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Pope Francis has died at the age of XX in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta. The Pope's death was announced by Cardinal Kevin Farrell, Camerlengo of the Apostolic Chamber, who said that Francis had "returned to the house of the Father" at 7:35 am. Tributes and reflections are being shared on social media, highlighting his legacy of peace, unity, and care for the environment.
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"On the World Day Against the Death Penalty Krisanne Vaillancourt Murphy Executive Director of the US-based Catholic Mobilizing Network explores the many positive movements that have been made to abolish the death penalty despite an uptick in executions this year"
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-10-10T13:57Z 705.2K followers, 15K engagements
"Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims from Croatia gathered in St Peters Square for the Jubilee praising their Christian witness rooted in a received tradition that continues to be preserved today"
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-10-07T19:21Z 705K followers, 13.2K engagements
"Pope Leo XIV meets with members of Aid to the Church in Need a pontifical foundation and praises their work to uphold religious freedom as an essential element of human life"
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-10-10T10:42Z 705K followers, 13.8K engagements
"📌 1/5: Faith and the Poor Dilexi te I have loved you. Faith cannot be separated from love for the poor. Pope Leo XIV reiterates: the love of Christ takes flesh in love for the poor. Through them God continues to speak to us. Structures of injustice must be destroyed by the power of good. #DilexiTe #PopeLeoXIV #Exhortation"
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-10-09T10:06Z 705.1K followers, 25K engagements
"The Archbishop of Dar es Salaam issues a passionate appeal concerning a troubling rise in unexplained disappearances and kidnappings across the country over the past two years"
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-10-16T06:55Z 705.2K followers, 27.4K engagements
"Gospel of the Day (Luke 1147-54) The Lord said: Woe to you You build the memorials of the prophets whom your ancestors killed. Consequently you bear witness and give consent to the deeds of your ancestors for they killed them and you do the building.""
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-10-16T06:01Z 705.2K followers, 10.4K engagements
"Pope Leo celebrates Mass for the Jubilee of the Missions and of Migrants. Addressing the over 40000 pilgrims present in Saint Peters Square the Pope focused on two themes: rediscovering our missionary vocation and reaching out in solidarity to our migrant brothers and sisters. Brothers and sisters those boats which hope to catch sight of a safe port and those eyes filled with anguish and hope seeking to reach the shore cannot and must not find the coldness of indifference or the stigma of discrimination"
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-10-05T14:10Z 705.1K followers, 100.2K engagements
"Paolo Ruffini Prefect of the Vaticans Dicastery for Communication tells journalists to search for alternatives to the toxic consumption of manipulated information"
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-10-10T20:13Z 705.2K followers, 22.7K engagements
"During a prayer vigil in St Peters Square for the Jubilee of Marian Spirituality Pope Leo XIV leads pilgrims in the recitation of the Holy Rosary followed by Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. Read more:"
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-10-11T18:01Z 705.2K followers, 16.9K engagements
"The great-nephew of Blessed Peter To Rot shares the Papua New Guinean martyr's family history saying faith was "part of our daily life through prayer Mass and helping our neighbors.""
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-10-02T08:44Z 705K followers, 12.9K engagements
"Bishops theologians and pastoral ministers meet at the US-Mexico border to discuss the migration phenomenon ethically across Mexico and the US"
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-10-15T20:17Z 705.2K followers, 11.6K engagements
"Pope Leo XIV meets Brazilian President Luiz Incio Lula da Silva and his wife in a private audience in the Vatican"
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-10-13T19:05Z 705.2K followers, 21.4K engagements
"Together with global youth movements has welcomed the Holy Sees decision to place climate education at the centre of its official climate policy"
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-10-07T16:49Z 705K followers, 10.7K engagements
"The faithful in prayer at the Roman parish of Santa Maria in Traspontina with the statue of Our Lady of Fatima which will be carried in procession to Saint Peter's Square for the Rosary with the Pope at 6:00 pm"
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-10-11T14:03Z 705.2K followers, 21.8K engagements
"White smoke billows from the chimney above the Sistine Chapel to announce that the XXX Cardinal electors have elected the new Pope who will appear soon at the central window of St. Peters Basilica"
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-05-08T17:09Z 705.2K followers, 1.2M engagements
"A Polish man has donated a purebred Arabian horse to Pope Leo XIV ahead of the weekly General Audience saying he was inspired by the photo of the Augustinian Pope on horseback in Peru. Proton a purebred Arabian was given to the Pope by Andrzej Michalski owner and founder of the Michalski Stud Farm in Koobrzeg-Budzistowo Poland"
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-10-15T11:43Z 705.2K followers, 415.2K engagements
