Marking the anniversary of the attempted assassination of St. John Paul II and the feast of Our Lady of Fatima, Pope Leo XIV said Mary is the “perfect model” of what the Church is called to be and urged Catholics to imitate her “humility, active faith, and obedience.”
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Pope Leo XIV thanked the people of Spain’s Canary Islands after passengers exposed to hantavirus aboard a cruise ship were allowed to disembark on the island of Tenerife.
POMPEYA, Italia (OSV News) — El Papa León XIV celebró el aniversario de su elección este 8 de mayo realizando una peregrinación para oficiar Misa en el Santuario de Nuestra Señora del Santo Rosario de Pompeya, uno de los santuarios marianos más queridos de Italia, y poniendo su pontificado bajo la protección de la Virgen María.
“Exactamente hace un año, cuando me fue confiado el ministerio de Sucesor de Pedro, era precisamente el día de la Súplica a la Virgen, esta hermosa fiesta de la Súplica a la Virgen del Santo Rosario de Pompeya”, dijo el Papa en su homilía ante unas 20.000 personas reunidas en la plaza frente a la basílica.
Pope Leo XIV marked the anniversary of his May 8 election by making a pilgrimage to celebrate Mass at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary in Pompeii, one of Italy’s most beloved Marian shrines, placing his pontificate under the protection of the Virgin Mary.
When Robert Francis Prevost stepped onto the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica one year ago May 8, he carried with him a piece of paper on which he had carefully written the first words he would utter as Pope Leo XIV. His first speech was, in ways that would only become clear over the year that followed, a preview of what was to come.
The Catholic Church is the guardian of hope, whose members are called to speak clearly against all evil and in defense of human life, Pope Leo XIV said.
The Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and the Dicastery for Laity, Family, and Life have jointly published a new document offering guidelines for families related to the care for creation and human life.
Pope Leo XIV has dedicated his prayer intention for the month of May to one of humanity’s most persistent challenges: hunger.
Many things are named in honor of popes, including shrines, schools, and other structures.
Pope Leo XIV wanted his journey to Africa to highlight the serious injustices continuing there and propose a message of peace to a world marred by conflict and violations of international law.