Pope at General Audience: “In our time, in contexts dominated by an efficiency-driven and consumerist mindset, prayer may seem pointless and trivial. In a world where science and technology claim to provide all the answers, praying may appear to be a form of escapism.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

Pope Leo XIV will undertake an Apostolic Journey to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru from 6 to 17 November, the Holy See Press Office has announced. www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...

Pope Leo to visit Uruguay, Argentina and Peru in November - Vatican News

The Holy See Press Office announces that Pope Leo will make an Apostolic Journey to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru in November 2026.

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The Pope’s tailor for the last 25 years, Filippo Sorcinelli came out 15 years ago; when Leo was elected, Vatican asked that he continue making vestments for the Pope; Sorcinelli says he has a “renewed calling,” and that Leo brought him out of an “existential crisis.” www.corriere.it/sette/26_ago...

The sickest part of this: here sits Aaron Rodgers at Steelers Training Camp on a Catholic College Campus that followed the advice of Fauci, and Pope Francis who said: “Getting vaccinated is an act of love.”

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It’s August 2026 and Aaron Rodgers is having a full blown meltdown about Anthony Fauci.

A Catholic bishop in Michigan is speaking out after ICE arrests shook his community www.mlive.com/news/saginaw...

A Catholic bishop in Michigan is speaking out after ICE arrests shook his community

“Our system has been broken for more than 40 years, and our government leaders do not seem to want to try and fix the problem,” Bishop Robert D. Gruss said in a statement.

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“Granted the pope's popularity, Democratic Socialists, as well as the Democratic Party as a whole, would be wise to emphasize the areas where they agree with him rather than the topics where they disagree.” www.ncronline.org/opinion/pope...

Is Pope Leo a Democratic Socialist?

Modern popes tend to stay out of partisan politics, but when Leo speaks, he certainly sounds like a Democratic Socialist.

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Pope Leo to KofC: “In an age all too often marked by division and pointed rhetoric, there is a great need for prophets of harmony who seek to build bridges and strive to reconcile opposing positions wherever possible.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

Pope Leo XIV will visit Assisi on 6 August to meet thousands of young Europeans and encourage them, in the spirit of Saint Francis, to dream boldly and embrace a life of faith, purpose and service. www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...

In Assisi, Pope to encourage young people to dream "great things" - Vatican News

Pope Leo XIV will visit Assisi on 6 August to meet thousands of young Europeans and encourage them, in the spirit of Saint Francis, to dream boldly ...

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San Antonio’s Archbishop Gustavo releases Pastoral Letter on Migration: “Families we know by name are now afraid to come to the sacraments. Like the Good Samaritan who drew near to the wounded, we cannot walk past them.” archsa.org/we-will-come...

A priest from Nigeria, now working for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Des Moines, is suing the federal government over alleged inaction on his residency status. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2026/07/17/d...

Des Moines priest sues feds over the imminent expiration of his work authorization • Iowa Capital Dispatch

A Catholic priest from Nigeria, now working in Des Moines, is suing the government over alleged inaction on his residency status.

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Pope Leo XIV met with the newly appointed Prefect of the Dicastery for Communication, Ms. Maria Montserrat Alvarado, this morning. Appointed on June 2 this year, Alvarado will start her new role on November 1.

Pope Leo at Angelus: “Hoarding and waste are two sides of the same evil: greed. This spiritual sickness numbs the senses, which become intoxicated with wealth, to the point of making people forget those who weep from hunger and cry out from thirst.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

NEW: Advocates warn thousands of migrant children who came to the U.S. alone could lose legal representation in immigration court and increase their risk of deportation as the Trump administration allows a contract with legal services providers to expire. apnews.com/article/migr...

Thousands of migrant children in the US could face new deportation risks as legal aid deal expires

Migrant children who came to the U.S. alone could soon face immigration court without legal representation.

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Pope Leo XIV releases his prayer intention for the month of August, and invites Catholics to pray 'for evangelization in the city,' so that the Lord may accompany the millions who seek meaning amid noise and haste. www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...

Pope's August prayer intention: 'for evangelization in the city' - Vatican News

Pope Leo XIV releases his prayer intention for the month of August, and invites Catholics to pray 'for evangelization in the city,' so that the Lord ...

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In new Fundamental Law signed today, Pope Leo codifies that the president of the Governatorate no longer has to be a cardinal but also can be a lay man of woman, thus securing Sr. Raffaella Petrini’s role as Governess of Vatican City. www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...

Happy Feast of St. Ignatius Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus! May you always find God in all things.

Pope Leo received singer and songwriter Patti Smith in private audience this morning. The Pope and Smith are both Chicago natives. She was accompanied by @antoniospadaro.bsky.social, undersecretary for the Vatican's Dicastery for Culture and Education.

A Texas mother deported to Mexico despite having legal permission to stay in the U.S. after arriving as a child has filed a lawsuit against the federal government after it notified her it would be terminating her permission because of “unauthorized travel” stemming from her deportation.

NEW: Hope Border Institute and Bishop Mark Seitz Announce Expanded Humanitarian Response for Migrants at US-Mexico Border

Cincinnati’s Archbishop Casey to the Haitian Community in Springfield: “The present moment in our nation invites us into an examination of conscience about how we treat good people, now living among us, who have so few options left to protect their lives and dignity.”

Haiti’s Cardinal Chibly Langlois at Mass of Solidarity for Haitians: “God's people are not governed by fear but by faith. We proclaim our trust in a God who opens a way even when every human door seems closed.” www.cathstan.org/us-world/hai...

Haiti’s cardinal and U.S. bishops lead Mass of Solidarity as Haitian immigrants face losing their TPS status - Catholic Standard

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Cardinal Roche in new interview: “Pope Leo is not going to change Traditionis Custodes, and he’s not going back to Summorum Pontificum.” www.thetablet.co.uk/features/wor...

Work still to do: The Tablet interview with Cardinal Arthur Roche - The Tablet

YOU MIGHT EXPECT 76-year-old Cardinal Arthur Roche to look weary and overburdened. As prefect for the Dicastery of Divine Worship and the Discipline of the

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Statement on the current status of Sister Leticia “Letty” Ugboaja’s immigration case.

Archbishop Wenski: “Tuesday in DC reaching across the aisle with Senator Husted of Ohio (R) and with Senator Kane of Virginia, I along with Cardinal Chibly of Les Cayes (Haiti). Archbishop Casey of Cincinnati, and bishop Jacques Fabre spent day advocating for extension of TPS for Haitians.”

Asked by Telemundo what is being done wrong and what could be improved regarding immigration in US, Pope referred to concert he had just attended, which featured children from various countries—"of different races, perhaps of different religions. They were all singing together to beautiful music,”

Asked by Tom Llamas when he plans to visit the United States, Pope Leo responds: “In the next couple of years.”

Pope Leo to Tom Llamas NBC News: “I’m the Pope who happens to be an American. I don’t say that to belittle America. I acknowledge it’s important to be the first American Pope. But my mission is for the universal Church.”

Pope Leo to Tom Llamas: “I come from a family that my grandparents were immigrants. On my mother’s side we have people who were both slaves and slaveowners.”

Coming up tonight on NBC, Pope Leo talks with Tom Llamas about his heritage, what it means to be the first Pope from the US, and when he may visit his native land.

Pope Leo at “Canticle of Peace” Concert this evening with children from Uganda, the Holy Land, Haiti, and Italy: "I pray that peace may reign in your homes and in all the places of the world that continue to suffer under violence.”