VATICAN ET PAPE LEON XIV #François

The month of January is dedicated to the Infant Jesus and, in particular, to the Most Holy Name of Jesus. Eight days after Christmas, devotion to the Most Holy Name of Jesus is honored to celebrate the day Saint Joseph circumcised him and gave him his name. This devotional practice has been observed since the early days of the Church.

Faced with so much global turmoil, Pope Leo tirelessly appeals for peace in war-torn areas. This October has been marked by several messages urging political leaders to work for peace, and he has met with some of these leaders.

Lors de la fête liturgique de Saint François d’Assise ce 4 octobre 2025, le Pape Léon XIV avait signé sa première exhortation apostolique Dilexi te à la suite de la dernière encyclique de son prédécesseur François Dilexit nos parue le 24 octobre 2024.

Il est surnommé le « cyber-apôtre ». Carlo Acutis , adolescent italien féru d’internet mort en 2006 à l’âge de 15 ans d’une leucémie foudroyante, a été canonisé dimanche 7 septembre par le pape Léon XIV au Vatican, devenant ainsi le premier millénial déclaré « saint ».

The fifth World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly will be celebrated on July 27, 2025. On this occasion, Pope Leo XIV delivered his message from June 26, 2025 under the theme: “Blessed is he who has not lost hope” (cf. Sir 14:2).

Le Pape Léon XIV a ouvert aujourd'hui la catéchèse publique pendant sa première audience générale depuis la dernière sous le Pape François le 16 avril 2025. Le Pape Léon poursuit le thème de Jésus notre espérance abordé par son prédécesseur le 18 décembre 2024. C'est sur la parabole du semeur que sa méditation s'est basée (cf. Mt 13, 1-17).

On Wednesday, May 7, 2025, a Mass Pro eligendo romano pontifice was celebrated at St. Peter's Basilica, which opens the conclave. The 133 cardinals will lock themselves in the Apostolic Palace today at 3:45 p.m. to leave after a pope is elected there.

Pope Francis has introduced 15 new nations into the Sistine Chapel. When Pope Benedict XVI bequeathed the See of Peter to Francis, fifteen states in the world had no cardinals.

In a cathedral packed with several civil, military and religious authorities, a mass was celebrated by Mgr Giuseppe Laterza, Apostolic Nuncio (CAR and Chad) this Sunday, April 27, 2025 in Bangui, capital of CAR. in memory of Pope Francis.

On the evening of Friday, April 25, 2025, the coffin of Pope Francis was sealed by the Camrlingen.

It was in the year 2015 when the universal Church was about to experience the extraordinary jubilee of mercy and the CAR was experiencing unimaginable violence which had created a rift between Christians and Muslims.

Since the announcement of Pope Francis's death, everything has been moving in the Eternal City. It was at 7:35 a.m. on Monday, April 21, that Cardinal Camerlengo Kevin Farrel announced the Pope's death.