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.
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-...
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.
"God's criteria, with an emphasis on the least, are an earthquake that does not destroy, but reawakens the world." - Pope Leo
November 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
"God's criteria, with an emphasis on the least, are an earthquake that does not destroy, but reawakens the world." - Pope Leo
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 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.
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. “
This evening Pope Leo XIV stopped by the Basilica of Santa Maria the Major to pray in front of the tomb of Pope Francis and, afterwards, in front of the icon of the Virgin, Salus Populi Romani. He then went to Castel Gandolfo.
November 3, 2025 at 7:36 PM
This evening Pope Leo XIV stopped by the Basilica of Santa Maria the Major to pray in front of the tomb of Pope Francis and, afterwards, in front of the icon of the Virgin, Salus Populi Romani. He then went to Castel Gandolfo.
Leo at Mass for Pope Francis: “With great affection, we offer it for the chosen soul of Pope Francis, who passed away after opening the Holy Door and imparting the Easter Blessing. Thanks to the Jubilee, this celebration—for me, the first—acquires a distinctive flavor: the flavor of Christian hope.”
November 3, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Leo at Mass for Pope Francis: “With great affection, we offer it for the chosen soul of Pope Francis, who passed away after opening the Holy Door and imparting the Easter Blessing. Thanks to the Jubilee, this celebration—for me, the first—acquires a distinctive flavor: the flavor of Christian hope.”
Upon his return to the Vatican after the Mass in suffrage of the deceased faithful at Rome's Verano Cemetery, Pope Leo went to the Grotto of the Basilica of San Pietro for a moment of private prayer for the deceased Pontiffs.
November 2, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Upon his return to the Vatican after the Mass in suffrage of the deceased faithful at Rome's Verano Cemetery, Pope Leo went to the Grotto of the Basilica of San Pietro for a moment of private prayer for the deceased Pontiffs.
Pope Leo at Cemetery Mass on All Souls Day: Praying for the dead “is not so much about looking back, but instead looking forward towards the goal of our journey, towards the safe harbor that God has promised us, towards the unending feast that awaits us.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
November 2, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Pope Leo at Cemetery Mass on All Souls Day: Praying for the dead “is not so much about looking back, but instead looking forward towards the goal of our journey, towards the safe harbor that God has promised us, towards the unending feast that awaits us.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
The Pope at Rome's Verano Cemetery for the Mass in suffrage of the faithful departed. Upon arrival, Leo XIV laid a bouquet of white flowers on a tomb bearing the inscription "Antonia Coccia Nicolino and his." A tribute to all the deceased buried in the Roman Cemetery.
November 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The Pope at Rome's Verano Cemetery for the Mass in suffrage of the faithful departed. Upon arrival, Leo XIV laid a bouquet of white flowers on a tomb bearing the inscription "Antonia Coccia Nicolino and his." A tribute to all the deceased buried in the Roman Cemetery.
Pope Leo at Angelus on All Souls Day: “Let us commemorate the future, for we are not enclosed in the past or in sentimental tears of nostalgia. Neither are we sealed within the present, as in a tomb.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
November 2, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Pope Leo at Angelus on All Souls Day: “Let us commemorate the future, for we are not enclosed in the past or in sentimental tears of nostalgia. Neither are we sealed within the present, as in a tomb.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
Members of the faithful lock arms as clergy, including a Chicago Auxiliary Bishop ask for entrance into Broadview ICE detention facility; they are denied entrance again; Fr. Dan Harnett is now leading a prayer of Spiritual Communion with detained immigrants.
November 1, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Members of the faithful lock arms as clergy, including a Chicago Auxiliary Bishop ask for entrance into Broadview ICE detention facility; they are denied entrance again; Fr. Dan Harnett is now leading a prayer of Spiritual Communion with detained immigrants.
Chicago Auxiliary Bishop José María Garcia-Maldonado at ICE detention facility: “Being here is an act of holiness…soon we will seek access to the facility to bring the Eucharist to our brothers and sisters; if they say no again, we will keep praying.”
November 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Chicago Auxiliary Bishop José María Garcia-Maldonado at ICE detention facility: “Being here is an act of holiness…soon we will seek access to the facility to bring the Eucharist to our brothers and sisters; if they say no again, we will keep praying.”
At Broadview ICE detention facility for Mass today, Fr. David Inczauskis, SJ reveals “tragic” and “devastating” news that a member of group bearing Guadalupe Banner to Mass today, was detained by ICE this morning in procession to detention facility.
November 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
At Broadview ICE detention facility for Mass today, Fr. David Inczauskis, SJ reveals “tragic” and “devastating” news that a member of group bearing Guadalupe Banner to Mass today, was detained by ICE this morning in procession to detention facility.