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Pope Leo XIV, Chris Pratt come together for new documentary about the tomb of St. Peter

A new documentary is bringing Pope Leo XIV and Hollywood actor Chris Pratt together to dive into the history and archaeological discoveries surrounding the tomb of St. Peter at the Vatican.“Pétros Ení — Discovering the Origins” was produced by AF Films in collaboration with Vatican Media and the Fab...

Notre Dame, Boston College professors among new members of Vatican theological commission

Pope Leo XIV named 24 new members of the International Theological Commission, including University of Notre Dame theologian Father Khaled Anatolios and Boston College professor Boyd Coolman.These appointments, announced by the Vatican on Monday, are members of an advisory body to the Dicastery for...

Pope Leo XIV speaks with Zelenskyy about humanitarian ceasefire in Ukraine

Pope Leo XIV spoke by telephone with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday, days after holding a similar conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin.During Thursday’s call with Putin, Leo XIV requested a humanitarian ceasefire in Oleshky, a city in Ukraine’s Kherson region that ha...

Young members of the Order of Malta help the homeless in St. Peter’s Square

In a society of increased indifference, a group of young people associated with the Sovereign Military Order of Malta is living out concretely Pope Leo XIV’s call to “not let our guard down when it comes to poverty.” Every Tuesday, the youth group of the Rome chapter of the order and other volunteer...

New Vatican official says men and women are ‘in this together as witnesses to God’

Sister Mary Barron, a religious sister from Ireland, first landed in Tanzania as a missionary three decades ago. That experience had a huge impact on her and the roles she has held since — including her latest appointment as president of the Vatican’s Pontifical Mission Societies and adjunct secreta...

Pope Leo XIV tasks theologians with clarifying meaning of Church tradition

Pope Leo XIV on Monday renewed much of the International Theological Commission (ITC), appointing 24 new members, including four Latin American theologians and one Spaniard, who will take part in the bodyʼs work over the next five years.The new group consists of 16 priests, one religious sister, and...

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