Vatican News – English
Pope prays before the Virgin of Almudena
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- Pope prays before the Virgin of Almudena
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- 1:11
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Pope Leo prays before the Virgin of Almudena at the Cathedral of Santa María la Real de la Almudena on his third day in Madrid, Spain.
The Pope recalled the “miraculous collapse” of the cave where the statue of Mary had once been hidden, allowing her to once again be venerated by her people - a metaphor for change.
The world, the Pope said, must also aim to open up spaces, in order to “catch a glimpse of the horizon.”
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- Vatican & World News 08.06.2026
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- 14:00
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- - Marking an historic first, a Pope, in the person of Leo XIV, addresses members of Spain’s Parliament
- On the third day of his apostolic journey to Spain, the Pope reminds the country‘s bishops that the Church’s true wealth lies in the holiness of her children
- We link up with our correspondent on the ground in Madrid for a preview of the next papal events
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- Pope to Spanish Bishops: Church's strength comes from holiness of her children
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- 1:01
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Pope Leo XIV reminds the Bishops of Spain that the Church's strength comes from the holiness of her children, and urges them to be father-like figures to priests who love Christ and are rooted in prayer.
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- Pope to Spain's Parliament: A just society defends every human life, peace, freedom
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- 1:24
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Pope Leo XIV addressed a joint session of Spain's Parliament on Monday, marking the first time a Pope has ever addressed the institution.
He told Spanish lawmakers that freedom of thought, conscience, and religion are decisive issues for every truly democratic society.
Every truly just society must be founded on the recognition of the inviolable dignity of the human person, he said.
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- Relive Pope Leo's second day in Madrid through these images
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- 0:59
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Highlights of the second day of the Pope's Apostolic Journey to Spain
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- Pope Leo's challenge to Catholics in Spain in his first Mass
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- 0:51
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Vatican News correspondent, Kielce Gussie, reports on the ground in Madrid on Pope Leo's first Mass in Spain, where more than one million people gathered to celebrate the feast of Corpus Christi.
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- Vatican & World News 07.06.2026
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- 14:00
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- - On the second day of his apostolic visit to Spain, Pope Leo XIV celebrates Holy Mass in central Madrid in the presence of over 1.2 million people
- We hear from our correspondent in Madrid, who spoke to some Spaniards who attended the event
- At a prayer vigil on Saturday evening, Pope Leo calls on young people to be missionaries of the Gospel to build the future of a better world
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- Pope Leo says Eucharistic grace transforms and makes us protagonists of hope
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- 0:59
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- 2 months ago
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- Over 1.2 million people crowded the Plaza de Cibeles and surrounding roads in Madrid on Sunday, June 7, in order to participate in the Mass presided by Pope Leo XIV, as well as the following Corpus Christi procession. In his homily, Pope Leo XIV highlighted that the procession reminds us that Christ comes to find us in the settings of our daily lives and is close to those who are most in need.
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- Madrid - Mass, Corpus Christi Procession, June 7, 2026 - Pope Leo XIV
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- 2:01:43
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- 2 months ago
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- From Plaza de Cibeles in Madrid, Spain, Pope Leo XIV presides at Holy Mass, the Corpus Christi Procession, and Eucharistic Benediction
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- Madrid - Prayer Vigil with Young People, June 6, 2026 - Pope Leo XIV
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- 2:15:53
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- From Plaza de Lima in Madrid, Spain, Pope Leo XIV holds a prayer vigil with young people
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- Pope Leo makes a joke: "I haven't memorized my speech"
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- 0:42
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- In a lighthearted moment, Pope Leo jokes that he has not memorized his speech, after a young Senegalese migrant addressing the Pope also read his remarks from a script.
The Pope was speaking at the CEDIA 24 Horas social center in Madrid, Spain, which provides assistance to the homeless and other vulnerable individuals.
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- Madrid - Visit to Workers and Assisted of CEDIA 24 Hours Project, June 6, 2026 - Pope Leo XIV
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- 1:26:42
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- 2 months ago
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- From the CEDIA 24 Hours Welcome and Information Center in Madrid, Spain, Pope Leo XIV meets with the workers and those they assist
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- Vatican & World News 06.06.2026
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- 14:00
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- - On the first day of his apostolic visit to Spain, Pope Leo emphasizes that religious freedom and freedom of conscience must be protected
- On the papal plane, the Pope insists on dialogue to end the war in Ukraine and expresses his closeness to Lebanon
- A young Spaniard speaks about the organization of the prayer vigil with the Pope in Madrid
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- Meet Clara a volunteer at Cedia 24 Horas in Madrid
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- 1:05
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- Ahead of the Pope's visit this evening, Clara, a volunteer at Cedia 24 Horas, explains how "enriching" her experience has been to hear the stories of the people she serves and how they continue to have hope throughout the challenges in life.
