Long before he was the successor of St Peter, Pope Leo XIV had a different name to the faithful of St Joseph the Worker Parish in Chulucanas. “We called him Fr Robertito, because we were very close to him,” Elena Lozada Seminario told the National Catholic Reporter inside the church where a then-30-year-old Fr Robert…
“I would like that our first great desire be for a united Church, a sign of unity and communion, which becomes a leaven for a reconciled world,” said Pope Leo XIV formally beginning his tenure as the successor to St Peter. “In this our time, we still see too much discord, too many wounds caused…
Not every Christian is called to be an apostle, prophet or evangelist, Pope Francis said, but all Christians can cultivate the fruits of the Holy Spirit by becoming “charitable, patient, humble, peacemakers.” Continuing his series of audience talks on the Holy Spirit, the pope explained that the fruits of the Spirit are different from charisms,…