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Pope Leo XIV celebrated a historic outdoor mass in Paris on Saturday — welcoming a record-breaking crowd of around 800,000. The pope told the massive crowd that only their faith could provide true happiness. “Only God can fill the emptiness within us,” he said during his homily outside the Place de la Concorde,

Pope Leo XIV told reporters they were welcome to cover him Friday, as he responded to the Trump administration’s attempt to bar U.S. media from the White House and affirmed the importance of journalists covering public figures. Leo spoke to reporters as he travelled

Vatican Says “Dialogue.” Islam Says “Islam.” What Happened to Catholic Exclusivity?Sixty years after Nostra Aetate, the Vatican is celebrating a “journey of hope” built on interreligious dialogue, fraternity, and encounter. But alongside Islam’s enduring claim that Islam is the divinely approved religion, one can't help but wonder: What happened to the clarity of the Catholic Church's own exclusive claim to truth and salvation? On September 16, 2026, Pope Leo XIV put his signature on “A Journey of Hope”, a commemorative note signifying 60 years since the Second Vatican Council’s “Nostra Aetate”—the declaration that claimed that the Catholic Church was open...

[Catholic Caucus] Leo XIV says we shouldn’t ‘retreat into our own religious certainties’ Contrary to what Leo suggested, the Church has never seen a conflict between 'religious certainties' and an 'authentic relationship with Christ.'In his recent Angelus message, Leo XIV introduced a puzzling dichotomy to call into question “religious certainties”:“Dear brothers and sisters, let us seek not to retreat into our own convictions and religious certainties, but to remain open to an authentic relationship with Christ.”According to Leo, one must choose between our “convictions and religious certainties” on the one hand, and an “authentic relationship with Christ” on the other....

Has Leo gone TOO FAR? Pope Leo calls mosque 'holy place of God'Pope Leo visited a mosque and called it a “holy place of God.” Can you imagine Pope Benedict saying that? Pope Pius XI? The question writes itself: Has the papacy finally gone too far?John-Henry Westen examines a growing pattern that has left traditional Catholics stunned. The same pope who participated in a Pachamama ritual in 1995 now calls a mosque, a place that denies the divinity of Christ, a holy place of God. The same pope who walked a pregnant migrant through an open border symbol at Lampedusa...

Pope Leo XIV says he is "following with concern the alarmnig situation in Ceuta," and prays to God for a solution of "peace, stability and justice". At least 72 people died during a mass influx of migrants into Spain's Ceuta enclave in recent days, when tens of thousands of people mostly swam around the border post from Morocco.

A systematic dissection of the Vatican’s legal framework reveals what independent canonists and traditionalists view as a deep-seated crisis of consistency within modern Catholic governance. When the theological and legal arguments used against the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) are laid bare alongside the treatment of the Eastern Orthodox amd protestants, the structural defense provided by Rome (that it is merely maintaining public order and guarding the sacred nature of the sacramental contract) it effectively implodes under the weight of its own internal contradictions. What remains is a system that appears to onlookers not as a defense of immutable...

Pope Leo XIV remains widely popular among U.S. Catholics, but a new survey suggests partisan divisions are beginning to shape views of the pontiff. A Pew Research Center survey found 78 percent of Catholics view Leo favorably, down from 84 percent last year. The decline was driven largely by Republican Catholics and less-frequent churchgoers. The survey follows a period of public tension between Pope Leo and President Donald Trump. In April, the pontiff spoke out against war, warning that it was driven by unnamed leaders gripped by a "delusion of omnipotence." Trump later responded with a series of social media...

Pope Leo says ‘religious faith’ can help fight ‘climate change’ at global conferencePope Leo addressed Arnold Schwarzenegger's Austrian World Summit in a video message, saying that ‘the religious dimension is in fact essential’ to dealing with ‘climate change.’Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday sent a video message to Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 2026 Austrian World Summit, calling for people of various faiths throughout the world to increase their “care for creation” and work towards a society rooted in “solidarity and human dignity.”In his June 16 remarks to the Summit, citing Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si’, Leo referred to the care for the environment...

Pope Leo praises migrants to Europe days after gruesome Belfast attackMigrants have ‘dreams that no one has the right to despise,’ and their ‘life must be protected,’ Pope Leo said, amid massive backlash after a migrant from Sudan attempted to behead a UK man.PORT OF ARGUINEGUIN, Spain (LifeSiteNews) — Pope Leo XIV, in remarks on Thursday, praised migrants to Europe, just days after a migrant from Muslim-majority Sudan attacked and attempted to behead a man in Northern Ireland.In his June 11 speech to migrant humanitarian workers, Pope Leo called on European nations to respect the “human dignity” of migrants and...

Something appears to have red-pilled Pope Leo XIV, who used a whole bunch of words today to nearly go full-MAGA about the issue of immigration.Human dignity, he said, “requires legal and safe routes, rescue and assistance, real cooperation against traffickers, effective protection for victims, serious processes of welcome and integration, and policies that allow each person to live with dignity in his or her own land.”

