In the first year of his pontificate, Pope Leo XIV has appealed hundreds of times for a reconciliation that is “unarmed and disarming,” and urged the “lords of war” to listen to “a melody greater than ourselves.”
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Our Editorial Director reflects on the messages and impact of the first year of Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate.
Pope Leo XIV emphasizes that importance of reading and reflects on three enriching aspects of books during his encounter with members of the editorial offices of the Vatican Publishing House (LEV) in the Vatican, reminding that reading contributes to ‘cultivating a conscious and well-formed critical sense, guarding against fundamentalism and ideological shortcuts.’
Pope Leo XIV meets with members of the Pontifical Swiss Guards and their families, expressing his hopes that their years of service to the Holy See may bear spiritual riches as they build an atmosphere of harmony and joy.
Pope Leo XIV receives the Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland, Donald Tusk, in the Vatican on Thursday.
The Diocese of Springfield, Illinois, in the United States, announces plans to build a shrine to Venerable Father Augustine Tolton, whose story of overcoming racial discrimination and divisions in his time continues to be a source of inspiration to promote peace and unity.
The book “Free under Grace,” which brings together speeches, homilies, messages, and letters of Father Robert Francis Prevost when he was Prior General of the Order of Saint Augustine, published by the Vatican Publishing House, was presented at the Patristic Institute Augustinianum in Rome by Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican Secretary of State; Father Joseph Farrell, Prior General of the Augustinians; and Paolo Ruffini, the Prefect of the Dicastery for Communication
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican Secretary of State, speaks to press outside the Augustinianum, where he is presenting the book “Free Under Grace,” published by the Vatican Publishing House. The Cardinal responds to questions on the Vatican’s audience tomorrow with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, dialogue with U.S. President Donald Trump, and on German Bishops.
Pope Leo attends the swearing-in ceremony for the Swiss Guard’s 28 new recruits, and expresses his “esteem and gratitude” for their work.
During his audience with the Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon, Archbishop Paolo Borgia, Pope Leo video-calls about ten priests from the southern regions of Lebanon and encourages them and assures them of his prayers.
