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UK honoring Pope Leo indicates new closeness in ties, Church leaders say

Jonathan Luxmoore

"Interesting things are going on, and most Catholics seem to have welcomed them," said Catherine Pepinster, former editor of The Tablet, a Catholic weekly. The post UK honoring Pope Leo indicates new closeness in ties, Church leaders say first appeared on OSV News.

Pope Leo’s visit to Argentine disability home carries pastoral — and political — weight

Ines San Martin

The Claypole home is the largest residential center in a network of 14 Cottolengos serving approximately 1,300 people in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay. The post Pope Leo’s visit to Argentine disability home carries pastoral — and political — weight first appeared on OSV News.

At Peruvian shrine, Pope Leo will return to the missionary model that shaped him

Ines San Martin

Zaña is the third and last shrine on Pope Leo's first apostolic journey to Latin America, after the national Marian shrines of Uruguay and Argentina. The post At Peruvian shrine, Pope Leo will return to the missionary model that shaped him first appeared on OSV News.

Pope Leo heads to a divided Argentina still reckoning with Francis’ legacy

Ines San Martin

Pope Leo will arrive in a country that the archbishop of Buenos Aires recently described as "a wounded Argentina, a divided Argentina." The post Pope Leo heads to a divided Argentina still reckoning with Francis’ legacy first appeared on OSV News.

It takes courage to stand for — not against — something, pope tells young people

In a world full of possibilities, yet still marked by injustice and fear, Pope Leo XIV said young Christians are called to transform the world with love. The post It takes courage to stand for — not against — something, pope tells young people first appeared on OSV News.

Pope warns economic inequality threatens peace, urges politicians to serve common good

Josephine Peterson

The threat to world peace stems from economic imbalances linked to development that is "neither equitable nor respectful of creation," Pope Leo XIV said at his weekly general audience. The post Pope warns economic inequality threatens peace, urges politicians to serve common good first appeared on OSV News.

Bread under fire: Pope Leo’s envoy witnesses hunger in war-torn Ukraine

Katarzyna Szalajko

The papal almoner "looked at that crowd and was shocked that there were so many hungry people," said Auxiliary Bishop Jan Sobilo of Kharkiv-Zaporizhzhia. The post Bread under fire: Pope Leo’s envoy witnesses hunger in war-torn Ukraine first appeared on OSV News.

In secular Uruguay, Pope Leo will visit a Virgin bound to the nation’s birth

Ines San Martin

"The significance of the Virgin of the Thirty-Three is historical and patriotic," said Father Gabriel González Melano, a priest of the Diocese of Florida. The post In secular Uruguay, Pope Leo will visit a Virgin bound to the nation’s birth first appeared on OSV News.

For Pope Leo, Peru trip is more homecoming than state visit

Junno Arocho Esteves

Standing on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica in May 2025, Pope Leo XIV addressed Catholics around the world with a message of peace and a call for Christians to "journey together toward the homeland that God has prepared for us." The post For Pope Leo, Peru trip is more homecoming than state visit first appeared on OSV News.

Two Peruvian bishops die on eve of papal visit

Archbishop Alarcón spent his first year in Cusco traveling the diocese, which includes urban areas, remote mountain villages and a jungle region. The post Two Peruvian bishops die on eve of papal visit first appeared on OSV News.

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