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The Pope sings of love and the purity of the soul in the Assumption of Mary

León XIV has returned to Castelgandolfo to celebrate the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. The glorification of Mary in soul and body teaches us that our true beauty lies in showing, even in our flesh, the signs of love that has no end, he stated in a beautiful homily.

Francisco Otamendi

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Pope to reconvene cardinals in June, and there will be an annual meeting

Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni revealed this yesterday in a briefing at the end of the extraordinary consistory of cardinals. Around the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul in June, there will be another “meeting similar to this one”, a two-day Consistory, and the Pope wants to hold at least an annual meeting of 3 or 4 days with the cardinals.

Francisco Otamendi

9 Jan 2026

Pope: “There is life in our Church; let us seek together what the Holy Spirit wants”.”

In impromptu remarks last night, at the conclusion of the first day of the Consistory, Pope Leo XIV responded to a question circulating in some media. “There is life in our Church, no doubt,” he said, but “there is a road ahead.” And he thanked the cardinals for “being able to seek together what the Holy Spirit wants for the Church today and tomorrow.”.

Francisco Otamendi

8 Jan 2026

“We do not promote ‘agendas,’ we trust in the Lord,” Pope says at Consistory

Pope Leo XIV told the 170 cardinals present at the Extraordinary Consistory this morning that we are not here to promote personal or group agendas, but to entrust our projects to the discernment that comes from the Lord. Moreover, “we are not a team of experts but a community of faith”. The cardinals will study today synodality and the mission of the Church.

Omnes Editorial Staff

8 Jan 2026

Pope to Cardinals: the Church's mission demands unity and love

“I am here to listen,” Pope Leo XIV told the cardinals in the Consistory, as he laid the foundations for the Church's mission, as defined in Vatican II's Lumen Gentium and by the pontiffs St. Paul VI and St. John Paul II first, and Benedict XVI and Francis later. “Unity attracts, division disperses”, and “the commandment of love”, have been nuclear themes.

Francisco Otamendi

8 Jan 2026

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The Pope's catechesis will address Vatican II and evangelization

On the same day that the Consistory with the cardinals began, Pope Leo XIV announced at today's Audience that the catechesis will address Vatican II and its documents. Its teaching is today “the guiding star of the Church's journey,” he said, drawing on the words of recent popes and emphasizing the Church's proclamation of the Gospel of the Kingdom of God.

Omnes Editorial Staff

7 Jan 2026

Why Pope Leo XIV's First Extraordinary Consistory is so Important

Pope Leo XIV has convened his first extraordinary consistory for January 2026, a key meeting with the entire College of Cardinals that will mark the effective beginning of his style of governance and his priorities for the Church.

Bryan Lawrence Gonsalves

7 Jan 2026

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On Epiphany, the Pope welcomes “the spiritual search of our contemporaries”

On the Epiphany of the Lord, seeing countless people passing through the Holy Door of St. Peter's in 2025, Pope Leo XIV compared the pilgrims of the Jubilee in some way to the Magi who came to worship Jesus. The Church must “value and direct toward the God who inspires it” the richness of “the spiritual search of our contemporaries.”.

Francisco Otamendi

6 Jan 2026

The Jubilee exceeds expectations: more than 33 million people visited Rome

The Holy Year of Hope proclaimed by Pope Francis and continued by Pope Leo XIV has exceeded expectations. Rome welcomed 33.4 million pilgrims (13 million of whom were young people). The ranking by country is led by those from Europe, 62.6 percent (around 20 million), followed by North and South America.

Francisco Otamendi

5 Jan 2026

What does Leo XIV want to discuss at his first consistory of cardinals?

This meeting is not just about agenda items. It is also about relationships, trust, and consistency.

Bryan Lawrence Gonsalves

5 Jan 2026

“The good of the Venezuelan people must prevail,” says Pope Leo XIV

On this second Sunday after the Nativity of the Lord, Pope Leo XIV referred in the Angelus to the United States“ operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and bring him to justice. The Pope said that ”the good of the Venezuelan people must prevail over any other consideration.".

Omnes Editorial Staff

4 Jan 2026

Pope's Travels

The day I was a Swiss Guard

Papua New Guinea, second stop on Pope Francis' trip

“You don’t need to be rich or powerful, just have love,” says the Pope in Mongolia

Pope Francis in Marseille, plurality as a resource

Hungary: Pope Francis' next destination

Poverty, tensions and women: challenges ahead of the Pope's visit to Africa

The Catholic Church in Congo and South Sudan

The Pope travels to the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan. “Mbote François”, Okay, now, welcome!

Pope Francis and initiatives for dialogue with Islam

Interreligious and ecumenical dialogue, a weapon to defuse any conflict

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Holywins: una alternativa alegre y católica a Halloween

Omnes Editorial Staff

¿Cuál es el pensamiento político de san Agustín?

Santiago Leyra Curiá

Miracles of the Virgin Mary and nature: 'the sun danced', snowfalls, flowers…

Francisco Otamendi