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.
The USCCB will elect a new President and Vice President tomorrow. Here’s the slate of nominees. The vote comes at a crucial moment in the nation.
November 11, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The USCCB will elect a new President and Vice President tomorrow. Here’s the slate of nominees. The vote comes at a crucial moment in the nation.
In anticipation of Saturday’s meeting with the World of Cinema, Pope Leo shares his favorite movies.
November 11, 2025 at 12:58 AM
In anticipation of Saturday’s meeting with the World of Cinema, Pope Leo shares his favorite movies.
On Saturday, November 15, at 11:00 a.m. at the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City, the Holy Father Leo XIV will receive the World of Cinema in Audience.
November 10, 2025 at 9:17 PM
On Saturday, November 15, at 11:00 a.m. at the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City, the Holy Father Leo XIV will receive the World of Cinema in Audience.
"Leo from Chicago" - The Documentary.
The Vatican Dicastery for Communication presents a documentary exploring the roots of Robert Francis Prevost in his native United States, including in-depth interviews with his brothers Louis and John Prevost. www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
The Vatican Dicastery for Communication presents a documentary exploring the roots of Robert Francis Prevost in his native United States, including in-depth interviews with his brothers Louis and John Prevost. www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
"Leo from Chicago" - The Documentary - Vatican News
The Vatican Dicastery for Communication presents the documentary
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November 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
"Leo from Chicago" - The Documentary.
The Vatican Dicastery for Communication presents a documentary exploring the roots of Robert Francis Prevost in his native United States, including in-depth interviews with his brothers Louis and John Prevost. www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
The Vatican Dicastery for Communication presents a documentary exploring the roots of Robert Francis Prevost in his native United States, including in-depth interviews with his brothers Louis and John Prevost. www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
Pope Leo XIV encourages participants in a Vatican-organized conference to help ensure that artificial intelligence does not replace interpersonal relationships in the field of healthcare. www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
Pope: AI use in healthcare must ensure quality of care and relationships - Vatican News
Pope Leo XIV encourages participants in a Vatican-organized conference to help ensure that artificial intelligence does not replace interpersonal ...
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November 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Pope Leo XIV encourages participants in a Vatican-organized conference to help ensure that artificial intelligence does not replace interpersonal relationships in the field of healthcare. www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
Pope Leo at the Angelus: “So often, the frailties and mistakes of Christians, together with many clichés and prejudices, prevent us from grasping the richness of the mystery of the Church.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
November 9, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Pope Leo at the Angelus: “So often, the frailties and mistakes of Christians, together with many clichés and prejudices, prevent us from grasping the richness of the mystery of the Church.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
Pope on Feast of Dedication of John Lateran: “As we diligently labor in service of God’s Kingdom, let us be neither hasty nor superficial. Let us dig deep, unhindered by worldly criteria, which too often demand immediate results and disregard the wisdom of waiting.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
November 9, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Pope on Feast of Dedication of John Lateran: “As we diligently labor in service of God’s Kingdom, let us be neither hasty nor superficial. Let us dig deep, unhindered by worldly criteria, which too often demand immediate results and disregard the wisdom of waiting.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
A conservative on the US Bench, and up for possible election as USCCB President, Portland’s Archbishop Sample issues weak statement amid city’s ongoing ICE activity, stops short of criticizing administration’s policies on immigration. archdpdx.org/statement-on...
Statement on Recent ICE Activity in Oregon
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November 9, 2025 at 1:41 AM
A conservative on the US Bench, and up for possible election as USCCB President, Portland’s Archbishop Sample issues weak statement amid city’s ongoing ICE activity, stops short of criticizing administration’s policies on immigration. archdpdx.org/statement-on...
VATICAN: This afternoon, Pope Leo met with 15 people from Belgium who were victims of abuse by clergy when they were minors. The meeting was held in an atmosphere of closeness with deep and painful listening and dialogue; it lasted for almost three hours, then ended with an intense moment of prayer.
