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Pope Leo XIV prayed for the victims of a shooting at a Catholic church in Minneapolis and the children who die around the world from gun violence.
Speaking from the window of the Apostolic Palace to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square on Aug. 24, the pope reflected on the day’s Gospel reading from Luke.
Pope Leo XIV calls Catholics worldwide to invest their lives in compassion and mercy, urging vigilance and generosity in daily actions.
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.
“Today more than ever, humanity cries out and pleads for peace,” Pope Leo XIV said in remarks following his Angelus reflection June 22.
The solemnity coincided with the June 14–15 Jubilee of Sport, where Pope Leo XIV asked pilgrims who belong to sports teams and associations to glorify God.
Marking another in a series of recent surprise public appearances, Pope Francis on Sunday briefly greeted thousands of pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square to celebrate Palm Sunday.
The Holy Father expressed his heartfelt thanks to all who reflect the “image of the Savior” and work as “instruments of healing.”
“May the weapons be silenced and Christmas carols resound!” Pope Francis insisted on Sunday.
Pope Francis emphasized that “no child is ever a mistake” during his last Angelus address before Christmas Day.
During his Angelus address Sunday, Pope Francis asked his listeners to consider the qualities necessary for good leadership.
In his Sunday Angelus address, the Holy Father asked couples to reflect on whether their married life is fully open to the gift of children.
Pope Francis on Sunday urged the release of the remaining Hamas hostages as he remembered 23-year-old American Hersh Goldberg-Polin and five others.
“Material things do not give fullness to life,” Pope Francis said in his Angelus address Sunday. “They are important but they do not fill life. Only love can do that.”
Speaking from an Apostolic Palace window on June 23, Pope Francis asked the crowd in St. Peter’s Square to reflect on how they usually deal with times of trial.
Reflecting on Jesus’ parable comparing the kingdom of God to a mustard seed, the pope said Christians should have an attitude of “confident expectation” in the Lord.
Speaking in his Angelus address on June 9, the pope asked people to contemplate the temptations that can imprison us and the freedom found in Christ
Pope Francis said Sunday that God’s glory and our true happiness are not found in success, fame, or popularity but in loving and forgiving others.
Pope Francis appeared in good form during his Angelus address, marking the the Ukraine war’s second anniversary and reflecting on the Transfiguration.
Pope Francis encouraged people to learn how to “say ‘no’ to the temptations of evil before they creep into the soul” by invoking the name of Jesus.