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Pope's March prayer intention: 'for disarmament and peace' - Vatican News Pope Leo XIV releases his prayer intention for the month of March, inviting Catholics to pray with him for 'disarmament and peace,' and praying that ...

Pope Leo XIV releases his prayer intention for the month of March, inviting Catholics to pray with him for 'disarmament and peace,' and praying that 'the nuclear threat may never again dictate the future of humanity.' www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...

Cardinal Cupich: 'We must embrace principles to avoid wars' - Vatican News In a wide-ranging interview with Vatican Media, Cardinal Blase Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago, calls for restraint to avoid unnecessary military ...

Cardinal Cupich calls for restraint to avoid unnecessary military escalation abroad and prevent things from quickly spiraling out of control. He also urged overcoming polarization and protecting the human dignity of all people in the United States. www.vaticannews.va/en/church/ne...

Pope Leo received Cardinal Cupich, along with His Eminence Nathanael, Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Chicago. In private audience today.

Leo is not the Pope of the US, but of the global church. Actions such as these are akin to American nationalism.

Vatican warns against cosmetic surgery's 'cult of the body' Jesus will still love you as you age, even if you have a few wrinkles on ​your face, according to a Vatican document issued on ‌Wednesday.

In a new text approved by Pope Leo, a top Vatican commission warned the world's 1.4 billion Catholics against using cosmetic surgery, saying it can lead to a "cult of the body" and an unrealistic search for a perfect figure. www.reuters.com/business/hea...

‪Parolin: “If states were to be recognized as having a right to preventive war, according to their own criteria and without a supranational legal framework, the whole world would risk being set ablaze.” ‬

Cardinal Parolin: Preventive wars risk setting the world ablaze - Vatican News Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin speaks to Vatican News about events in the Middle East, warning of a dangerous rise of multipolarism marked ...

Cardinal Parolin: “This erosion of international law is truly worrying: justice has given way to force; the force of law has been replaced by the law of force.” www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-c...

Pope Leo at General Audience: “An ideal and pure Church, separated from the earth, does not exist; only the one Church of Christ, embodied in history.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

Leaving Castel Gandolfo this evening en route to Vatican, Pope Leo told journalists to “Pray for peace, work for peace, less hatred. Hatred is constantly increasing in the world. Seek to promote dialogue and seek solutions, without weapons, to resolve problems."

Pax Christi USA response to military strikes on Iran March 1, 2026 — Pax Christi USA, the national Catholic peace movement, condemns the horrific bombing of Iran by the US and Israel, and we urge our nation’s leaders to stop the violence. As we recal…

Bishop Stowe: “It is critical that members of Congress re-claim their role and provide some restraint on a president who is completely unaccountable for his disastrous decisions. In this Lenten season, may we repent of our sins of violence.” paxchristiusa.org/2026/03/01/p...

You cannot invoke Almighty God in the name of violence.

Pope Leo XIV: Theology serves to move the Church's mission forward - Vatican News Pope Leo XIV addresses Italian theologians from the Theological Faculty of Puglia and the Theological Institute of Calabria and insists that theology ...

Pope Leo: Theology “is a putting out into the deep in order to go beyond, to explore other horizons and thus to find new forms and new languages in which to proclaim the Gospel in the different situations of history.” www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...

Pope Francis prophetically said that “we are already fighting a piecemeal third world war.” Tonight, the Middle East is on fire. Francis also warned that “war is madness.” There is a foreboding sense this time around, with no clear plan for peace in sight. Now is time for intense prayer.

Pope Leo at Roman parish this afternoon: “I'm deeply concerned, and we don't know how many days it will last, about the situation in the Middle East. War again! We must pray much for peace, live in unity, and reject the temptation to harm others; violence is never the right choice.”

“May diplomacy regain its role and the good of the peoples who yearn for a peaceful coexistence founded on justice be promoted. And let us continue to pray for peace." - Pope Leo

“In the face of the possibility of a tragedy of enormous proportions, I address an urgent appeal to the parties involved to assume the moral responsibility to stop the spiral of violence before it becomes an irreparable chasm. “ - Pope Leo

Pope Leo: "I am following with deep concern what is happening in the Middle East and in Iran in these dramatic hours. Stability and peace are not built with mutual threats or with weapons, which sow destruction, pain, and death, but only with reasonable, authentic, and responsible dialogue.”

“War is back in vogue and a zeal for war is spreading. The principle established after the Second World War, which prohibited nations from using force to violate the borders of others, has been completely undermined.” - Pope Leo

“There is no such thing as a just war: they do not exist.” - Pope Francis

“War is always a defeat for humanity.”

The Vatican made the right decision in rejecting the invitation to the “Board of Peace.” The Holy See does not want to get caught up in endless wars, under the guise of “Peace.” And now a totally unnecessary, unjust war with Iran.

Sister Norma Pimentel Is Undaunted in Her Mission to Serve the Impoverished Well known as the late Pope Francis’ “favorite nun,” Pimentel’s shelter provides meals to hundreds of people per week

Known for her tireless work in advocating for immigrants in Rio Grande Valley, Pope Francis’ “favorite nun” Sr. Norma Pimentel named TIME Woman of the Year. time.com/collections/...

As 'border czar' challenges Pope Leo, Archbishop Wester warns of 'Bonhoeffer moment' Two U.S. Catholics, 'border czar' Tom Homan and Archbishop John Wester, agree that immigration remains a challenge — but each has starkly different viewpoints about what their faith demands of them du...

Santa Fe’s Archbishop Wester: “We’re living in ‘a Dietrich Bonhoeffer moment,’ invoking the 20th-century Lutheran pastor killed for his anti-Nazi activism.” www.ncronline.org/news/border-...

Catholic bishops push for end to ‘immoral’ birthright citizenship order at Supreme Court The Catholic-majority Supreme Court gets spiritual and legal advice from bishops ahead of showdown on birthright citizenship.

Catholic bishops push for end to ‘immoral’ birthright citizenship order at Supreme Court www.courthousenews.com/catholic-bis...

No, Internet, the Vatican is not a walled city After this week’s kerfuffle between GOP frontrunner Donald Trump and Pope Francis about whether building border walls is a Christ-like act, Trump supporters and others gleefully proclaimed the pope a ...

“No, internet (and Tom Homan) the Vatican is not a walled city.” cruxnow.com/church/2016/...

Pope Leo has named 4 new auxiliary bishops for the Diocese of Rome; included in the list is Fr. Stefano Sparapani, a “street-priest” who has ministered to the poor on Rome’s “peripheries.” press.vatican.va/content/sala...

The Vatican has announced Pope Leo’s upcoming travel schedule: Monaco on March 28, Africa from April 13 to 23 visiting 4 countries: Algeria, Angola, Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea, and Spain from June 6 to 12.

Full statement: www.hopeborder.org/_files/ugd/e...

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