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Pope at Audience: May our means of communication heal you and not trouble you
During his wednesday General Audience, Pope Leo encourages the faithful to learn to speak properly, using words that heal and not hurt.
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Pope to young pilgrims: “Your voices will be heard to the ends of the earth"
At the opening of the Jubilee of Youth, the Holy Father welcomes young people to St. Peter’s Square, inviting them to pray for peace: “Let us walk together with our faith in Jesus Christ.”
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Pope’s August prayer intention: For mutual coexistence
Pope Leo XIV releases his prayer intention for August, 2025, inviting us to pray “that societies avoid internal conflicts due to ethnic, political, religious or ideological reasons” and encouraging us to “seek paths of dialogue” and “respond to conflict with gestures of fraternity.”
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Madonna of Monte Sant’Onofrio: only private devotion permitted
The Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith confirms the determination of “prae oculis habeatur” proposed by the Bishop of Trivento regarding the alleged supernatural phenomena at Monte Sant’Onofrio in Agnone, in the Molise region of Italy.
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Pope at Mass: Creators should promote encounters between hearts
At the close of Mass for digital missionaries and Catholic influencers, presided over by Cardinal Tagle, Pope Leo challenges everyone to use social media to promote a human culture.
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