Celebrating vespers in the chapel of the Domus Australia in Rome Oct. 6, the eve of the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompeii, the pope said, “this devotion to Our Blessed Mother holds a special place in my heart.”

Two of the most important tenets of the Catholic faith are the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist and the pope as the successor of Peter, who unites and guides the church, Pope Leo XIV said.

Police work is a service for the safety and security of people and institutions, Pope Leo XIV said, but it is also a way for Christians to give witness to their faith.

Pope Leo XIV decried “the rise of antisemitic hatred in the world,” particularly as evidenced by “the terrorist attack in Manchester,” England, Oct. 2, an attack that killed two men.

Sharing the Gospel with one’s neighbor, welcoming migrants who are Christian or setting off to a foreign land to share God’s love through charity and proclamation are concrete expressions of belief that the church is “catholic” and that God wants to save all people, said Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle.

The joint celebration of the Jubilee of Migrants and the Jubilee of the Missions is an opportunity to remind all Catholics that the duty to welcome and assist migrants is also part of each person’s obligation to share God’s love, Pope Leo XIV said.

The Jubilee Year requires making a choice: serving God and justice or money and inequity, Pope Leo XIV said, marking the Jubilee of Migrants and the Jubilee of the Missions.

From the solemn proclamation of St. John Henry Newman as a doctor of the church to the Jan. 6 closing of the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Leo XIV has a full calendar of liturgies and prayer services in the coming months.

The head of the Vatican’s ecumenical office congratulated Anglican Bishop Sarah Mullally of London on her appointment as the next archbishop of Canterbury.

Getting old is part of the wonder of creation and is a sign of hope, Pope Leo XIV said.