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Opinion: Pope Leo reminds us of the value of our shared humanity
6+ hour, 13+ min ago (369+ words) Pope Leo released his first encyclical this week. He called it Magnifica Humanitas " or Magnificent Humanity. In it, he compares the swift, irresistible rise of Artificial Intelligence in our lives to the biblical story of the Tower of Babel, which…...
Pope names pro-immigrant pastor bishop of diocese where Trump's Mar-a-Lago is located
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (763+ words) Pope Leo XIV on Friday named the Rev. Manuel de Jes's Rodr'guez, currently pastor of a predominantly Hispanic church in the Queens borough of New York City, as bishop of Palm Beach, Florida. The diocese is home to the Mar-a-Lago…...
New York has a new Archbishop. His background looks a lot like Pope Leo's
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (666+ words) VATICAN CITY (RNS) " Pope Leo XIV tapped Bishop Ronald A. Hicks of Joliet, Illinois, to lead the influential Archdiocese of New York, replacing Cardinal Timothy Dolan, who led New York's 2. 8 million Catholics for 16 years. Dolan, following Vatican rules, had tendered his…...
Pope Leo visits a wounded Lebanon in his first trip to the Middle East
5+ mon, 4+ week ago (1019+ words) BEIRUT " Pope Leo XIV is in Lebanon on his first visit to the Middle East since he was chosen as leader of the world's Catholics in May. He arrives at a pivotal time for the country, buffeted by conflict with…...
U. S. bishops officially ban gender-affirming care at Catholic hospitals
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (776+ words) U. S. Catholic bishops voted Wednesday to make official a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender patients at Catholic hospitals. The step formalizes a yearslong process for the U. S. church to address transgender health care. From a Baltimore hotel ballroom, the bishops overwhelmingly…...
Pope Leo's religious community is drawing renewed interest. Here's what makes it unique
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (679+ words) When James Schloegel took his vows as an Augustinian friar this summer, he knelt before the altar in a Chicago church, surrounded by friends, family, and fellow friars. At 32, he had spent years discerning his calling to religious life " a…...
A teen nicknamed 'God's influencer' is becoming the first millennial saint
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (451+ words) It can take hundreds of years to be recognized as a saint. For Acutis, it has happened so quickly that his mother and father are in the rare position of being alive to witness it. "Of course it doesn't mean…...
Pope Leo tells 1 million Catholic youths they are sign 'different world is possible"
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (517+ words) ROME " Pope Leo XIV on Sunday told more than a million Catholic youths at a closing Mass for a weeklong encounter with the next generation of faithful that they are "the sign that a different world is possible" where conflicts…...
Father James Martin has taken heat for his LGBTQ acceptance
9+ mon, 4+ week ago (161+ words) Father James Martin has become one of the most well-known Catholic priests in the U. S. But his journey to the priesthood took him by surprise after a chance encounter with a documentary. Father James Martin has taken heat for his LGBTQ…...
Pope Leo's scandal-plagued hometown sees a bright future in buying his childhood home
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (958+ words) The Chicago suburb where Pope Leo grew up plans to purchase his childhood home and turn it into a historic site. The Board of Trustees of Dolton, Ill. , voted unanimously on Tuesday to put an offer on the three-bedroom, three-bath brick…...