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And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. For in him all ...

Beauty and justice are birthed from a sanctified imagination and lived out while walking with the Spirit. They are the soil ...

Pope Leo XIV greets a woman religious during an audience with members of the Sisters of the Order of St. Basil the Great, the ...

I made out the beginning of the phrase, “Señor mío…” At subsequent Masses, I listened more carefully, and heard the full ...

During an audience on Monday of religious sisters belonging to several orders, Pope Leo XIV told the group that rootedness in Christ allows them to “do things they perhaps never thought they ...

For the Pontiff, this is a sign of the power of God, 'which manifests itself in the midst of the rubble of destruction.' ...

Pope Leo XIV urges religious sisters in Rome for their General Chapters or the Jubilee to stay rooted in Christ and to ensure ...

People often come to know Christ because of the influence of one person — and sometimes they walk away for the same reason.

Gently but firmly correcting their perception of “success,” Jesus invites them to remember what is truly important.