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Pope Urges Madagascar’s Bishops to Protect Creation as Prophetic Mission

1 week ago | catholicphilly.com | Justin Mclellan

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Leo XIV asked Madagascar’s bishops to embrace the care of creation as a central part of their prophetic ministry, calling on them to safeguard the unique ecological beauty and fragility of their homeland. “Following Pope Francis, I invite you to take care of our common home, to preserve the beauty of the great island, whose beauty and fragility have been entrusted to you,” the pope told the island nation’s bishops during their visit to Rome for the Holy Year 2025.
Pope Sets Sept. 7 For Joint Canonization of Blesseds Acutis and Frassati

1 week ago | catholicphilly.com | Justin Mclellan

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Leo XIV will canonize Blesseds Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati together Sept. 7, the Vatican announced. Meeting with cardinals living in and visiting Rome for an ordinary public consistory June 13, the pope approved the new canonization date for the two young blesseds and set Oct. 19 as the date for the canonization of seven others. He announced the dates in Latin.
Take Care of Body, Mind, Heart, Spirit, Pope Tells Professional Cyclists

3 weeks ago | catholicphilly.com | Carol Glatz

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In a tribute to Pope Francis and his message of hope for the Jubilee Year, elite cyclists rode through Vatican City and its gardens before starting the last stage of the Giro d’Italia in Rome. The 159 cyclists from 29 countries whooshed past Swiss Guards and Vatican police at the gates to the tiny Vatican City State and made a short pit stop in the sunny square dedicated to the Roman Protomartyrs next to the sacristy of St. Peter’s Basilica June 1.
Pope, Romanian Bishops, Jewish Officials Pay Tribute to Martyred Bishop

3 weeks ago | catholicphilly.com | Cindy Wooden

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Blessed Iuliu Hossu, the Romanian Greek Catholic bishop of Cluj-Gherla, was named a cardinal “in pectore” — secretly — by St. Paul VI in 1969. But the bishop was in a communist prison in Romania and never received his red hat. Pope Leo XIV, along with representatives of the Romanian church and the country’s Jewish community, paid tribute to the martyred bishop June 2 during an evening ceremony in the Sistine Chapel.
Pope Asks Priests to be Signs of Reconciliation in the Church and World

3 weeks ago | catholicphilly.com | Cindy Wooden

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In a church and a world divided and fractured, priests are called to be witnesses of God’s love and forgiveness, which reconciles people and makes them one community, Pope Leo XIV told new priests. Leading Christian communities not as “lords” but as stewards, “we will rebuild the credibility of a wounded church sent to a wounded humanity within a wounded creation,” he told the 11 men he was about to ordain to the priesthood May 31.
Remember Christ’s Compassion, Show Compassion to Others, Pope Says

3 weeks ago | catholicphilly.com | Cindy Wooden

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Being religious does not automatically mean someone is compassionate, and yet for a Christian compassion is a clear sign of following Christ, Pope Leo XIV said. “Before being a religious matter, compassion is a question of humanity! Before being believers, we are called to be human,” the pope said May 28 as he held his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square. At the end of the audience, Pope Leo again pleaded for peace in Gaza and in Ukraine.
Pope Visits Papal Villa, Former Summer Residence in Castel Gandolfo

3 weeks ago | catholicphilly.com | Cindy Wooden

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Leo XIV spent several hours May 29 visiting the Borgo Laudato Si’ ecology project set up at the papal villa and farm in Castel Gandolfo, as well as the former papal summer residence there. Pope Francis established the project in early 2023, saying he wanted “to make a tangible contribution to the development of ecological education by opening a new space for training and raising awareness,” according to the Vatican City governor’s office.
Decisions, Relationships, Actions Must be Rooted in Nonviolence, Pope Says

3 weeks ago | catholicphilly.com | Carol Glatz

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Promoting peace requires training people’s hearts and minds to be concerned about others and perceive the common good, Pope Leo XIV said. “Our children and young people need to be able to experience the culture of life, dialogue and mutual respect. Above all, they need the witness of men and women who embody a different and nonviolent way of living,” he said during an audience at the Vatican May 30.
Future Pope Set Up Trafficking Commission for Vulnerable in Chiclayo

1 month ago | catholicphilly.com | Carol Glatz

ROME (CNS) — Before he was Pope Leo XIV, then-Bishop Robert F. Prevost of Chiclayo, Peru, created a commission to help women escape forced prostitution, said a trafficking survivor who worked with him. Silvia Teodolinda Vázquez, 52, told the Argentine newspaper, La Nacion, she met Pope Leo when he created a diocesan commission on human migration and trafficking in persons in 2017.
Every Vocation, Even the Pope’s, Springs from God’s Love, Pope Says

1 month ago | catholicphilly.com | Carol Glatz

ROME (CNS) — God’s love, mercy and goodness lie at the foundation of every vocation, including that of the pope, Pope Leo XIV said. “Let us ask the Lord for the grace to cultivate and spread his charity and to become true neighbors to one another,” he said, paraphrasing his predecessor, Pope Francis, in a homily at Rome’s Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls May 20.