities globally. Franciscans gave us Occam's Razor; you know, that "simplest explanation is best" rule you learned in science class? That came from a 14th-century friar who loved logic more than the Pope loved his fancy hat. The Dominicans had Thomas Aquinas, who merged Aristotle's philosophy with theology. Augustinians, Leo XIV's crew, were all about community and critical thinking, traits he took to Peru, where he spent 20 years teaching in slums while quietly holding dual citizenship. The guy's got more layers than a medieval manuscript.

But here's the upper-cut: the Church thrives on this weird paradox. It's conservative enough to make your grandma nod approvingly ("No women priests? Classic.") but progressive enough to have a Pope who trash-talks eco deniers and slams border politics. Leo XIV fits right in; he's a Republican primary voter who also called Trump's family separations "illicit," a social media critic who warns bishops not to be divisive online. It's like the Church says, "We'll debate evolution with Darwinians by day and chant Latin psalms by night and we'll look good doing both."

So next time someone acts shocked that a pope knows quantum physics or tweets about refugees, just smile. The Catholic Church has been playing 4D chess with knowledge for centuries. It's not a relic; it's a living library, where friars argue about black holes over breakfast and nuns run coding bootcamps. Leo XIV? He's just the latest chapter in a story where faith doesn't fear science…It fuels it.

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EWTN News

Feb 27

Pope Leo XIV responded to an atheist who paradoxically described himself as someone who “loves God,” explaining to him that “the real problem of faith” isn’t believing or not believing in him but seeking him.

In the February issue of the magazine Piazza San Pietro, the pope answered a man named Rocco from Reggio Calabria, Italy, who asked for help with some questions he had: “How is it possible to consider oneself an atheist and love God? I feel the need to love God, but I consider myself an atheist, or perhaps I think I am, and deep down, am I seeking God?”

To better express what he was going through, Rocco sent the pope the following poem: “I observe nature, spying on every development: the sunrise or its setting on the horizon; the starry sky and the mystery of harmony. I believe that I don’t believe, absolutely certain of nothingness, yet I still yearn for God. My drama is God! My restlessness is God! An atheist who loves God!”

The Holy Father thanked Rocco for his “beautiful poetry” and shared that it reminded him of a line from St. Augustine’s “Confessions,” his most famous book: “You were within me, and I was outside. And there I sought you.”

In this regard, Pope Leo emphasized that this is enough “to tell you that one cannot be an atheist who loves God, who seeks him with a sincere heart.”

“Recently, several theologians have helped us reflect on how what is important in life is seeking God. Yes, because the real problem of faith isn’t believing or not believing in God, but seeking or not seeking him!” the pope continued.

God, Leo continued, “allows himself to be found by the heart that seeks him, and perhaps the correct distinction to make is not so much between believers and nonbelievers but between those who seek God and those who do not.”

In conclusion, Leo XIV said that “one can believe that one believes and not seek the face of God, not love him; one can believe that one does not believe and be ardent seekers of his face, loving him as you do. So, Rocco, we are all longing for Love, we are all seekers of God. And therein lies the dignity and beauty of our lives.”

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