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Pope Leo gives encouragement to Special Olympics athletes

Addressing a delegation from the Special Olympics, Pope Leo XIV recalled his own fondness of sports and invited them to live holy lives following the example of St. Pier Giorgio Frassati, “who, in love with Jesus, knew how to translate values of sport into a holy life.”

• Pope Leo warns technology cannot replace the value of human relationships

  

  By JOSEPHINE PETERSON, Catholic News Service
  Published September 16, 2026

  In a world of increasing technological dependence and polarization, Pope Leo XIV said there is greater urgency for humanity to see itself as a single “human community.”

• Catholics cannot be ‘unengaged spectators’ amid current events, pope says

  

  By JOSEPHINE PETERSON, Catholic News Service
  Published September 2, 2026

  At his Sept. 2 general audience, Pope Leo began a new series of reflections on the Second Vatican Council’s pastoral constitution “Gaudium et Spes,” which examines the relationship between the Church and the modern world.

• The Assumption: Pope encourages reflection on Mary’s authentic beauty

  

  By JUNNO AROCHO ESTEVES, OSV News
  Published August 17, 2026

  Christians are called to reflect Mary’s authentic beauty, revealed through a life of enduring love rather than worldly aesthetic standards, Pope Leo XIV said. Celebrating the Feast of the Assumption, the pope said the artistic depictions of a youthful Mary ascending to heaven stand in stark contrast to the reality of aging.