"No Jew should be attacked or discriminated against for being Jewish. No Palestinian should be attacked or discriminated against as a potential terrorist. 4👇"
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-10-06T13:58Z 705K followers, 9360 engagements
"Pope Leo XIV receives Augustinian Recollect Sisters rejoicing in their God-given joy and encouraging them to continue walking with the Lord"
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-10-15T13:44Z 705.2K followers, 12.6K engagements
"Pope Leo XIV met Thursday with labor leaders from the US city of Chicago for an audience in the Vatican as they make a pilgrimage to Rome for the Jubilee Year of Hope. In his address the Pope said the labor unions represent thousands of workers praising their work to enhance the skills of workers for the common good of society"
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-10-09T14:13Z 705.2K followers, 43.7K engagements
"Archbishop Gabriele Caccia addresses the UN and insists that the ecological debt owed to developing countries must be rectified biodiversity be protected and greater education provided for integral ecology"
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-10-14T14:08Z 705.2K followers, 13.2K engagements
"In Tanzania's Arusha region the Canossian Daughters of Charity are pursuing their mission to rescue young girls from harmful cultural practices"
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-10-08T17:15Z 704.9K followers, 12.6K engagements
"White smoke The XXX Cardinal electors gathered in the Vaticans Sistine Chapel have elected the new Pope. He will appear soon at the central window of St. Peters Basilica"
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-05-08T16:12Z 705.2K followers, 14M engagements
"With these words of the Formula of Canonization Pope Leo XIV officially proclaimed Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis saints of the Catholic Church"
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-09-07T10:16Z 705.1K followers, 356.8K engagements
"Pope Francis tomb in the Basilica of St. Mary Major has been made with materials from the Italian region of Liguria. It is a simple tomb bearing only the inscription Franciscus and a reproduction of the late Popes pectoral cross. The tomb is located near the Altar of St. Francis in the niche of the side nave between the Pauline Chapel (Salus Populi Romani Chapel) and the Sforza Chapel. Speaking on television the Coadjutor Archpriest of the Basilica Cardinal Rolandas Makrickas announced Pope Francis desire to be buried in a tomb made from the stone of Liguria the land of his grandparents"
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-04-24T19:21Z 705K followers, 368.1K engagements
"Pope Leo speaks in English at the General Audience: "However disappointed unworthy or lost we may feel no matter how deep our pain the Lord wishes to accompany us on our path and teach us to discover the salvific meaning of our own suffering. Let us ask the Lord for the grace to recognize his humble presence and to accept lifes trials with joy as we await his coming in glory.""
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-10-08T17:10Z 705.2K followers, 79.4K engagements
"The Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue sends well wishes to those celebrating the Hindu feast of Deepavali and invites Christians and Hindus to "join hands in both small and great ways to nurture peace in our homes communities and societies.""
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-10-12T18:00Z 705.2K followers, 23.7K engagements
"Pope Leo XIV encourages labor leaders in their efforts to welcome immigrants and to foster respect for the human dignity of the most vulnerable"
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-10-09T14:57Z 705K followers, 14.2K engagements
"The Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference has issued a fresh and urgent appeal to the government pressing for decisive and transparent action against the destructive scourge of illegal mining"
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-10-11T07:15Z 705.2K followers, 14.6K engagements
"Pope Leo XIV reflects on the legacy of Cardinal Rafael Merry del Val and says the Vatican diplomat served the Popes of the early 20th century in delicate matters with humility"
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-10-13T11:44Z 705.2K followers, 15.3K engagements
"Pope Leo met with a group of hermits in Rome for the Jubilee of Consecrated Life and encouraged them to continue living out their vocation helping the Church and all the faithful rediscover the importance of intimacy with God. Read more:"
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-10-11T12:19Z 705.2K followers, 16.7K engagements
"Addressing a global network of leading news agencies Pope Leo XIV thanks reporters who work every day to share the truth often risking their lives saying they help the world know about important events"
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-10-09T12:50Z 705K followers, 9396 engagements
"Pope Leo will travel to Trkiye and Lebanon in late November and early December of this year"
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-10-07T10:18Z 705K followers, 28.3K engagements
"Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher gives a talk on how the Holy Sees diplomacy focuses on translating hope into a diplomatic act and on the importance of becoming a neighbour to serve the common good"
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-10-14T20:16Z 705.2K followers, 13K engagements
"Pope Leo XIV releases his prayer intention for the month of October inviting the faithful to pray for "collaboration between different religious traditions.""
