Pope Leo’s core identity is Augustinian, say religious June 10, 2025By Rhina Guidos Global Sisters Report Filed Under: News, Vatican, Vocations, World News After stepping out to the main balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica as Pope Leo XIV, he mentioned no nationality and instead identified himself as “a son of St. Augustine, an Augustinian.”
Father Rupnik’s mosaics disappear from Vatican News June 9, 2025By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, Vatican, World News In a quiet but powerful move, Vatican News has begun removing artwork by Father Marko Rupnik — the once-renowned mosaicist now accused of abusing over two dozen women — from its website. His mosaics, long used to mark major feast days online, were recently replaced or left blank — a shift many survivors say is long overdue.
Serve the Holy See by striving for holiness, pope tells officials, staff June 9, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Those serving the Holy See can serve its mission best by striving to live a holy life in conformity to Christ, Pope Leo XIV said.
God’s love breaks down walls, opens borders, dispels hatred, pope says June 9, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News In a world marked by wars and where people are disconnected and numb with indifference, Pope Leo XIV prayed that the Holy Spirit would “open borders, break down walls” and dissolve hatred so everyone can live as children of one human family.
Holy Spirit fosters unity, peace, justice, pope says at Pentecost vigil June 9, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News On the eve of Pentecost, Pope Leo XIV prayed that the Holy Spirit would help Catholic lay associations, movements and communities live the Gospel before trying to preach it and would be a force for unity in the church and in the world.
Nicene Creed presents ‘the mystery that unites’ Christians, pope says June 9, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, Vatican, World News Recognizing the essential tenets of faith that Catholics and Orthodox share should be the lens through which they discuss the issues that continue to separate them, Pope Leo XIV said.
Villanova athletes inspired that pope keeps tabs on how his alma mater’s teams fare June 8, 2025By John Knebels OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, News, Sports, Vatican, World News When discovering that Pope Leo the sports fan has supported their school’s athletic journeys for the past half-century, Villanova students — especially the athletes — united in rampant celebration.
Guide to the ecumenical councils of the church June 8, 2025By D.D. Emmons OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Many sacred beliefs of our Catholic faith can be traced to the 21 ecumenical councils held since the fourth century.
Indiana Catholic shares story of his life-changing bond with friend who is now Pope Leo June 7, 2025By John Shaughnessy OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, Vocations, World News The trip to Villanova convinced Bickel of his desire to be an Augustinian priest. It also gave him his first extensive look into the heart and soul of the future pope, a glimpse that has turned into a revelation about his friend through the years — and the way he believes Pope Leo will approach his papacy.
With an Augustinian in chair of St. Peter, order sees growing interest in vocations June 6, 2025By Simone Orendain OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, Vocations, World News The Augustinian order has been in the spotlight since May 8, the day one of its own was elected pope. Interest in Pope Leo XIV, the first pope from the United States, has been steady, and so have the inquiries into joining the U.S. provinces of the men’s Order of St. Augustine.
As first U.S.-born pontiff, Pope Leo may be ‘more attuned’ to polarization issue, analysts say June 6, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV, as the first U.S.-born pope, may bring unique insight to the problem of polarization in the U.S. and in the U.S. church, analysts told OSV News.
A pope for our time June 6, 2025By Scott P. Richert OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Vatican I’ve also had an absolute conviction, from the moment that his papal name was announced, that this pontificate will have an historical significance to rival that of John Paul II’s, Leo XIII’s, and Pius IX’s.
