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Pope Leo XIV says Eastern Catholics often see violence, calls for peace

23 hours ago | cruxnow.com | Charles Collins |John Allen Jr |Elise Ann Allen |Nirmala Carvalho

Pope Leo XIV says the Church needs the Christian East and has a “great need to recover the sense of mystery that remains alive in your … liturgies that engage the human person in his or her entirety.”The new pontiff was speaking to participants in the Jubilee of the Oriental Churches in the Vatican’s Audience Hall on Wednesday. There are 23 Eastern Catholic Churches in the world, consisting of nearly 20 million people.
Bolivian bishops make unprecedented critical tone against the government before elections

1 day ago | cruxnow.com | Eduardo Lima |John Allen Jr |Charles Collins |Elise Ann Allen

SÃO PAULO, Brazil – As Bolivia prepares for the upcoming August elections and relevant politicians confirm their will to run for president, the nation’s episcopate unprecedentedly decided to take an ostensible stance against the left-wing party that has been ruling for almost 20 years.
British envoy to Vatican looks forward to collaborating with new pope

1 day ago | cruxnow.com | Elise Ann Allen |John Allen Jr |Charles Collins |Nirmala Carvalho

ROME – British Ambassador to the Holy See Chris Trott has voiced excitement over the recent election of Pope Leo XIV and has said he is looking forward to continuing collaboration with the world’s greatest soft power. He also voiced his belief that the fact that Pope Leo is from the United States, while spending some 30 years as a missionary in Peru, won’t change the way diplomats or states engage with the Holy See, saying it’s about the issues, not the man.
Caritas urges respect for environmental laws after floods in eastern DRC

2 days ago | cruxnow.com | Ngala Killian Chimtom |John Allen Jr |Charles Collins |Elise Ann Allen

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – Heavy flooding in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) washed away several villages along the shores of Lake Tanganyika, leaving at least 104 dead and 50 others missing. Torrential rains caused the Kasaba River to overflow, sending powerful floodwaters rushing through communities. The currents swept away everything in their path — large stones, trees, and mud — according to officials. Authorities also reported that 28 people were injured.
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy speaks to Pope Leo XIV

2 days ago | cruxnow.com | Charles Collins |John Allen Jr |Elise Ann Allen |Nirmala Carvalho

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on Monday he had spoken with Pope Leo XIV and invited him to visit Ukraine. On Sunday, the pontiff he carried “in my heart the sufferings of the beloved Ukrainian people.” “May everything possible be done to reach an authentic, just and lasting peace, as soon as possible. Let all the prisoners be freed and the children return to their own families,” Leo said.
Pope Leo calls for freedom of journos jailed who ‘report the truth’

3 days ago | cruxnow.com | Elise Ann Allen |John Allen Jr |Nirmala Carvalho |Christopher R. Altieri

ROME – In a speech to members of the international media Monday, Pope Leo XIV called for a rhetoric of peace over words of anger or ideology, and issued an appeal for the freedom of journalist imprisoned for reporting the truth.
Japanese cardinal explains why Pope Leo XIV was chosen in the conclave

3 days ago | cruxnow.com | Nirmala Carvalho |John Allen Jr |Elise Ann Allen |Christopher R. Altieri

MUMBAI, India – Japanese Cardinal Isao Kikuchi of Tokyo says Pope Leo XIV’s previous work as a missionary and as a Vatican official were important reasons he will make a good pontiff. Speaking to Crux, the cardinal gave is reflections on the election of American Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, a member of the Augustinian order, to the Chair of Peter on May 8. “Pope Leo XIV has a rich background in missionary work, especially in Peru, where he served both as a missionary and later as a bishop.
Pope Leo sings Marian prayer, prays for young people and vocations

4 days ago | cruxnow.com | Elise Ann Allen |John Allen Jr |Christopher R. Altieri |Andrew Dampf

ROME – In his first Sunday Regina Coeli address during Easter, Pope Leo XIV gave pilgrims a surprise and sang the traditional Marian prayer, and prayed for increased vocations to the priesthood and consecrated life. Speaking to pilgrims from the central loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica, Leo noted that his Sunday, May 11 address coincided with Good Shepherd Sunday, saying it was “a gift” that his service as pope began on that day.
Pope Leo XIV is a tennis player. Tsitsipas would be happy to hit some balls with him

4 days ago | cruxnow.com | Andrew Dampf |John Allen Jr |Elise Ann Allen |Christopher Altieri

ROME — It was fitting that when Pope Leo XIV was elected, the Italian Open tennis tournament was being played just up the road from the Vatican. Because tennis is the sport that the first American pope likes to play. “I consider myself quite the amateur tennis player,” Leo, the Chicago-born Augustinian missionary Robert Prevost, said in a 2023 interview with the Augustinian Order after taking over the Vatican’s powerful Dicastery for Bishops following years as a missionary in Peru.
Pope Leo XIV: What we know already (and what we can expect)

4 days ago | cruxnow.com | Christopher Altieri |John Allen Jr |Charles Collins |Elise Ann Allen

In case you hadn’t heard, the cardinals elected Pope Leo XIV to succeed Pope Francis to the See of Peter. Born Robert Francis Prevost, the Augustinian missionary priest who served as prior general of his Augustinian order in Rome and was bishop of Chiclayo in Peru, came late to the Vatican – in 2023 – when the recently departed Pope Francis made him prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops and gave him the red hat.