November 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
VATICAN: This afternoon, Pope Leo met with 15 people from Belgium who were victims of abuse by clergy when they were minors. The meeting was held in an atmosphere of closeness with deep and painful listening and dialogue; it lasted for almost three hours, then ended with an intense moment of prayer.
While details are unknown, Leo’s call for Cardinals to gather in Rome Jan 6-7 for Extraordinary Consistory is significant. Jan 6 marks end of Jubilee Year. Francis nor Benedict called zero such meetings. JP2 convened 6 Extraordinary Consistories; the first in 1979 to discuss his upcoming trip to US.
November 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
While details are unknown, Leo’s call for Cardinals to gather in Rome Jan 6-7 for Extraordinary Consistory is significant. Jan 6 marks end of Jubilee Year. Francis nor Benedict called zero such meetings. JP2 convened 6 Extraordinary Consistories; the first in 1979 to discuss his upcoming trip to US.
Pope Leo XIV intends to call all the cardinals to the Vatican for a two-day meeting on Jan. 7-8, 2026, the Vatican Secretariat of State has told them. www.americamagazine.org/vatican-disp...
Pope Leo to call College of Cardinals to Rome for a two-day January meeting
Pope Leo XIV intends to call all the cardinals to the Vatican for a two-day meeting on Jan. 7-8, 2026, the Vatican Secretariat of State has told them.
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November 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Pope Leo XIV intends to call all the cardinals to the Vatican for a two-day meeting on Jan. 7-8, 2026, the Vatican Secretariat of State has told them. www.americamagazine.org/vatican-disp...
Pope at Jubilee Audience: "I hope for a collective commitment from institutions and civil society to create valid employment opportunities that offer stability and dignity so that young people can realize their dreams and contribute to the common good.” www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
Pope stresses need for jobs, stability, and dignity - Vatican News
At the Jubilee Audience, Pope Leo greets participants in the Jubilee of Work, calling for
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November 8, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Pope at Jubilee Audience: "I hope for a collective commitment from institutions and civil society to create valid employment opportunities that offer stability and dignity so that young people can realize their dreams and contribute to the common good.” www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
Pope to #COP30: “May ecological conversion inspire the development of a new human-centred international financial architecture that ensures all countries, especially the poorest & those most vulnerable to climate disasters, can reach their potential & see the dignity of their citizens respected.”
November 7, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Pope to #COP30: “May ecological conversion inspire the development of a new human-centred international financial architecture that ensures all countries, especially the poorest & those most vulnerable to climate disasters, can reach their potential & see the dignity of their citizens respected.”
Pope: 'Entrepreneurs and communicators must seek common good' www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
Pope: 'Entrepreneurs and communicators must seek common good' - Vatican News
Pope Leo XIV calls on communicators to seek the common good and exercise caution against anything that dehumanizes or manipulates others, during an ...
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November 7, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Pope: 'Entrepreneurs and communicators must seek common good' www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
Pope Leo: “The growing use of the internet, computers, and smartphones is associated not only with clear benefits, but also with excessive use, which often results in addictions with negative consequences for health." www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
Pope Leo: 'We must commit to preventing addiction' - Vatican News
Pope Leo XIV sends a video message to Italy's 7th National Conference on Addictions, and proposes a path to concretely combat the phenomenon of ...
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November 7, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Pope Leo: “The growing use of the internet, computers, and smartphones is associated not only with clear benefits, but also with excessive use, which often results in addictions with negative consequences for health." www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
Pope Leo to AI Forum: “The Church calls all builders of AI to cultivate moral discernment as a fundamental part of their work — to develop systems that reflect justice, solidarity, and a genuine reverence for life.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
November 7, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Pope Leo to AI Forum: “The Church calls all builders of AI to cultivate moral discernment as a fundamental part of their work — to develop systems that reflect justice, solidarity, and a genuine reverence for life.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
Pope Leo met with Palestinian President Abbas this morning discussing urgent humanitarian aid for Gaza and how “to end the conflict by pursuing a two-State solution.”
