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Pope Leo asks pardon for Holy See's complicitly in slavery (CWN)
Posted on 05/25/2026 08:05 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
Pope Leo XIV renewed the teaching Church’s condemnation of slavery and asked pardon for the Holy See’s complicity in the slave trade.
Pope commemorates 100th anniversary of crowning of Marian image in Toledo, Spain (CWN)
Posted on 05/25/2026 07:05 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
In a Latin-language letter, Pope Leo XIV recalled the upcoming 100th anniversary of the crowning of the image of the Virgen del Sagrario (Virgin of the Tabernacle) in the Primatial Metropolitan Cathedral in Toledo, Spain.
Pope Leo issues 1st encyclical, urges safeguarding of human person in AI era (CWN)
Posted on 05/25/2026 06:05 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
Pope Leo XIV promulgated his first encyclical letter today and emphasized the importance of safeguarding the human person in the era of artificial intelligence.
The Holy Spirit opens doors, Pope tells pilgrims on Pentecost (CWN)
Posted on 05/25/2026 04:05 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
In his midday Regina Caeli address on Pentecost Sunday, Pope Leo XIV emphasized that that the Holy Spirit opens doors (video).
Pope asks Mary, Help of Christians, to pray for Church in China, Christians of the Middle East (CWN)
Posted on 05/25/2026 04:05 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
Addressing pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square on Pentecost Sunday, Pope Leo XIV recalled the Day of Prayer for the Church in China and also prayed for the Christians of the Middle East.
The Spirit of the Risen Christ is the Spirit of peace, mission, and truth, Pope preaches on Pentecost Sunday (CWN)
Posted on 05/25/2026 04:05 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on the morning of Pentecost Sunday (booklet, video) and emphasized that the Spirit of the Risen Christ is the Spirit of peace, mission, and truth.
2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage Kicks Off in St. Augustine, Florida, on Pentecost
Posted on 05/25/2026 03:40 AM (The Daily Register)
Why Catholics Celebrate Mary as ‘Mother of the Church’ the Day After Pentecost
Posted on 05/25/2026 01:55 AM (The Daily Register)
Addressing EU lawmakers, Pope laments abortion, says family is founded on marriage between a man and a woman (CWN)
Posted on 05/25/2026 00:05 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
Pope Leo XIV received members of the European Parliament’s Intergroup on Demography and linked the continent’s demographic crisis to the rejection of the Christian vision associated with the founding of European institutions after World War II.
'Live Christian charity,' Pope tells Barcelona business leaders (CWN)
Posted on 05/25/2026 00:05 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
Pope Leo XIV received members of Círculo Ecuestre, a club of Barcelona business leaders, and encouraged them to “live Christian charity.”