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Pope Leo XIV offered encouragement to the Programme for Christian-Muslim Relations in Africa (PROCMURA), which describes itself as the “one and only Pan-African Christian organization with a specific focus on Christians’ constructive relations with Muslims in witness and for peace and peaceful co-existence.”

“In a world increasingly marked by religious radicalization, division, and conflict, your common witness shows that it is possible to live and work together in peace and harmony, despite cultural and religious differences,” Pope Leo said to a delegation from the organization, during a March 25 audience.

Australian prelate named prefect of Dicastery for Legislative Texts (Vatican Press Office)

Posted on 03/26/2026 05:03 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)

Pope Leo XIV named Bishop Anthony Randazzo of Broken Bay, Australia, as prefect of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts, one of the 16 dicasteries of the Roman Curia. The Pontiff also raised him to the dignity of an archbishop.

Archbishop Randazzo succeeds Archbishop Filippo Iannone, O. Carm., who was appointed prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops in September.

Born in 1966, Randazzo (bio) was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Brisbane in 1991. He studied canon law at Pontifical Gregorian University and worked for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith for five years. After becoming a seminary rector, he was named auxiliary bishop of Sydney in 2016 and bishop of Broken Bay in 2019.

Randazzo was also appointed apostolic administrator of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross in 2023. In that capacity, he approved the online publication of the Ordinariate’s Daily Office.

Pope Leo praises spiritual adoption of unborn children (CWN)

Posted on 03/26/2026 05:03 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)

At the conclusion of his March 25 general audience, Pope Leo praised the practice of spiritual adoption of unborn children.

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