VATICAN ET PAPE LEON XIV #Pope

Since his election as head of the Church, Pope Leo XIV has made several important appointments. Here are four of them for May 2025.

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).

Plus de 200 000 fidèles ont participé à la célébration eucharistique pour le début du ministère pétrinien de l’évêque de Rome Léon XIV à la place Saint-Pierre ce dimanche 18 mai 2025.

Upon his first outing on May 8, Pope Leo XIV wished peace to the entire world with the blessing urbi et orbi. After this encounter with humanity, the Holy Father began his work with Masses, speeches, and meetings. Here are his activities for the first week of his pontificate, from May 9 to 15, 2025.

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.

Following the official announcement of the death of Pope Francis by the Vatican in the morning, the Archdiocese of Kinshasa, through its Archbishop Fridolin Cardinal Ambongo, organized the service for the dead at the cathedral at 6 p.m. on Monday, April 21, 2025.