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5 beatification causes advance (CWN)
In a February 21 meeting with the prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, Pope Leo XIV approved decrees that advanced five beatification causes.
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Pope Leo recalls Cardinal Pengo as ‘wise and gentle pastor’ (Vatican Press Office)
Pope Leo XIV recalled the late Cardinal Polycarp Pengo of Tanzania as a “wise and gentle pastor,” in a telegram of condolence to his successor, Archbishop Jude Thaddaeus Ruwa’ichi of …
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Hungary’s president meets with Pope, hails Vatican’s peace advocacy (CWN)
President Tamás Sulyok of Hungary met with Pope Leo XIV and hailed the Vatican’s advocacy for peace.
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Vatican newspaper deplores Russian invasion of Ukraine on its 4th anniversary (CWN)
The Vatican newspaper decried “four years of bombs, rubble, death, pain, and oppression” as it marked the fourth anniversary of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine with a special section.
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Pope offers encouragement to Italian bishops’ youth employment project (Dicastery for Communication)
Stating that “no young person in life can be left on the sidelines,” Pope Leo XIV offered encouragement to participants in the Italian bishops’ Progetto Policoro (Policoro Project), in which …
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A sincere family spirit comes from the altar and the tabernacle, Pope tells religious institutes (CWN)
Pope Leo XIV told members of two religious institutes that a “sincere and generous” family spirit comes from the altar and the tabernacle.
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Monday of the First Week of Lent
Jesus said to his disciples:“When the Son of Man comes in his glory,and all the angels with him,he will sit upon his glorious throne,and all the nations will be assembled …
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St. Polycarp—Eighty and six years have I served him, and he never did me any injury …
Eighty and six years have I served him, and he never did me any injury; how then can I blaspheme my King and my Savior? — St. Polycarp
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Feb. 23 Monday of the First Week of Lent; Opt Mem of St. Polycarp, Opt. Mem.
The great themes–the annual catechumenate by which all the people of the Church are renewed in the baptismal promises they repeat at the Easter Vigil; the adventure of God in …
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Thousands convene in Assisi to pray before bones of St. Francis on first day of historic viewing
Nearly 400,000 people are expected to venerate the saint’s relics while on public display through March 22. Pilgrims venerate St. Francis of Assisi’s relics in the lower church of the …