Rich Raho
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Catholic theologian, M.Div. Theology Department at DePaul College Prep, Chronicler of all things Catholic. Pope Leo XIV. Vatican analyst.
This afternoon, Pope Leo met with met with 160 consecrated religious in the Synod Hall; they are in Rome participating in the 104th Assembly of the Union of General Superiors. Leo exhorted them to take advantage of the “extraordinary opportunities of technology, but not at the expense of people.”
November 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM
This afternoon, Pope Leo met with met with 160 consecrated religious in the Synod Hall; they are in Rome participating in the 104th Assembly of the Union of General Superiors. Leo exhorted them to take advantage of the “extraordinary opportunities of technology, but not at the expense of people.”
Pope Leo to International Theological Commission: “Just as there is no faculty that faith does not enlighten, so there is no science that theology may ignore.” www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
November 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Pope Leo to International Theological Commission: “Just as there is no faculty that faith does not enlighten, so there is no science that theology may ignore.” www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
Pope Leo at General Audience: “Perhaps we no longer experience life as a gift because we are weighed down by its burdens, but the Risen Christ reminds us that God is always faithful to his plan of love.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
November 26, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Pope Leo at General Audience: “Perhaps we no longer experience life as a gift because we are weighed down by its burdens, but the Risen Christ reminds us that God is always faithful to his plan of love.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
Citing “travel and work obligations that make attendance at Mass difficult,” Monterey, CA Apostolic Administrator Bishop Szkredka dispenses area Catholics from Mass attendance on New Year’s Day.
November 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Citing “travel and work obligations that make attendance at Mass difficult,” Monterey, CA Apostolic Administrator Bishop Szkredka dispenses area Catholics from Mass attendance on New Year’s Day.
Pope Leo in new Apostolic Letter: “We must therefore leave behind theological controversies that have lost their raison d’êtrein order to develop a common understanding and even more, a common prayer to the Holy Spirit, so that he may gather us all together in one faith and one love.”
November 23, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Pope Leo in new Apostolic Letter: “We must therefore leave behind theological controversies that have lost their raison d’êtrein order to develop a common understanding and even more, a common prayer to the Holy Spirit, so that he may gather us all together in one faith and one love.”
“Singing reminds us that we are a Church on a journey, an authentic synodal reality capable of sharing with everyone the vocation to praise and joy on this pilgrimage of love and hope. - Pope Leo
November 23, 2025 at 1:38 PM
“Singing reminds us that we are a Church on a journey, an authentic synodal reality capable of sharing with everyone the vocation to praise and joy on this pilgrimage of love and hope. - Pope Leo
Pope Leo at Mass for Jubilee of Choirs: “Dedicate yourselves to facilitating the participation of the people of God, without giving in to the temptation of ostentation, which prevents the entire liturgical assembly from actively participating in the singing.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
November 23, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Pope Leo at Mass for Jubilee of Choirs: “Dedicate yourselves to facilitating the participation of the people of God, without giving in to the temptation of ostentation, which prevents the entire liturgical assembly from actively participating in the singing.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
Punctuating Pope’s quality as a “good listener,” Leo met privately this morning with Katharina Westerhorstmann, a professor of theology at Franciscan University campus in Austria. In 2022 Westerhorstmann resigned from the German Synodal Way forum on sexual morality.
November 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Punctuating Pope’s quality as a “good listener,” Leo met privately this morning with Katharina Westerhorstmann, a professor of theology at Franciscan University campus in Austria. In 2022 Westerhorstmann resigned from the German Synodal Way forum on sexual morality.
The Pope to NCYC:
“Be careful not to use political categories when speaking of faith. The Church does not belong to any political party; rather, it helps to form your conscience so that you may think and act with wisdom and love.”
“Be careful not to use political categories when speaking of faith. The Church does not belong to any political party; rather, it helps to form your conscience so that you may think and act with wisdom and love.”
November 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The Pope to NCYC:
“Be careful not to use political categories when speaking of faith. The Church does not belong to any political party; rather, it helps to form your conscience so that you may think and act with wisdom and love.”
“Be careful not to use political categories when speaking of faith. The Church does not belong to any political party; rather, it helps to form your conscience so that you may think and act with wisdom and love.”
This morning, Pope Leo received a group of mothers and wives of prisoners and adolescents forcibly taken to Russia and now returned to Ukraine.
November 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
This morning, Pope Leo received a group of mothers and wives of prisoners and adolescents forcibly taken to Russia and now returned to Ukraine.
In a new motu proprio, Pope Leo says the President of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State is not only open to Cardinals but also the laity for a 5-year term. The position of President is currently held by Sister Raffaella Petrini. In doing so, Leo solidifies a change desired by Francis.
November 21, 2025 at 11:37 AM
In a new motu proprio, Pope Leo says the President of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State is not only open to Cardinals but also the laity for a 5-year term. The position of President is currently held by Sister Raffaella Petrini. In doing so, Leo solidifies a change desired by Francis.
