Leo XIV

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267th Pope of the Catholic Church

Beginning Pontificate	8,18.V.2025
Secular Name	Robert Francis Prevost
Birth	Chicago
Website	https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en.html

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LEO XIV

Biography

Pontifical Messages 2026

Video Message of the Holy Father on the occasion of the Halleluya Festival 2026 [Fortaleza (Brazil), 22-26 July 2026] (26 July 2026)

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Video Message of the Holy Father to the young people of the Prelature of Chota and Cutervo in Peru (25 July 2026)

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Video Message of the Holy Father to the 12th Plenary Assembly of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences [Jakarta, 20–26 July 2026] (25 July 2026)

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Video Message of the Holy Father on the occasion of the 2nd ‘Rejoice’ Meeting – National Youth Day [Lamego (Portugal), 24–26 July 2026] (25 July 2026)

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Video Message of the Holy Father on the Occasion of the “Ankawa Youth Meeting” (Iraq, 8 July 2026)

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Message of the Holy Father, signed by Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, on the Occasion of the AI for Good Global Summit 2026 [Geneva, 7–10 July 2026] (8 July 2026)

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Video Message of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV on the Occasion of the Conclusion of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage (United States of America, 5 July 2026)

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Message of the Holy Father, signed by the Cardinal Secretary of State, Pietro Parolin, for the Caritas Internationalis Health gathering Caritas Internationalis [Castel Gandolfo, 23–25 June 2026] (24 June 2026)

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Video message of the Holy Father on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the ‘Steubenville Summer Youth Conferences’ (19 June 2026)

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Video Message of the Holy Father on the Occasion of the tenth Austrian World Summit (16 June 2026)

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Message of the Holy Father to Priests on the Occasion of the Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests (12 June 2026)

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Video Message of the Holy Father on the Occasion of the 6th World Apostolic Congress on Mercy on the Theme “Let Us Build the City of Mercy” [Vilnius, Lithuania, 7–12 June 2026] (7 June 2026)

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Video Message of the Holy Father on the occasion of the 16th National Symposium on Families in Aparecida (Brazil) (30 May 2026)

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Video Message of the Holy Father for ‘Thy Kingdom Come 2026’ (14 May 2026)

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Video Message of the Holy Father to the Participants in the Commemorative Event marking the 15th Anniversary of the Abolition of the Death Penalty in the State of Illinois [DePaul University (Chicago)] (24 April 2026)

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Message of the Holy Father to mark the Meeting of the Toniolo Young Professional Association (18 April 2026)

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Message from His Holiness Pope Leo XIV to His Eminence Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, Dean of the College of Cardinals, on the 1st Anniversary of the death of Pope Francis (12 April 2026)

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Message of the Holy Father, signed by Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, to mark the 102nd "Catholic University Day" (12 April 2026)

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Message of the Holy Father Leo XIV, signed by Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, on the occasion of the 2nd National Meeting of Territorial Representatives for the Protection of Minors and Vulnerable Adults [16-18 April 2026] (10 April 2026)

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Message of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV to Participants in the Plenary Session of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences (9 April 2026)

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Message of the Holy Father on the occasion of the IV "Fiesta de la Resurrección" [Madrid, 11 April 2026] (8 April 2026)

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Message of the Holy Father, signed by the Cardinal Secretary of State, Pietro Parolin, to the inhabitants of the village of Debel (Lebanon) (6 April 2026)

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Message of the Holy Father to the Pontifical Biblical Commission on the Occasion of the Plenary Session [13–17 April 2026] (27 March 2026)

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Message of Pope Leo XIV on the Occasion of the Installation of the Archbishop of Canterbury (20 March 2026)

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Message of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV on the occasion of the Tenth Anniversary of the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Amoris laetitia (19 March 2026)

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Message of the Holy Father on the passing of His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, Archbishop of Mtskheta-Tbilisi and Metropolitan of Abkhazia and Bichvinta (18 March 2026)

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Video Message of the Holy Father to Participants in the 6th Assembly of the Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon (CEAMA) [Bogotá, 16–20 March 2026] (17 March 2026)

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Message of the Holy Father, signed by the Cardinal Secretary of State, Pietro Parolin, on the occasion of the International Day of Mathematics (13 March 2026)

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Message of the Holy Father to the participants in the International Encounter for Peace and Reconciliation at Loyola University Chicago (2 March 2026)

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Message of the Holy Father for the 50th Anniversary Celebrations of the FADICA–Catholic Philanthropy Network (27 February 2026)

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Message of the Holy Father to the community of the Bolivian ‘San Pablo’ University, on the occasion of the 60^th anniversary of its foundation [14 May 2026] (19 February 2026)

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Message of the Holy Father for the Campanha da Fraternitade of the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (11 February 2026)

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Message of the Holy Father to Participants in the “Pastoral Theological Congress” on the Event of Guadalupe in Mexico (5 February 2026)

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Message of Pope Leo XIV for the 12^th World Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking (29 January 2026)

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Message of the Holy Father, signed by the Cardinal Secretary of State, Pietro Parolin, on the occasion of the 13th General Assembly of the Association of Episcopal Conferences of the Central Africa Region (29 January 2026)

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Message of the Holy Father on the occasion of the Ecumenical Prayer Vigil in suffrage for the victims of the fire in Crans-Montana [1st February 2026] (28 January 2026)

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Message of the Holy Father on the occasion of the International Day of Human Fraternity and the awarding of the Zayed Award for Human Fraternity 2026 [4 February 2026] (22 January 2026)

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Message of the Holy Father signed by Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin to the Fédération des Médias Catholiques on the occasion of the Saint François de Sales Meeting [Lourdes, 21-23 January 2026] (21 January 2026)

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Message of the Holy Father Leo XIV to the Participants in the 2026 March for Life [Washington, D.C., 23 January 2026] (17 January 2026)

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Video Message of the Holy Father on the occasion of SEEK26 [Columbus (Ohio), Denver (Colorado), and Fort Worth (Texas), [1-5 January 2026] (2 January 2026)

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The Holy See

Pontifical Messages 2026

Video Message of the Holy Father on the occasion of the Halleluya Festival 2026 [Fortaleza (Brazil), 22-26 July 2026] (26 July 2026)

Video Message of the Holy Father to Participants in the 6th Assembly of the Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon (CEAMA) [Bogotá, 16–20 March 2026] (17 March 2026)