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PARIS (CNS) — On the first official papal state visit to France in 18 years, Pope Leo XIV stepped into one of the country’s perpetual underlying tensions: the place of …

PARIS (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV urged 80,000 young people gathered at the Stade de France Sept. 25 to pursue holiness, peace and a “living relationship with Jesus” during …

The superior of the Benedictine community in Jaroslaw told Poland’s Catholic Information Agency, KAI, that the attack began shortly before Mass.

“I received messages during the beatification ceremony yesterday writing and saying, ‘Why weren’t you here?’ That would’ve been so great,” the pope said.

“Here, the Catholic world and the world of human culture meet on a daily basis, in a concrete way,” the vice rector told OSV News.

The center is named after St. Josephine Bakhita, a Sudanese slave who became a nun in Italy, where she died in 1947, and who was canonized in 2000.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ontario Premier Doug Ford released statements condemning the shooting in Belleville.

Progress in science and technology is not contrary to belief in God, and Christians should be actively involved in shaping that progress so that it serves human dignity and the …

“In modern times, the tunic has never been officially taken out of the basilica. This is a major first, just as Leo XIV will be the first pope to behold …

Organizers said the study represented an “intense year of work” and noted the commission “enjoyed the full cooperation of the archdiocese and at no point experienced any interruption.”