Sacred music must be ‘dignified,’ reflecting the mystery being celebrated, pope says August 19, 2026By Carol Glatz Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Singing and playing music during the liturgy is an integral and necessary part of the celebration, which means it is much more than something “decorative,” Pope Leo XIV said.
Pope helps celebrate joy of being human, seeking truth, embracing wounds June 9, 2026By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News At the start of his fourth trip abroad, Pope Leo XIV humbly predicted that young Spaniards would more likely attend shows scheduled on the same days as his visit starring a fellow-American, Bad Bunny, who has the most audio streams in the world.
Pope urges humanity to build civilization of love in digital world May 25, 2026By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: AI, Feature, News, Vatican, World News At a time when digital technologies are developing at a rapid and unpredictable pace, every single person must decide if she or he will be: a passive bystander; an unhelpful commentator; an avaricious architect of a new “Tower of Babel”; or a patient, hope-filled builder of a “civilization of love,” Pope Leo XIV said in his first encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas.”
The liturgy sustains the faithful, renewing them in their faith, mission, pope says May 20, 2026By Carol Glatz OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Christ is present in the liturgy — in the word that is proclaimed, in the sacraments, in the ministers, in the community and most of all in the Eucharist, Pope Leo XIV said.
The Church must speak clearly, decisively against all evil, pope says May 6, 2026By Carol Glatz OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News 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.
Papal trip put spotlight on local injustices, joy of Christian faith, pope says April 29, 2026By Carol Glatz OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News 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.
Pope decries horror, inhumanity that ‘some adults boast of with pride’ April 12, 2026By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Warning against an increasingly unpredictable and aggressive “delusion of omnipotence” threatening the globe, Pope Leo XIV called on world leaders and individuals to empty their hearts and minds of hatred and violence, and to start serving life.
Pope: Don’t be paralyzed by mistrust, fear; be catalyzed by Christ to build peace April 4, 2026By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Easter, Feature, News, Vatican, World News God’s love is stronger than any evil, capable of “driving out hatred” and “bringing down the mighty,” Pope Leo XIV said.
Pope at Colosseum: Follow Christ’s path, including the Way of the Cross, to bring peace April 3, 2026By Carol Glatz OSV News Filed Under: Easter, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Life must be lived as a journey seeking to follow in Jesus’ footsteps, Pope Leo XIV said after completing the Stations of the Cross at Rome’s Colosseum.
Life must be defended in a world wounded by warfare, pope says March 26, 2026By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Respect Life, Vatican, World News The sanctity of life, from conception to its natural end, must be defended, especially now, in a world marked by “the madness of war,” Pope Leo XIV said.
Childhood classmates from the United States reunite with Pope Leo March 20, 2026By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Schools, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV, who graduated from the lower school of St. Mary of the Assumption on the city’s South Side in 1969, greeted and reminisced with 10 of his 82 former classmates after the general audience in St. Peter’s Square March 18.
God’s name can never be used to justify ‘absurd’ pursuit of war, pope says March 16, 2026By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Believing problems and differences can be resolved with war is absurd, Pope Leo XIV said, chastising those who use God’s name in their dark and deadly pursuits.