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-09-30T14:09Z 705.1K followers, 270.7K engagements
"Pope Leo XIV met with Catherine Russell Executive Director of UNICEF the United Nations Children's Fund in the Vatican's Apostolic Palace on Monday"
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-10-06T15:55Z 705.1K followers, 38.4K engagements
"New uniforms for the Swiss Guard The dark blue uniforms visible in the first two photos were unveiled in the Vatican today. 🔹No need to worry about the iconic old ones The famous blue red and yellow uniforms remain unchanged. They will continue to be handmade by the Swiss Guard tailor. 🔹Mythbusting It was not as some people claim Michelangelo who designed the iconic Swiss Guard uniform. In fact the uniform was introduced at the beginning of the 20th century by the then-commander of the Guard Jules Repond. The blue red and yellow colours are linked to the Medici family"
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-10-02T16:46Z 705.1K followers, 150.4K engagements
"The story of Blessed Peter To Rot cannot be told apart from the upheavals of World War II. When Japanese forces occupied Papua New Guinea foreign missionaries were imprisoned leaving catechists like To Rot to guide local communities in faith. Blessed Peter To Rots defiance of polygamy was his ultimate sacrifice. Archbishop Tatamai gives first hand witnesss from stories told"
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-10-07T21:33Z 704.9K followers, 17.6K engagements
"The Holy See supports a State of Palestine that is independent sovereign democratic and viable including the West Bank East Jerusalem and Gaza"
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-10-06T13:58Z 705.1K followers, 12.7K engagements
"Gospel of the Day (Luke 10:38-42) "Martha Martha you are anxious and worried about many things. There is need of only one thing.""
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-10-07T06:00Z 705.2K followers, 35.9K engagements
"Pope Francis died on Easter Monday April XX 2025 at the age of XX at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta"
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-04-21T07:56Z 705.2K followers, 42.9M engagements
"Pope Leo XIV warmly welcomes Vatican Dicastery for Communication's journalists and staff along with their families into the heart of the Vatican and insists that the prayer that accompanies their daily work is what makes all the difference even if the rest of the world may fail to understand that. Read more:"
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-10-11T19:00Z 705.2K followers, 21.1K engagements
"Pope Leo XIV urges "every Catholic parish in the world to take part in World Mission Sunday" held on October XX under the theme "Missionaries of Hope among the peoples." In the video message the Pope recalls the assistance he received as a missionary priest and bishop in Peru noting that the whole Church prays in unison for missionaries and the fruitfulness of their apostolic labors"
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-10-13T13:26Z 705.2K followers, 32K engagements
"In an audience for the Jubilee of Consecrated Life Pope Leo XIV praises the centuries of service that consecrated people have offered the Church and thanks them for their hidden daily gestures to sustain the Church worldwide"
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-10-10T14:50Z 705.2K followers, 11.8K engagements
"During the Mass for the Jubilee on Marian Spirituality Pope Leo XIV urges faithful to see in the Blessed Mother a beautiful example of how to turn to and follow her Son Jesus Christ"
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-10-12T09:40Z 705.2K followers, 16.5K engagements
"Pope Leo XIV meets with members of Aid to the Church in Need a pontifical foundation and praises their work to uphold religious freedom as an essential element of human life. Religious freedom therefore is not merely a legal right or a privilege granted to us by governments he said. It is a foundational condition that makes authentic reconciliation possible"
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-10-10T13:47Z 705.2K followers, 16.8K engagements
"Gospel of the Day (Luke 1711-19) "Ten were cleansed were they not Where are the other nine Has none but this foreigner returned to give thanks to God" Then he said to him "Stand up and go; your faith has saved you.""
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-10-12T06:00Z 705.2K followers, 26.4K engagements
"Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass for the Jubilee of Marian Spirituality in St. Peters Square on Sunday. He invited the faithful to see in the Blessed Mother a beautiful example of how to turn to and follow her Son Jesus Christ. "Marian spirituality which nourishes our faith has Jesus as its center"
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-10-12T12:50Z 705.2K followers, 41.8K engagements
"Pope Leo XIV sends a message of support to Catholic Charities the US member of Caritas Internationalis calling its members agents of hope as they gather for their 115th Annual Meeting"
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-10-09T13:29Z 705K followers, 11.6K engagements
"The October X attack was an inhuman and unjustifiable act. Violence can never be justified. It is the right of those under attack to defend themselves but 1👇 #Parolin #Gaza #Israel #Vatican"
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-10-06T13:58Z 705K followers, 24.8K engagements
"Pope Leo XIV makes an official visit to the Quirinal Palace in Rome to meet with Italian President Sergio Mattarella and praises the close collaboration of Italy and the Holy See to facilitate recent Church events that have enjoyed a global audience"
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-10-14T11:27Z 705.2K followers, 16.6K engagements
"The Order of Saint Augustine and the Vatican Publishing House (LEV) announce the publication of a new book entitled "Free Under Grace: Writings and Meditations 2001-2013" which gathers writings of Pope Leo XIV during his time as Prior General of the Augustinian Order"
