"It is through the Eucharist that even our hands become ‘hands of the Risen One'," the pope said.

His appointment comes following the resignation of Cardinal Raphael Sako, who submitted his resignation to Pope Leo XIV on March 9 amid a legal and financial scandal surrounding a former bishop.

The high-level face-to-face talks in Pakistan followed weeks of military confrontation that began in late February and produced a tenuous two-week ceasefire, which ends April 22.

The bishop of Palm Beach said the crisis in the neighboring island nation “has reached truly inhumane proportions … and our solidarity and response are urgently needed.”

A new AI platform called Acutis AI has been developed by two brothers who want to create a search tool shaped by Catholic morality and teaching.

On Divine Mercy Sunday, the pope prayed for Ukraine, Lebanon, and Sudan.

The liturgy was part of a global response to Pope Leo XIV’s appeal to pray amid ongoing conflict in the Middle East.

Pope Leo XIV is set to embark on a 10-day papal trip to four countries in Africa from April 13–23.

Prayer is "the most free, universal and disruptive response to death," the pope said in St. Peter's Basilica on Apr. 11.

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