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Reading 1 Acts 8:26-40 The angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, "Get up and head south on the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza, the desert route." So he got up and set out. Now there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of the Candace, that is, the queen of the […]

Reading 1 Acts 8:1b-8 There broke out a severe persecution of the Church in Jerusalem, and all were scattered throughout the countryside of Judea and Samaria, except the Apostles. Devout men buried Stephen and made a loud lament over him. Saul, meanwhile, was trying to destroy the Church; entering house after house and dragging out […]

Reading I Acts 7:51—8:1a Stephen said to the people, the elders, and the scribes: “You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always oppose the Holy Spirit; you are just like your ancestors. Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They put to death those who foretold the coming of the righteous […]

Reading 1 Acts 6:8-15 Stephen, filled with grace and power, was working great wonders and signs among the people. Certain members of the so-called Synagogue of Freedmen, Cyreneans, and Alexandrians, and people from Cilicia and Asia, came forward and debated with Stephen, but they could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit with which he […]

Reading 1 Acts 5:27-32, 40b-41 When the captain and the court officers had brought the apostles inand made them stand before the Sanhedrin,the high priest questioned them,"We gave you strict orders, did we not,to stop teaching in that name?Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teachingand want to bring this man's blood upon us."But Peter […]

Key dates in the life and ministry of Pope Leo XIV, elected May 8, 2025, as the 266th successor to St. Peter. The post Pope Leo XIV: A biographical timeline first appeared on OSV News.

In fact, many people didn't recognize who he was when he came out onto the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica. The post Americans present for white smoke ‘shocked’ native son is now Pope Leo XIV first appeared on OSV News.

(OSV News) — World leaders warmly congratulated Pope Leo XIV on his election and exhorted him to work toward peace in an increasingly conflictive word. Leaders in Latin America, meanwhile,… The post World leaders warmly welcome Pope Leo XIV as messenger of peace first appeared on OSV News.

Looking at the challenges that the church in the United States is facing, "I hope to be able to respond to them with healthy dialogue," said Pope Leo XIV. The post First American pope: White Sox fan, Villanova grad, Peru missionary, Vatican leader first appeared on OSV News.

American Catholics from coast to coast were thrilled to learn the next pope was one of their very own: Pope Leo XIV. The post US Catholics stunned, overjoyed at history-making American Pope Leo XIV first appeared on OSV News.

New pope described as "a holy man who will lead us with strong faith and humility." The post Bishops offer thanks for election of Pope Leo XIV, first American chosen to succeed Peter first appeared on OSV News.

VATICAN CITY (OSV News) — On May 8, the world met its new pope. Cardinal Robert Prevost, an American missionary and Vatican official, took the name Leo XIV. In his first… The post ‘Synodal and missionary’: Pope Leo XIV’s election affirms church’s path of listening and dialogue, collaborators say first appeared on OSV News.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — When white smoke came pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney and the bells of St. Peter’s Basilica started pealing, people who had been relaxing at… The post New pope greeted by ecstatic crowds in St. Peter’s Square first appeared on OSV News.