Pope to Caritas: “Love sends us forth & makes us servants; love opens our eyes to the wounds of others. Wherever you accompany a displaced family, defend the rights of the poor, or offer a listening heart to the forgotten, the Church’s witness becomes more credible.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
November 21, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Pope to Caritas: “Love sends us forth & makes us servants; love opens our eyes to the wounds of others. Wherever you accompany a displaced family, defend the rights of the poor, or offer a listening heart to the forgotten, the Church’s witness becomes more credible.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
Pope to Italian Bishops: “A synodal Church, which walks the path traced by history while confronting the emerging challenges of evangelization, needs to renew herself continually. We must avoid allowing inertia…to slow down the necessary changes.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
November 20, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Pope to Italian Bishops: “A synodal Church, which walks the path traced by history while confronting the emerging challenges of evangelization, needs to renew herself continually. We must avoid allowing inertia…to slow down the necessary changes.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
Pope Leo visited today with the Augustinian nuns in the Monastery of Montefalco; he celebrated Mass then stayed for lunch.
November 20, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Pope Leo visited today with the Augustinian nuns in the Monastery of Montefalco; he celebrated Mass then stayed for lunch.
Leo told the Franciscans gathered this morning: “It is a blessing to be able to come today to this sacred place. We are close to the 800th anniversary of the death of Saint Francis, which gives us the opportunity to prepare ourselves to celebrate this great humble and poor saint.”
November 20, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Leo told the Franciscans gathered this morning: “It is a blessing to be able to come today to this sacred place. We are close to the 800th anniversary of the death of Saint Francis, which gives us the opportunity to prepare ourselves to celebrate this great humble and poor saint.”
Pope Leo prayed at the tomb of St. Francis this morning. He is in Assisi to address the Italian Bishops Conference. He will later celebrate Mass and have lunch with the Augustinian Community.
November 20, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Pope Leo prayed at the tomb of St. Francis this morning. He is in Assisi to address the Italian Bishops Conference. He will later celebrate Mass and have lunch with the Augustinian Community.
On Thursday, Pope Leo travels to Assisi to close out the meeting of Italian Bishops at Santa Maria degli Angeli. Leo is expected to make an early morning private visit to the tomb of St. Francis; after addressing the bishops, Leo will travel to Montefalco for lunch with Augustinian nuns.
November 20, 2025 at 12:29 AM
On Thursday, Pope Leo travels to Assisi to close out the meeting of Italian Bishops at Santa Maria degli Angeli. Leo is expected to make an early morning private visit to the tomb of St. Francis; after addressing the bishops, Leo will travel to Montefalco for lunch with Augustinian nuns.
Pope Leo at General Audience: “Pope Francis, with the Encyclical Laudato si’, showed us the extreme need for a contemplative gaze: if he is not the custodian of the garden, the human being becomes its destroyer.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
November 19, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Pope Leo at General Audience: “Pope Francis, with the Encyclical Laudato si’, showed us the extreme need for a contemplative gaze: if he is not the custodian of the garden, the human being becomes its destroyer.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
Pope Leo has received Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and his wife MK in a private audience today at the Vatican.
November 19, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Pope Leo has received Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and his wife MK in a private audience today at the Vatican.
Asked how he spends his time at Castel Gandolfo, he responded: "a bit of reading, a bit of work, there are correspondences every day, phone calls, important matters, urgent ones. And then a bit of tennis and swimming pool.”
November 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Asked how he spends his time at Castel Gandolfo, he responded: "a bit of reading, a bit of work, there are correspondences every day, phone calls, important matters, urgent ones. And then a bit of tennis and swimming pool.”
Leaving Castel Gandolfo, Pope expressed appreciation for US bishop’s statement in support of migrants: “We must find ways to treat people with humanity and dignity…when people are living good lives, to treat them in a way that is extremely disrespectful to say the least is unacceptable.”
November 18, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Leaving Castel Gandolfo, Pope expressed appreciation for US bishop’s statement in support of migrants: “We must find ways to treat people with humanity and dignity…when people are living good lives, to treat them in a way that is extremely disrespectful to say the least is unacceptable.”
Speaking to Catholic Biblical Federation today, Pope Leo laments “cultural places” where the Gospel is “distorted by particular interests.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
November 18, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Speaking to Catholic Biblical Federation today, Pope Leo laments “cultural places” where the Gospel is “distorted by particular interests.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
One of thirty transgender women who attended today’s pope-hosted lunch with Sr. Geneviève Jeanningros says she received “violent messages ” in the lead up to today, but writes she was at a “grade A reception” with Leo. She delivered a letter to Pope on behalf of all transgender persons.
November 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM
One of thirty transgender women who attended today’s pope-hosted lunch with Sr. Geneviève Jeanningros says she received “violent messages ” in the lead up to today, but writes she was at a “grade A reception” with Leo. She delivered a letter to Pope on behalf of all transgender persons.
“A poor church for the poor”
November 16, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“A poor church for the poor”