Pope Leo XIV officially blessed and inaugurated the Tower of Jesus Christ at Barcelona's Sagrada Família, the tallest and final central tower of the basilica.
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Humanity, created by God in all its grandeur, is today facing a pivotal choice: either to construct a new Tower of Babel or to build the city in which God and humanity dwell together. In Jesus Christ, this humanity in its grandeur becomes the Way, the Truth and the Life, opening the path for each of us to grow toward fullness. #MagnificaHumanitas
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Mary is the Mother of the whole Church. Everyone can turn to her with filial confidence, certain of being heard, protected, and loved. #GeneralAudience
After almost six years of work and anticipation, it’s finally here! This book was the most difficult I’ve edited, requiring many months of painstaking work scanning and converting the book from print to digital via OCR during COVID lockdowns, formatting it, editing to meet the publishers style guide, confirming and updating footnotes, and revising it, before sending it off to the publisher so they could typeset, create the cover, and make sure it met the demands of their press. Later this involved obtaining an imprimatur, endorsements, a foreword, and many back and forths with the team at the St. Paul Center, but it’s all been worth it!📚👨💻🕊️
No one is excluded from God’s love! With our unique pasts, mistakes, and sufferings, each one of us remains precious in the Lord’s eyes. Jesus revealed this to us in His every encounter, gesture, and word. He loved us to the very end, showing us that he believed in the power of love to change even the hardest of hearts. #ApostolicJourney #EquatorialGuinea
Those who pray are aware of their own limitations; they do not kill or threaten with death. Instead, death enslaves those who have turned their backs on the living God, turning themselves and their own power into a mute, blind and deaf idol (Ps 115:4–8), to which they sacrifice every value, demanding that the whole world bend its knee. Enough of the idolatry of self and money! Enough of the display of power! Enough of war! True strength is shown in serving life. #Peace
In the wake of these hours of great tension for the #MiddleEast and the entire world, I welcome with satisfaction—and as a sign of living hope—the announcement of an immediate two-week truce. Only by returning to negotiations can the war come to an end. #Peace
Christ is risen from the dead, and with him, we too rise to new life! This Easter proclamation embraces the mystery of our lives and the destiny of history, reaching us even in the depths of death. #Easter
"He was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed."
BREAKING 🌎
The Catholic Church has passed 1.422 billion members for the first time
The 2026 Pontifical Yearbook (Annuario Pontificio) reports the latest numbers, with the strongest increases in Africa (+2.6%) and Asia (+3.3%).