Leo XIV Met Homosexual Activist Bad BunnyOn Monday evening, Pope Leo XIV met with the Puerto Rican homosexual activist and singer Bad Bunny at Madrid's Bernabéu Stadium.Both were touring Spain, the Vatican said on Tuesday.Spanish media report that several photos were taken, including by members of the papal entourage, and discussions have taken place about whether and when to publish them."Bad Bunny" is the stage name of Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, a Puerto Rican rapper. He is known for his "fluid" gender expression, evident in his fashion choices, nail polish, wearing skirts and kissing men during performances. He is also...

Pope Leo XIV and global superstar Bad Bunny had a private meeting at Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid, Spain, on Monday evening, the Vatican revealed.

Pope Leo XIV, in his first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, compressed here from Paragraphs 163-168, asserts that:“More than ever, in the age of AI and robotics, it is no longer possible to rely solely on the ‘invisible hand’ of the market. Politics has the task of orientating economies and technologies to the common good ... to ensure equity: taxation, social protection and industrial policies must correct the imbalances created by the concentration of wealth and power” (emphasis mine). Can the Pope reasonably hope to achieve these aims by relegating Adam Smith’s invisible hand illustration to the dust bin of history? Pope...

Pope Leo holds ‘multi-faith prayer’ with far-left Chicago mayor who celebrated ‘Abortion Provider Day’Pope Leo met with radically pro-abortion, pro-LGBT Democrat Mayor Brandon Johnson and reportedly discussed Trump’s immigration policy, slavery reparations, and the Iran war.Pope Leo XIV on Thursday met in a private audience with radical Chicago Democratic mayor Brandon Johnson, during which they reportedly discussed ICE raids in the city, slavery reparations, and the Iran war, but not key moral issues such as abortion and LGBT ideology, both of which Johnson supports.While the Vatican has not disclosed what was discussed during the May 28 meeting, Johnson, a far-left...

[Catholic Caucus] Abp. Paglia: Francis wanted to ‘adapt doctrine to the new times’ on homosexuality, moral theologyArchbishop Vincenzo Paglia said Pope Francis ordered sweeping reforms of the John Paul II Institute and Pontifical Academy for Life to break with ‘static’ natural law morality.Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia said Pope Francis deliberately sought to “recreate” the Pontifical Academy for Life and the John Paul II Institute in order to move Catholic theology beyond what he described as a “moralistic” framework based on natural law.On May 21, in an interview published by the Italian outlet Settimana News, Paglia gave an extensive account of the...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV called Monday for robust regulation of artificial intelligence and for its developers to work for the common good rather than profit, issuing a sweeping manifesto on safeguarding humankind as the technology impacts everything from work to war. “Magnifica Humanitas” (Magnificent Humanity), Leo’s first encyclical, has been eagerly awaited ever since history’s first U.S.-born pope announced days after his election that he considered AI to be the biggest challenge facing humanity today. In the text, Leo denounced the “culture of power” driving the AI race, especially in developing ever more sophisticated methods of remote...

SSPX to Pope Leo XIV: “We Would Rather Die Than Renounce the Faith”In response to Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández’s warning that the SSPX’s upcoming July 1 episcopal consecrations could constitute a “schismatic act,” SSPX Superior General Don Davide Pagliarani has issued a sweeping Declaration of Catholic Faith addressed directly to Pope Leo XIV. Far from announcing a break with Rome, the SSPX insists its mission is to preserve the Traditional Mass, the Sacraments, and the perennial Catholic Faith amid what it sees as a profound crisis in the Church.Following Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández’s May 13 declaration that the upcoming episcopal...

Amid an active war, Pope Leo XIV has bestowed the Vatican's highest diplomatic honor on the Islamic Republic's envoy. Critics say it validates a regime that murders Christians, kills protesters by the thousands, and fires missiles at Western allies. In a move that has ignited controversy across religious, political, and human rights circles, Pope Leo XIV has decorated Iran's ambassador to the Vatican with the most prestigious diplomatic honor the Holy See can confer. Pope Leo XIV has awarded the Grand Cross of the Pontifical Order of Pius IX, the highest active diplomatic distinction of the Vatican, to the ambassador...

[Catholic Caucus] Pope Leo to October Meeting of Marxist Revolutionaries: “I am here. I am with you.”Since 2014, there have been 5 meetings of Popular Movements sponsored by the Vatican in various locations. The first was held in the Vatican. The second in Bolivia. The third was again held in the Vatican. The fourth was a virtual meeting held online. And in October of 2025, the Vatican again hosted the World Meeting of Popular Movements, and for the first time without Pope Francis.The Lepanto Institute has just finished an in-depth analysis of the nature of the World Meeting of Popular...