Pope Leo spoke by phone with President Zelensky about reaching a ceasefire in besieged city of Oleshky
Pope Leo XIV spoke by telephone with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine today, seeking a humanitarian ceasefire with Russia in the city of Oleshky, where 2,000 people are trapped without food.
Pope’s brother speaks about Leo’s cancer diagnosis and recovery in new interview
Louis Prevost said that although it was “panic city” when the family first found out that Leo might have cancer, “after the day of surgery, when they reported that they got it all, it was clean and pretty straightforward.”
Priest in Ecuador struck and killed by falling crucifix during Mass
Redemptorist Father Patricio Alfredo Sánchez Molinari, 53, was struck and tragically killed by a falling crucifix during Mass on Oct. 17.
France’s Catholic bishops condemn ‘unacceptable violence’ as riots sweep nation
The scenes of rioting have “plunged the country into shock, fear, and despair, raising numerous questions about the root causes of this crisis,” the bishops wrote in their Oct. 19 statement.
Pope Leo, five days after surgery, says he will resume his work ‘gradually’
On Sunday Pope Leo spoke publicly for the first time since undergoing surgery at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital
Pope Leo discharged from hospital; surgeon sees ‘no clinical reasons’ to cancel trip to South America
Pope Leo XIV returned to the Vatican after being discharged from Rome’s Gemelli Hospital on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 17, four days after an operation for lung cancer. His surgeon, Dr. Stefano Margaritora, told Vatican News that there are “no clinical reasons” the pope should not make his planned trip to South America, Nov. 6 to 17. Pope Leo walked out of the hospital’s main entrance around 3:30 p.m. local time to applause and cheers from the crowd gathered outside, under the glare of television lights, camera flashes and phones. He was accompanied by Dr. Margaritora and Dr. Luigi Carbone, the…
He calls himself ‘90 percent Catholic.’ His fidelity has something to teach the church.
As I listened to Juan, I was struck by his capacity for acceptance and fidelity. He wishes that he could receive the sacraments, but that has not led him to resentment towards the church.
What does it mean to read ‘the signs of the times’ today?
A Reflection for Friday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time, by Ashley McKinless
What I saw at the premiere (for the trailer) of the new Narnia movie
Just a few short hours before the trailer for Greta Gerwig’s “Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew” went live on Tuesday afternoon, I watched it in a theater with Gerwig herself.
Can Florence Pugh redeem Steinbeck’s cruelest villain in Netflix’s ‘East of Eden’?
A new adaptation of John Steinbeck’s “East of Eden” offers a hint of redemption for some of the novel’s villains while also engaging with Steinbeck’s primary themes.
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