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- Pope Leo XIV is welcomed to Spain and calls for a civilization of love
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- 1:13
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- Pope Leo XIV receives an official welcome to Spain and greets the country's civil authorities and diplomatic corps.
"Our age, seemingly shaken by terrible imbalances and conflicts, cries out from its depths for peace, for a new understanding of the human person and its inviolable dignity, for a civilization of love."
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- Madrid - Meeting with Authorities, June 6, 2026 - Pope Leo XIV
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- 59:05
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- From the Royal Palace in Madrid, Spain, Pope Leo XIV meets with the Authorities, Civil Society, and Diplomatic Corps in the Salón de Columnas
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- Pope Leo XIV receives an official welcome to Spain
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- 1:07
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- Pope Leo XIV arrives in Madrid for his Apostolic Journey to Spain and is welcomed by King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia.
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- A look ahead to Pope Leo XIV's meeting with Spain's King and Queen at the Royal Palace in Madrid
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- 1:00
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- Reporting from Madrid, our Vatican News correspondent, Kielce Gussie, brings us to the Royal Palace of Madrid—Pope Leo’s first stop after arriving in Spain at the start of his Apostolic Journey.
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- Spanish youth look ahead to prayer vigil with Pope Leo XIV
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- 0:51
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- Our Vatican News correspondent, Kielce Gussie, reporting from Madrid, speaks with Marina Pinto of Madrid’s Youth Delegation about the importance of Pope Leo XIV’s prayer vigil with young people, which will conclude the first day of his visit to Spain on June 6.
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- Crusader castle takes centre stage in Lebanon conflict
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- 1:08
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- In this week’s news from the Eastern Churches, produced in collaboration with L’Œuvre d’Orient, we look at the role of Lebanon's Beaufort Castle over the centuries.
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- Cardinal Bo: The Pope made us feel that Myanmar is not forgotten
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- 2:00
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- The bishops of Myanmar are in Rome for their ad limina visits. Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, Archbishop of Yangon and President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Myanmar, speaks to Vatican News about their meeting with Pope Leo XIV and the situation in the country.
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- Pope Leo calls German students to a "God-centered life"
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- 0:58
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- Pope Leo XIV met with the German Catholic Student Associations in the Vatican on Friday, as they were gathering for a joint conference, the Cartellversammlung, for the first time outside of Germany. He called the students to live a “God-centered life,” to be representatives of the common good and to be witnesses to Christian humanism.
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- Vatican & World News 05.06.2026
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- 14:00
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- - The General Coordinator of Pope Leo’s upcoming journey to Spain says he expects the Pope’s visit to revitalize the church in a rapidly secularising country
- In his last day in Rome before beginning his trip to Spain, the Pope invites German students to live their faith without placing individual preferences before of church tradition
- We look ahead to the consistory at the end of June which will see cardinals from all over the world come to Rome for three days of discussions on global conflicts, the implementation of the Synod, and the Pope’s new encyclical Magnifica humanitas.
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- Vatican & World News 04.06.2026
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- 14:00
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- - Israel and Lebanon agree to renew their fragile ceasefire and create some security zones inside Lebanon as Gazan civilians continue to die under Israeli attacks
- Violence erupts in Somalia’s capital amid a constitutional crisis
- The Catholic Bishops of India welcome and praise Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical, "Magnifica Humanitas On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence"
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- Vatican & World News 03.06.2026
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- 14:00
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- June 3rd 2026, General Audience - Pope Leo XIV ASL
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- 1:09:35
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- From St. Peter’s Square, the Holy Father’s General Audience
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- Pope at Audience: The liturgy leads us back to what is essential
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- 1:07
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- Pope Leo XIV emphasizes the importance of the rite, signs and symbols of the liturgy to draw us closer to God, during his weekly General Audience catechesis reflecting on Vatican II's 1963 Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, Sacrosanctum Concilium.
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- June 3rd 2026, General Audience - Pope Leo XIV
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- 1:09:35
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- From St. Peter’s Square, the Holy Father’s General Audience
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- Vatican & World News 02.06.2026
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- 14:00
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- Vatican & World News 01.06.2026
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- 14:00
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- Pope Leo XIV invites Church to participate in World Mission Sunday
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- 1:01
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- During his address to representatives of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Pope Leo XIV invites the entire Church to participate in World Mission Sunday and recalls longtime PMS director in the United States, Venerable Fulton Sheen, who will be beatified in September, as a "light of faith and hope in the Gospel," noting: "I myself am a witness of his evangelization when I was growing up."
