Singing and playing music during the liturgy is an integral and necessary part of the celebration, which means it is much more than something “decorative,” Pope Leo XIV said.
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(OSV News) — The following is the full text of Pope Leo XIV’s general audience address given August 19 in St. Peter’s Basilica. Catechesis. The Documents of the Second Vatican …
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Cardinal Pietro Parolin sent condolences Aug. 18 on the pope’s behalf to Polish Archbishop Adam Szal of Przemysl and Bishop Jan Franciszek Watroba of Rzeszów, who lead the dioceses to …
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The Zimbabwe bishops’ conference also offered prayers for the victims and their families
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(OSV News) — Warning against increased violence in the West Bank, Pope Leo XIV urged world leaders to decisively pursue an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel. “I renew my appeal …
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On the Feast of the Assumption, the pope invoked Mary’s intercession for “those communities that are in particular need of consolation and of renewed hope.”
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“For it is the purity of the soul that, in Mary — as in us — by the grace of God, illuminates and transfigures the whole person, leading us to …
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Pope Leo lamented the increasing number of children and adolescents forced to flee their homes due to “war, poverty, violence, environmental disasters and other tragedies.”
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The pope’s donation, the bishops said, will be used to address the most pressing needs after the quake in Colombia, and the Vatican said it would provide additional assistance
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(OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV encouraged sisters to foster vocations to religious life in the United States in a video message sent Aug. 12. Addressing participants in the Leadership …
