Pope to Ukrainian Greek Catholics: ‘God Will Have the Last Word,’ ‘Life Will Conquer Death’

Leo XIV reminds women religious that ‘being rooted in Christ’ makes unimaginable possible

Pope Leo XIV smiles and waves to a group of nuns during an audience with women religious on June 30, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 1, 2025 / 15:17 pm (CNA). During an audience on Monday of religious sisters... [...]

Pope reminds nuns that ‘being rooted in Christ’ makes unimaginable possible

Pope Leo XIV told a group of religious sisters that rootedness in Christ allows them to “do things they perhaps never thought they could achieve.”

Leo XIV Reminds Women Religious That ‘Being Rooted in Christ’ Makes Unimaginable Possible

Vatican Media Pope Leo XIV smiles and waves to a group of nuns during an audience with women religious on June 30, 2025, at the Vatican. The Pontiff thanked the religious sisters for their service, especially to the weakest members of society.

Pope to Ukrainian Greek Catholics: ‘God will have the last word,’ ‘life will conquer death’

(OSV News) — Amid Russia’s war on Ukraine, the faith of Ukrainians is being “sorely tested,” but God “will have the last word, and life will conquer death,” said Pope Leo XIV. The pope addressed Ukrainian Greek Catholics who were in Rome for a June 28-29 Jubilee Year pilgrimage to the tomb of St. Peter, which included Divine Liturgies at both St. Peter’s Basilica and at the Ukrainian Cathedral of Santa Sophia. Ahead of the June 28 liturgy, pilgr…

Pope Leo XIV to religious sisters: Ask, 'Is God my everything?'

Pope Leo XIV urges religious sisters in Rome for their General Chapters or the Jubilee to stay rooted in Christ and to ensure that God, in every way, remains their everything. Read all

Talk story: Let us be living examples of Christ’s light for others

Office for Social Ministry “In this Jubilee Year of Hope, Christ, who is our hope, indeed calls all of us to come together, that we might be that true living example: the light of hope in the world today.” (Pope Leo XIV video message, Chicago, June 14) Recently, tens of thousands gathered at the Chicago […]