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POPE LEO XIV REGINA CAELI Loggia of the Blessings of St. Peter's Basilica Sunday, 11 May 2025Dear brothers and sisters, happy Sunday!I consider it a gift from God that the first Sunday of my service as Bishop of Rome is Good Shepherd Sunday, the fourth Sunday of Easter. On this Sunday, we always hear proclaimed at Mass a passage from the tenth chapter from the Gospel of John, where Jesus reveals himself as the true Shepherd: who knows and loves his sheep and gives his life for them.This Sunday also marks the World Day of Prayer for Vocations, which we...

On World Communications DayMedia Can "Spread Peace or Foment Violence" VATICAN CITY, MAY 8, 2005 (Zenit.org).- Here is a translation of the address Benedict XVI gave today before praying the Regina Caeli with thousands gathered in St. Peter's Square. Dear Brothers and Sisters! Today is celebrated in many countries, among them Italy, the solemnity of the Lord's Ascension to heaven. This feast invites the Christian community to look to the one who, 40 days after his resurrection, to the astonishment of the apostles, "was lifted up, and a cloud took him from their sight" (Acts 1:9). We are called, therefore,...