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Pope Leo XIV sets stage for June consistory with letter to cardinals
3+ hour, 33+ min ago (641+ words) ROME (OSV News) "Pope Leo XIV sent a letter to the College of Cardinals thanking them for their participation in the January consistory and preparing the conversation for their next gathering June 26-27 " right before the solemnity of Sts. Peter and…...
Wyoming's only Catholic bishop issues pastoral on immigration
5+ hour, 19+ min ago (505+ words) (OSV News) "The Church's teaching on the rights and dignity of migrants can help guide conversations about immigration reform, Bishop Steven R. Biegler of Cheyenne, Wyoming, wrote in a new pastoral letter on immigration, which he said was an effort to…...
Pope sends message to Madrid's massive Easter concert as youth pray for peace
11+ hour, 5+ min ago (943+ words) (OSV News) "While the Easter season is a time of joy for Christians around the world, for many the current state of war engulfing the world has made it a more somber occasion than in past years. Yet, as Pope…...
Son of Augustine: Pope Leo XIV retraces St. Augustines steps in Algeria
9+ hour, 49+ min ago (1099+ words) ANNABA, Algeria (OSV News) "Pope Leo XIV offered Mass April 14 at the basilica built near the site where St. Augustine died nearly 1, 600 years ago, making a deeply personal pilgrimage in the footsteps of St. Augustine in Algeria. "Here the martyrs…...
Bamenda's archbishop: Papal visit to Cameroon has brought miracles before it even begins
12+ hour, 11+ min ago (980+ words) BAMENDA, Cameroon (OSV News) " Cameroon is abuzz with anticipation as the nation prepares to welcome the pontiff for the fourth time in the country's history. Pope Leo XIV is expected in the central African nation April 15-18, during which time he…...
New Chaldean patriarch elected for Iraq amid pope's calls he "should be' a "father in faith'
15+ hour, 10+ min ago (767+ words) (OSV News) "Iraqi Archbishop Amel Shamon Nona, who until now led the Chaldean Eparchy of St. Thomas the Apostle of Australia and New Zealand, was elected patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, succeeding Cardinal Louis Sako. Archbishop Nona was elected…...
Pope Leo praises witness of Algeria's Christian martyrs at meeting with local Catholics
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (939+ words) ALGIERS (OSV News) "Pope Leo XIV honored the memory of Algeria's Christian martyrs Monday evening, telling the country's tiny Catholic community that the blood of those who died for their faith remains "a living seed that never ceases to bear…...
Pope's journey to Africa is chance to rediscover the Church's African roots, say historians
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (1151+ words) (OSV News) " As Pope Leo XIV makes his first apostolic journey to Africa April 13-23, some scholars of the Church's past are hoping he won't just make history " but that he'll also help the wider Church recover that history. The pope…...
Pope Leo's trip to Africa
3+ day, 28+ min ago (120+ words) Pope Leo XIV will travel to four countries on the continent of Africa April 13-23. Here's what you need to know. Live Updates from Africa Pope Leo's trip to Africa at a glance Pope Leo's trip to Africa at a glance…...
Pope decries horror, inhumanity that "some adults boast of with pride
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (878+ words) VATICAN CITY (CNS) " Warning against an increasingly unpredictable and aggressive "delusion of omnipotence" threatening the globe, Pope Leo XIV called on world leaders and individuals to empty their hearts and minds of hatred and violence, and to start serving life....