Christians can help overcome the many distortions and lies about the true dignity of every human person and, in doing so, promote and defend human life, Pope Leo XIV said.
Pope calls for promoting, protecting human dignity
Pope Leo’s meeting with Patti Smith highlights rocker’s Church-adjacent artistry
The American singer-songwriter Patti Smith met with Pope Leo XIV July 31 in a private audience at the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace.
By living for ‘God’s purposes,’ Knights care for his people, archbishop tells convention
In a moving display of the Catholic Church’s unity, thousands of Knights of Columbus from around the world gathered in Denver for their 144th Supreme Convention Aug. 4-6.
Pope Leo quotes Bob Dylan song in book foreword calling for nuclear disarmament
Pope Leo XIV said the conscience of just one person can “be worth the entire world” when it comes to preventing a nuclear catastrophe, in a new book foreword that also quotes an unpublished Bob Dylan song about the atomic bomb.
New Pope Leo XIV medal from Villanova honors care for the poor, creation
Villanova University, Pope Leo XIV’s alma mater, has announced a new award recognizing those who integrate care for the poor and the care of creation — and the pope himself will confer the inaugural honor in October just outside of Rome.
DeLorenzo: To a future of abundance?
Leonard J. DeLorenzo contrasts AI-driven visions of abundance with the teachings in Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas.
When the American pope comes for July 4 dinner, here’s what happens
Pope Leo XIV marked the United States’ 250th anniversary with a relaxed July 4 dinner at the Rome residence of U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See Brian Burch, offering a rare glimpse of the first U.S.-born pope in an informal setting.
Yoder: The human error
Disability or not, every human person has limitations. And disability or not, every human person has inherent dignity.