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- Vatican & World News 31.05.2026
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- 14:00
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- May 31 2026, Angelus prayer - Pope Leo XIV + ASL
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- 18:23
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- From St. Peter’s Square, recitation of the Angelus prayer led by Pope Leo XIV
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- Pope: May God guide world leaders towards a just and lasting peace
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- 0:43
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- Pope Leo renews his appeal for peace, praying that God guide world leaders towards a just and lasting peace, while also encouraging a culture of care for the ill and greeting pilgrims gathered at Poland’s Marian shrine of Piekary.
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- Rosary for Peace, May 30, 2026 – Pope Leo XIV + ASL
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- 1:14:02
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- Rosary for Peace, May 30, 2026 – Pope Leo XIV + ASL
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- Pope Leo at Rosary: Even in times of conflict, peace is possible
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- 1:04
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- To close the month dedicated to Mary, Pope Leo XIV prays a Rosary for peace at the Grotto of Lourdes in the Vatican Gardens, urging everyone to make the daily commitment to achieve peace, which is “possible when we choose to listen to the cry of those deprived of it.”
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- Vatican & World News 30.05.2026
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- 14:00
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- Pope Leo: Shared humanity is antidote to war and polarization
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- 0:27
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- Pope Leo XIV highlights our shared humanity as a bridge to overcoming polarization and division, as he meets with the Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice Foundation.
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- Vatican & World News 29.05.2026
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- 14:00
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- - US Vice-President Vance says the US and Iran are “very close” to a peace deal
- Romanian authorities say that Russia has struck an apartment building in eastern Romania, injuring two
- We speak to the Archbishop of New York about Pope Leo's recent encyclical letter on artificial intelligence
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- Reflection by Pope Leo XIV
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- 0:34
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- Reflection by Pope Leo XIV
"Artificial intelligence now demands to be “disarmed,” freed from logics that turn it into an instrument of domination, exclusion, and death. Like nuclear energy, it must be at the service of all and of the common good. Decisions about technology must never be separated from conscience and responsibility. Peace, not merely the absence of war, is justice at work. But when technology weakens our critical sense, peace itself is at risk."
(Presentation of Magnifica humanitas, May 25, 2026)
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- Vatican & World News 28.05.2026
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- 14:00
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- - Pope Leo XIV upholds evangelisation as a witness that attracts others through the call to love and truth
- Cardinal Cupich reflects on the Pope’s just-released encyclical on AI, noting it offers a new lens for the Church’s Social Doctrine
- A landmark agreement between the Holy See and Italy sees concrete action putting the Vatican on the path to becoming the first state in the world to produce 100% clean energy
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- Pope Leo: We proclaim the Gospel through joyful witness
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- 0:41
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- Pope Leo XIV recalls that the proclamation of the Gospel is not effective if we water down its truths or reduce its demands, but only works through joyful people and Christian communities.
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- Professor Léocadie Lushombo on the title: Magnifica Humanitas
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- 1:58
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- Professor Léocadie Lushombo, with Fr Paul Samasumo, reacts to the title: Magnifica Humanitas
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- May 27 2026, General Audience - Pope Leo XIV ASL
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- 1:04:01
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- From St. Peter’s Square, the Holy Father’s General Audience
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- Vatican & World News 27.05.2026
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- 14:00
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- Pope Leo appeals for peace in Ukraine
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- 0:56
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- Pope Leo XIV appeals for peace in Ukraine and expresses his closeness to victims of recent Russian bombings, recalling that war only destroys and never brings about peace.
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- Pope Leo urges priests to respect Church's liturgical norms
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- 0:29
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- Pope Leo XIV says liturgy must preserve certain elements that are divinely instituted, urging Catholic priests and the faithful to respect the texts and norms of published liturgical texts.
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- Vatican & World News 26.05.2026
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- 14:00
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- - A top computer scientist reacts to Pope Leo’s encyclical Magnifica humanitas
- A Silicon Valley parish priest highlights the importance of dialogue between the Church and the tech world
- We look back at the first social doctrine encyclical in the history of the Church
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- Reflection by Pope Leo XIV
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- 0:34
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- Reflection by Pope Leo XIV
"The Church wishes, with humility and frankness, to be part of conversations on artificial intelligence. We do not possess technical answers, nor do we seek to displace those with expertise. But we bring a wisdom concerning the human that our present time desperately needs: every person is unique and irreplaceable, a free and intelligent subject with a conscience, capable of seeking God, serving one another, and caring for our common home."
(Presentation of encyclical Magnifica Humanitas, May 25, 2026)
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- Pr. Lushombo highlights the need to "adopt the perspective of victims"
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- 0:58
- Date posted
- 3 months ago
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- After the presentation of Pope Leo’s first encyclical, Professor Léocadie Lushombo of the Jesuit School of Theology at Santa Clara University in California drew attention to victims of AI development, stressing the need to "adopt the perspective of victims" as the Pope wrote.
