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Authorities said a father shot and killed multiple members of his family at the Lynch Arena in Pawtucket. Providence, Rhode Island, Bishop Bruce Lewandowski mourned a deadly shooting at a hockey match that occurred in [...]

A delegation supporting families of missing and captured Ukrainian soldiers shared their concerns and presented the pontiff with symbolic gifts. Grieving wives, mothers, and daughters of Ukrainian soldiers held prisoner in Russia found a moment [...]

Leading Ash Wednesday rites, the pontiff linked the call to repentance with the devastation of war, broken justice, wounded creation, and a fading sense of the sacred. Pope Leo XIV led the traditional Ash Wednesday [...]

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Editor’s note: This review contains some strong language and descriptions relating to sex. Last week, I attended the New Year’s celebration at the Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C. It was paradoxical: the cultural program included [...]

Pope Leo began his first Lent as pope with Mass this Ash Wednesday at the Basilica of Santa Sabina on Rome’s Aventine Hill. As is tradition, he made a short “penitential pilgrimage” from the Church of Saint Anselm to the Basilica of Saint Sabina. His homily took up a unique element of Lent — the Read More…

Start Lent with Pope Leo XIV (photos and homily)

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The pontiff said he must be free to denounce injustice amid today’s challenges. Pope Leo XIV said the successor of Peter must retain “complete freedom to speak the truth, denounce injustice, defend the rights of [...]