November 6, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Pope Leo met with Palestinian President Abbas this morning discussing urgent humanitarian aid for Gaza and how “to end the conflict by pursuing a two-State solution.”
Pope Leo to Conference of European Churches: "Although in some parts of Europe there are indeed positive and encouraging signs of growth, at the same time many Christian communities feel increasingly in the minority.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
November 6, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Pope Leo to Conference of European Churches: "Although in some parts of Europe there are indeed positive and encouraging signs of growth, at the same time many Christian communities feel increasingly in the minority.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas visited the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome today to honor the memory of Pope Francis. "I came to him because I cannot forget what he did for Palestine and its people," he said. Tomorrow morning he will be in a private audience with Pope Leo.
November 5, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas visited the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome today to honor the memory of Pope Francis. "I came to him because I cannot forget what he did for Palestine and its people," he said. Tomorrow morning he will be in a private audience with Pope Leo.
Pope Leo: Priesthood “is not a flight from what one does not wish to face, nor a refuge from affective, family, or social difficulties. Neither is it a promotion nor a safeguard, but a total gift of one’s existence.” www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
Pope Leo XIV: Priesthood is ‘total gift' - Vatican News
Pope Leo XIV sends a letter to the seminary in Peru where he once served as professor, and encourages candidates for the priesthood to “give constant ...
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November 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Pope Leo: Priesthood “is not a flight from what one does not wish to face, nor a refuge from affective, family, or social difficulties. Neither is it a promotion nor a safeguard, but a total gift of one’s existence.” www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
Cardinal McElroy has been diagnosed with a “non-aggressive cancer; his “prognosis is very good.”
November 5, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Cardinal McElroy has been diagnosed with a “non-aggressive cancer; his “prognosis is very good.”
Pope Leo at General Audience: “Hour by hour, we have so many different experiences: pain, suffering, sadness, intertwined with joy, wonder, serenity. But through every situation, the human heart longs for fullness, a profound happiness.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
November 5, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Pope Leo at General Audience: “Hour by hour, we have so many different experiences: pain, suffering, sadness, intertwined with joy, wonder, serenity. But through every situation, the human heart longs for fullness, a profound happiness.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
Pope was asked about migrants detained in Chicago not being able to receive communion: "I would certainly invite the authorities to allow pastoral workers to attend to their needs many times they have been separated from their families for a good amount of time, no one knows what’s happening.”
November 4, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Pope was asked about migrants detained in Chicago not being able to receive communion: "I would certainly invite the authorities to allow pastoral workers to attend to their needs many times they have been separated from their families for a good amount of time, no one knows what’s happening.”
New from Vatican: “It would not be appropriate to use the title ‘Co-redemptrix’ to define Mary’s cooperation” in salvation. “This title risks obscuring Christ’s unique salvific mediation and can therefore create confusion and an imbalance in the harmony of the truths of the Christian faith. “
November 4, 2025 at 10:41 AM
New from Vatican: “It would not be appropriate to use the title ‘Co-redemptrix’ to define Mary’s cooperation” in salvation. “This title risks obscuring Christ’s unique salvific mediation and can therefore create confusion and an imbalance in the harmony of the truths of the Christian faith. “
Bishop Seitz at Border Mass: “Right now, as we are gathered here at this imposing fence, the government is hunting migrants down with malice, running roughshod over constitutional rights and due process, tearing apart and uprooting families…” drive.google.com/file/d/12458...
2025.11.01 MS Homily Border Mass.pdf
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November 3, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Bishop Seitz at Border Mass: “Right now, as we are gathered here at this imposing fence, the government is hunting migrants down with malice, running roughshod over constitutional rights and due process, tearing apart and uprooting families…” drive.google.com/file/d/12458...