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Pope Leo XIV spoke about unity on Sunday, June 29, after bestowing the pallium on 54 new metropolitan archbishops on the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, patrons of the city of Rome. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV Warns New Archbishops Against Pastoral Plans that Repeat Without Renewing 

Jun 29, 2025

Pope Leo XIV warned new archbishops on Sunday against following “the same old pastoral plans without experiencing interior renewal and a willingness to respond to new challenges.”  

Pope Leo XIV spoke about unity on Sunday, June 29, after bestowing the pallium on 54 new metropolitan archbishops on the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, patrons of the city of Rome. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV Says the Unity of the Church "is nourished by forgiveness and mutual trust"

Jun 29, 2025

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday spoke about unity in the Catholic Church after bestowing the pallium on 54 new metropolitan archbishops on the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, patrons of the city of Rome. 

Pope Leo XIV waves during the inaugural Mass of his pontificate, held in St. Peter’s Square on May 18, 2025. He stands in front of a Flemish tapestry depicting the dialogue between Jesus and Peter after the miraculous catch of fish. / Credit: Vatican Media

A Papacy Begins: Pope Leo XIV Calls for United Church at His Inauguration Eucharistic Celebration

May 18, 2025

Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S.-born pontiff, began his papacy with a richly-symbolic inaugural Mass, celebrated at the Vatican before a crowd of 150,00 people.

Archbishops wear the pallium they received from Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Basilica, June 29, 2014. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Pope Francis to Bless "pallia" at Mass on Sts. Peter and Paul’s Feast Day

Jun 28, 2024

Each blessed pallium will be placed on the shoulders of the 42 new metropolitan archbishops who were appointed during the last year, including two Americans.

Archbishop Anthonio Guido Fillipazzi, Apostolic Nuncio in Nigeria conferring the pallium on the Local Ordinary of Nigeria’s Abuja Archdiocese, Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama during Mass at Our Lady Queen of Nigeria, Pro-Cathedral Thursday, August 27, 2020. / Archdiocese of Abuja

Nuncio in Nigeria Highlights Communion Value as Abuja Archbishop Receives Pallium

Aug 27, 2020

The representative of the Holy Father in Nigeria has, at the Eucharistic celebration during which the Archbishop of Abuja received the pallium, underscored the importance of communion in the Church.