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In L’Osservatore Romano, the renowned American writer William Vollmann - whose career has been dedicated to the wretched of the earth: the poor, the homeless, prostitutes - reflects on Pope Leo's apostolic exhortation 'Dilexi te'.

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At the First Committee of the 80th Session of the UN General Assembly, Archbishop Garbriele Caccia calls for eliminating the use of conventional weapons as "their unchecked spread breeds mistrust, fuels violence, and undermines dialogue between States."

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Prior to Friday’s encounter with Pope Leo, participants in the Jubilee for Synodal Teams and Participatory Bodies engage in a dialogue in the Paul VI Hall, with leaders discussing hopes for the future, ongoing tensions, and the place of synodality in the Church and the world.

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Pope Leo XIV receives Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and Deputy Prime Minister Tarek Mitri at an audience on Saturday morning. The Lebanese leaders later met with Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin and other members of the Secretariat of State

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At the Jubilee Audience on Saturday, Pope Leo XIV holds up the example of Nicholas of Cusa, “a great thinker and a servant of unity”, who helps us understand that we can continue to hope even when we do not have all the answers.

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Pope Leo XIV meets and dialogues with members of Synodal teams and participatory bodies here for their Jubilee pilgrimage from 24 to 26 October 2025.

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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- A society cannot pretend to be pro-family if it does not adopt policies that allow parents and children to spend time together rather than always being worried about work, Pope Leo XIV said.

"In a society that often exalts productivity and speed at the expense of relationships, it becomes urgent to restore time and space to the love that is learned within the family, where the first experiences of trust, gift and forgiveness are woven -- forming the very fabric of social life," he said Oct. 24.

Pope Leo made the comments during a meeting with faculty, staff, students and alumni of the John Paul II Pontifical Theological Institute for Marriage and Family Sciences.

Praising the intuition of St. John Paul II for launching the graduate school and Pope Francis for insisting its curriculum be multidisciplinary, Pope Leo asked for particular attention to drawing from and strengthening reflections on the role of the family in Catholic social teaching. 

The institute, he said, is called to contribute to "the ongoing renewal of dialogue between family life, the world of work and social justice -- addressing issues of pressing relevance such as peace, the care of life and health, integral human development, youth employment, economic sustainability and equal opportunities between men and women, all of which influence the decision to marry and to bring children into the world."

The church and its ministers cannot be "content merely to speak about the truth" concerning marriage and family life, Pope Leo said, but it must "promote concrete and coordinated actions in support of the family," including through government policies.

"In fact, the quality of a country's social and political life is measured above all by how it enables families to live well -- to have time for themselves and to cultivate the bonds that unite them," the pope said.

In "Amoris Laetitia" ("The Joy of Love"), Pope Francis' 2016 post-synodal exhortation on marriage, love and family life, Pope Leo said, the late pope wrote with tenderness to pregnant women, "urging them to cherish the joy of bringing a new life into the world." 

"His words express a simple yet profound truth: human life is a gift and must always be welcomed with respect, care and gratitude," Pope Leo said. "Therefore, in the face of so many mothers who experience pregnancy in conditions of loneliness or marginalization, I feel the duty to remind everyone that both the civil and ecclesial communities must remain constantly committed to restoring full dignity to motherhood."

The pope also spoke about what he called "the growing tendency in many parts of the world to undervalue or even reject marriage."

The church's first response, he said, must be "to be attentive to the action of God's grace in the heart of every man and woman. Even when young people make choices that do not correspond to the ways proposed by the church according to the teaching of Jesus, the Lord continues to knock at the door of their hearts, preparing them to receive a new inner call."

The church's pastoral workers must recognize that "our time is marked not only by tensions and ideologies that confuse hearts, but also by a growing quest for spirituality, truth and justice -- especially among the young," he said. "To welcome and care for this longing is one of the most beautiful and urgent tasks before us all."
 

A European news summit organized by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and Italian broadcaster RAI highlighted Vatican Radio’s contribution to coverage of the papal transition by providing authoritative and timely information during the period from the death of Francis to the election of Pope Leo XIV.

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Pope Leo XIV addresses the Major Superiors of the Society of Jesus, urging them to remain faithful to their missionary tradition of discernment and service at the frontiers of culture, faith, and human need.

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Pope Leo XIV approves the upcoming beatification of nine Polish priests martyred at Dachau and Auschwitz; and two diocesan priests killed out of “hatred of the faith” by the Communist regime that ruled Czechoslovakia in the 1950s. The Holy Father also promulgates decrees concerning four new Venerables: a Spanish Cistercian nun, a Spanish Dominican priest, an Italian diocesan priest, and an Italian Carmelite friar.

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