Certain Greetings You Don’t Expect! (📸 Vatican Media) #AssumptionOfMary #CastelGandolfo

I assume you know what day it is.

A chant rose after the Angelus: “Papa Leone!” One boy began—soon the whole square joined in. His voice reached Pope Leo XIV, who brought up the boy and his brother to greet him. A joyful moment on the Assumption. 📍Castel Gandolfo | Aug. 15, 2025 🎥 Catholic News Service Rome / Lola Gomez

A good cliche and I like it

The NBC Chicago interview with Pope Leo’s brother gave us the most intimate portrait yet of the new pontiff. We learned he still plays Wordle and Words with Friends every morning, calls his brother every day, misses driving, devours John Grisham thrillers, loves pepperoni pizza

To forgive does not mean to deny evil, but to prevent it from generating further evil. It is not to say that nothing has happened, but to do everything possible to ensure that resentment does not determine the future.

UPDATE ON LAURA: Just met with Laura's oncologist. Her team was shocked at how few cancer cells were in the tumor and that they were not seen dividing. They said it's "barely" a grade 2, so they don't recommend any drugs or radiation—just periodic MRIs. Thanks be to God and for

How appropriate we learn of Leo’s future roomies in the apostolic palace on the feast day of the Pope Saint who changed the tradition of Popes dining alone.

Pope Leo mic dropping again.

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I really wanna meet Pope Leo XIV, he's such a father figure, but I am afraid I might just burst into tears.

Praying. Lord have mercy. catholicnewsagency.com/news/266189/re…

Please pray for all those affected by the horrific attack this morning 🙏 May God bring peace, comfort, and healing to them all. We ask you to join our prayer campaign for the students, faculty, and family of Annunciation School, one of our Hallow partners:

Our hearts and prayers are with the victims of the shooting at Annunciation church in Minneapolis. May Almighty God heal and comfort them. 🙏

Prayer is not an escape from reality. It is the very place we meet Christ, who Himself was unjustly slain. We will continue to pray, not because we are passive, but because we know only God can bring true justice, healing, and peace. Evil wants us to stop praying and to despair.

Pope Leo XIV expresses profound sorrow over the murder of two children and the injuring of 17 others at the Annunciation Catholic church and school complex in the US city of Minneapolis, Minnesota. loom.ly/AEXL8EM

On the highway to Heaven

He was ready to hike up that cassock & climb on