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-10-15T13:44Z 705.2K followers, 17.4K engagements
"Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin has expressed his general satisfaction over the peace agreement between Hamas and Israel signed today in Egypt which was achieved with U.S. mediation"
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-10-10T20:23Z 705.2K followers, 14.3K engagements
"The Holy See calls for universal abolition of the death penalty noting that the unchallengeable God-given dignity of every human person is immutable from conception to natural death"
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-10-10T12:08Z 705.2K followers, 128.9K engagements
"During a prayer vigil in St Peters Square for the Jubilee of Marian Spirituality Pope Leo XIV leads pilgrims in the recitation of the Holy Rosary followed by Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament"
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-10-11T20:38Z 705.2K followers, 33.4K engagements
"I announce to you a great joy; we have a Pope: The Most Eminent and Most Reverend Lord Lord Robert Francis Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church Prevost who has taken the name Leo XIV. Cardinal Protodeacon Dominique Mamberti announces that the Cardinals have elected Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost who took the name Pope Leo XIV"
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-05-08T17:31Z 705.1K followers, 5.4M engagements
"Today is the feast of Angelo Roncalli Pope St John XXIII. PRAYER Almighty and eternal God who in the Pope Saint John XXIII gave to the whole world the shining example of a good shepherd grant that through his intercession we may with joy spread abroad the fullness of Christian charity. Through our Lord Jesus Christ your Son who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit God for ever and ever. St John XXIII pray for us"
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-10-11T08:04Z 705.2K followers, 59.7K engagements
"Caritas Jerusalem delivers 10000 cans of milk formula for vulnerable babies in Gaza as the Caritas network mobilizes its humanitarian response following the signing of a ceasefire and the opening of humanitarian corridors"
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-10-14T19:17Z 705.2K followers, 16.5K engagements
"Following the Mass for the Jubilee of Marian Spirituality Pope Leo XIV turns his thoughts and prayers to the suffering people of the Holy Land Ukraine and Peru where political turmoil has brought instability to the nation"
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-10-12T10:52Z 705.2K followers, 14.8K engagements
"Following the first formal meeting of Pope Leo XIV as head of the U.S. Catholic Bishops Conference Archbishop Timothy Broglio speaks of the American Bishops unity with the Holy See and its shared mission to proclaim the Gospel amid polarization and social challenges"
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-10-10T21:14Z 705.2K followers, 22.6K engagements
"Habemus Papam We have a Pope The Cardinals gathered in the Vaticans Sistine Chapel have elected Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as the 267th Pope who took the name Pope Leo XIV"
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-05-08T17:20Z 705.1K followers, 10.9M engagements
"Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass for the Jubilee of Consecrated Life urging the thousands of religious men and women in attendance to ask seek and knock. Thousands of religious sisters and brothers monks and contemplatives members of secular institutes consecrated virgins hermits and members of new institutes from around the world are in Rome to participate in the Jubilee event"
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-10-09T17:38Z 705.2K followers, 32.2K engagements
"Maud de Boer-Buquicchio a jurist in charge of the Second Annual Report on Church Policies and Procedures for Safeguarding of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors speaks to Vatican News about the main elements that emerged from the document released on Thursday"
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-10-16T10:41Z 705.2K followers, 4723 engagements
"Pope Leo XIV meets with Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa the Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain"
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-09-29T11:44Z 705K followers, 20.6K engagements
"Pope Leo prays for the victims of a terrible massacre in Benue State Nigeria. Around XXX people were brutally killed in Yelwata in the Guma Local Government Area on the night of the 13th/14th June the Pope said most of them internally displaced persons sheltered by the local Catholic mission. Speaking just before delivering the Sunday Angelus prayer the Pope prayed for security justice and peace in Nigeria adding that he was thinking in particular of the rural Christian communities of the Benue State who have been relentless victims of violence. Responding to the attack Amnesty International"
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-06-15T13:15Z 705.2K followers, 1.9M engagements
"Gospel of the Day (Luke 1127-28) While Jesus was speaking a woman from the crowd called out and said to him "Blessed is the womb that carried you and the breasts at which you nursed." He replied "Rather blessed are those who hear the word of God and observe it.""
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-10-11T06:00Z 705.2K followers, 31.7K engagements
"Pope Leo XIV reflects on our desire for approval from others which leaves us empty because only God can fill our heart's restless desire. At the Wednesday General Audience the Pope says Jesus always stays by our side and consoles us at all points of our life no matter the difficulties we face"
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-10-15T09:30Z 705.1K followers, 30K engagements
"As humanitarian aid enters Gaza Pope Leo XIV instructs the Dicastery for the Service of Charity to send medicines for the youngest victims of the two-year conflict"
X Link @VaticanNews 2025-10-14T13:07Z 705.2K followers, 18K engagements