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Pope Leo XIV's France trip motto: That the World May Have Life
Pope Leo XIV's France journey from 25 to 28 September takes its motto, "That the world may have life", from John 6:51.Pope Leo XIV meets France's bishops at Lourdes
Pope Leo XIV meets France's bishops at the Lourdes shrine on Sunday 27 September, the Marian stop between Paris and Metz on his trip to France.Leo Flies to France in September
Pope Leo XIV makes his first apostolic journey to France from 25 to 28 September, with stops in Paris, Lourdes and Metz.Pope Leo XIV calls mutual love the debt that doesn't enslave
Pope Leo XIV said on Sunday that mutual love is the one debt that doesn't imprison anyone. On Monday in Genazzano, he prayed to Our Lady of Good Counsel.Vatican theologians publish Caring for Our Common Home
The International Theological Commission's Caring for Our Common Home, authorised by Pope Leo XIV, names sin against creation and the Creator.Leo opened Gaudium et Spes
Pope Leo XIV began a catechesis on Gaudium et Spes at his 2 September General Audience, on how the Church serves humanity.Alpha is at the school gate this season
The Alpha course is growing in parishes: St Mary's Upper Coomera went from six leaders to 18, and a Hong Kong cathedral started teen Alpha on 23 August.Church of the Highlands opens its new Oxford, Alabama, building
Church of the Highlands opened its new Oxford, Alabama, campus on 30 August, with 1,200 seats. Services run at 8:00, 9:30 and 11:00.Latter-day Saints dedicate Cambodia's first temple in Phnom Penh
Elder Patrick Kearon dedicated the Phnom Penh Cambodia Temple on 30 August 2026, the 222nd temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.Pope Leo XIV gives Eastern synods a path to restore communion
On 29 August Pope Leo XIV’s Mutua Concordia gave Eastern synods an orderly way to restore communion. The Pope stays guarantor.State Department names nearly $2 billion for faith-based partners
The State Department has named nearly $2 billion for faith-based health and disaster partners, including World Vision and Compassion.National Church Life Survey is open through October
The eighth National Church Life Survey is open through October. Twenty-one denominations are in. Late congregations can still sign the sheet.Pope Leo XIV names Patrick Kelly to the Dicastery for the Laity
Pope Leo XIV has named Knights of Columbus Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly to the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life. The notice was one sentence.Hallow study finds college OCIA participation up 87.6 percent
Hallow’s August study of nearly sixty U.S. colleges finds OCIA participation up 87.6 percent in a year. Newman Centers are outrunning the dioceses.Pope Leo XIV rides the Marian procession across Lake Albano
Pope Leo XIV became the first pope to ride the Marian procession across Lake Albano. Castel Gandolfo has waited four centuries for that boat.














