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The Oct. 7-14 closed-door meeting of bishops, convened by Pope Leo, is focused on marriage and family.

(OSV News) –– The following is the full text of Pope Leo XIV’s opening address for the meeting with the heads of the Eastern churches and the presidents of episcopal conferences, …

The following is the full text of Pope Leo XIV’s general audience address given Oct. 7 in St. Peter’s Square.

Christians “cannot accept the oppression of the weak and the poor, nor the unjust structures that perpetuate conditions of dependence and injustice,” Pope Leo XIV said at his weekly general …

Pope Leo XIV offers his advice to young people on finding authentic true love and commitment in marriage in a new book foreword published Oct. 6. 

“We believe readers around the world will appreciate” this book and “will be able to gain an even deeper understanding of the Argentine pope’s inner life.”

ROME (OSV News) —  At the stroke of midnight Oct. 4, church bells tolled across the Italian hilltown of Assisi to mark the 800th anniversary of St. Francis’ death. The …

Bishop Louis Tylka of Peoria, Illinois, presented Pope Leo XIV with a relic of the recently beatified Blessed Fulton Sheen during a private audience at the Vatican Oct. 5.

(OSV News) — The following is the full text of Pope Leo XIV’s Angelus address given Oct. 4 at St. Peter’s Square. Dear brothers and sisters, happy Sunday! The Gospel …

The Vatican announced Cardinal Mauro Gambetti will now lead the Italian Archdiocese of Chieti-Vasto.