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Jubilee 2025
Jubilee event combines popular piety, venerated statues and ancient ruins
Events for the Holy Year 2025 continue in Rome. The Jubilee of Confraternities held processions in Rome to share their devotion with residents and tourists alike.
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Pope Leo XIV
Pope Leo XIV's installation Mass: A new beginning rooted in tradition
The public liturgy marking the start of Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate will combine ancient rituals, papal symbols and global participation in a celebration of continuity and...
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Pope Leo XIV
Pope Leo to diplomats: Church will always speak truth, work for justice
In his first speech to the diplomatic corps, Pope Leo XIV emphasized the Catholic Church's mission to promote peace, truth and justice, calling for renewed global...
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Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs
Meeting Eastern Catholics, pope pledges to be peacemaker
Pope Leo XIV praised the faith and traditions of Eastern Catholics, who were in Rome for their Jubilee. He also reaffirmed the Vatican's role in seeking diplomatic...
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Pornography
Increased Acceptance of Pornography in Society Draws Renewed Effort from Catholic Bishops to Support Families at Risk
With pornography continuing to hurt American families at an alarming rate, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) just released the second edition of...
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Pope Leo XIV
New pope, who is a tennis fan, meets world's No. 1 player
Pope Leo XIV enjoys playing tennis and seems to have been keeping up with the Italian Open.
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Pope Leo XIV
Full text of 2012 CNS interview with future Pope Leo XIV on new evangelization
Since 1950, Catholic News Service Rome interviewed many people participating in important events at the Vatican. One of those people was the future Pope Leo XIV. He sat...
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Pope Leo XIV
With jobs disappearing, cardinal says he 'rejoiced' at pope's name choice
Cardinal Czerny, prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, talks about jobs -- a critical issue facing the church, governments and people.
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Pope Leo XIV
Pope pledges strengthened dialogue with Jewish community
With personal messages to the Chief Rabbi of Rome and to the American Jewish Committee, Pope Leo XIV pledged to continue building on good relations between the Catholic...
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Pope Leo XIV
Pope thanks media, urges them to be peacemakers
Pope Leo XIV met with thousands of reporters, radio and television correspondents, photographers and camera operators who covered the death and funeral of Pope Francis...