(OSV News) — Days after participating in Pope Leo XIV’s July 4 visit to the Italian island of Lampedusa — where close to 50,000 refugees and migrants landed in 2025 alone …
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“Pope Francis said we shouldn’t simply care for persons with disabilities, but we must ‘ensure their active participation’ in the Church and society at large.”
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The gathering is intended “to proceed, in mutual listening, to a synodal discernment on the steps to be taken” to “proclaim the Gospel to families today.”
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The apostolic mandate is required to proceed with bishops’ consecrations, which the society did not have for the July 1 ceremony..
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More than 450 laypeople, clergy, scholars, artists, educators, students and family members gathered for the ministry’s fourth conference. The event marked the fifth anniversary of the Outreach ministry itself, which …
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Pope Leo opens the first encyclical of his pontificate by saying that humanity today faces a pivotal choice — “either to construct a new Tower of Babel or to build …
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VATICAN CITY (OSV News) — The following is the full text of Pope Leo XIV‘s Regina Caeli address given May 24, the feast of Pentecost, at St. Peter’s Square. Dear …
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ROME (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV traveled May 23 to the southern Italian town of Acerra, where he met with families who have lost children and loved ones to …
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(OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV advanced the sainthood causes of one woman and five men, including the Maronite patriarch who played an integral role in the establishment of modern-day …
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Dialogue between the Vatican and German bishops regarding the blessing of same-sex unions is ongoing, and it was too soon to talk about sanctions, said the Vatican secretary of state.
