Pope meets survivors, urges acknowledgement
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At Lourdes during his France visit, Pope Leo XIV presided over a large outdoor Mass and met seven survivors of clerical sexual abuse, urging the Church to acknowledge its faults.
Leo XIV talking about the abuse scandal in Lourdes today: interesting comparison with the ways in which the pope AND the secular authorities dealt with the abuse issue in other papal trips (especially Francis in Ireland 2018 but also Benedict XIV's letter to Ireland in 2010)
September 27, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Leo XIV talking about the abuse scandal in Lourdes today: interesting comparison with the ways in which the pope AND the secular authorities dealt with the abuse issue in other papal trips (especially Francis in Ireland 2018 but also Benedict XIV's letter to Ireland in 2010)
Reposted by David Darmofal
NEW: Pope Leo XIV called on the Catholic Church to face the wounds of the sexual abuse crisis and repent on Sunday, hours before a private meeting with seven survivors in Lourdes.
Pope Leo XIV Calls the Church to Repent for Abuse at Lourdes
Hours before a private meeting with seven abuse survivors, the pope urged France’s bishops to “acknowledge failings” and told a prairie full of pilgrims that the Church’s conversion starts at home.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
September 27, 2026 at 11:13 AM
NEW: Pope Leo XIV called on the Catholic Church to face the wounds of the sexual abuse crisis and repent on Sunday, hours before a private meeting with seven survivors in Lourdes.
Reposted by David Darmofal
Pope in Lourdes: “The call to conversion also concerns the Church herself as she makes her earthly journey. In order to heal the deep wounds, infidelities and painful errors that have occurred within her, we must humbly place ourselves under the Lord’s purifying gaze.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
September 27, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Pope in Lourdes: “The call to conversion also concerns the Church herself as she makes her earthly journey. In order to heal the deep wounds, infidelities and painful errors that have occurred within her, we must humbly place ourselves under the Lord’s purifying gaze.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
One of the longest quotations in Leo XIV’s speeches in France appears in his address at Lourdes to the staff of the "Accueil Notre-Dame"; it is taken from "Evangelium Vitae" - a document whose importance is addressed in an important article in the latest issue of "Concilium", which I co-edited.
September 27, 2026 at 3:00 PM
One of the longest quotations in Leo XIV’s speeches in France appears in his address at Lourdes to the staff of the "Accueil Notre-Dame"; it is taken from "Evangelium Vitae" - a document whose importance is addressed in an important article in the latest issue of "Concilium", which I co-edited.
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À Lourdes, le pape Léon XIV face à la question des violences sexuelles dans l’Église catholique
À Lourdes, le pape Léon XIV face à la question des violences sexuelles dans l’Église catholique
Après deux jours à Paris où il a attiré plus d'un million de personnes, Léon XIV poursuit dimanche à Lourdes sa visite en France, avec une nouvelle messe et un rendez-vous très attendu avec des victimes de violences sexuelles dans l'Église.
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September 27, 2026 at 6:01 AM
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Pope Leo seems to be one of the few world leaders able to give voice to & put into practice a vision of care & regard for others that contrasts with an aggressively regressive form of domination.
NEW: Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass with an estimated 800,000 people in Paris on Saturday.
At a migrant house before Mass , he said the history of humanity “is not written by those who give the impression of winning by imposing themselves and ‘dominating the room,’ but by those who ‘make room.’”
At a migrant house before Mass , he said the history of humanity “is not written by those who give the impression of winning by imposing themselves and ‘dominating the room,’ but by those who ‘make room.’”
Drawing 800,000 in Paris, Pope Leo XIV Calls on the Church to “Make Room” for Migrants and the Poor
“No one is so poor as to have nothing to give.” Before Mass, the pope sat with migrants and told catechists to respect each person’s pace. Six altar servers with Down syndrome served his Mass.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
September 27, 2026 at 1:44 AM
Pope Leo seems to be one of the few world leaders able to give voice to & put into practice a vision of care & regard for others that contrasts with an aggressively regressive form of domination.
Pope Leo XIV praying at the grotto in Lourdes.
Lourdes – Prayer at the Grotto of the Apparitions, 26 September 2026 – Pope Leo XIV
YouTube video by Vatican News - English
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September 26, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Pope Leo XIV praying at the grotto in Lourdes.
Reposted by David Darmofal
Pope Leo’s Sunday schedule in Lourdes begins with address to French Bishops, followed by Mass, then a visit to Accueil Notre-Dame, a community for the sick. In the evening, Leo will lead a torchlight procession through the city.
September 27, 2026 at 12:49 AM
Pope Leo’s Sunday schedule in Lourdes begins with address to French Bishops, followed by Mass, then a visit to Accueil Notre-Dame, a community for the sick. In the evening, Leo will lead a torchlight procession through the city.
Reposted by Fabián Muniesa
À Lourdes, le pape Léon XIV face à la question des violences sexuelles dans l’Église catholique
À Lourdes, le pape Léon XIV face à la question des violences sexuelles dans l’Église catholique
Après deux jours à Paris où il a attiré plus d'un million de personnes, Léon XIV poursuit dimanche à Lourdes sa visite en France, avec une nouvelle messe et un rendez-vous très attendu avec des victimes de violences sexuelles dans l'Église.
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September 27, 2026 at 5:17 AM
À Lourdes, le pape Léon XIV face à la question des violences sexuelles dans l’Église catholique
A Pilgrim Among Pilgrims www.commonwealmagazine.org/corcoran-leo...
A Pilgrim Among Pilgrims
By participating in the rituals of a Lourdes pilgrimage, Pope Leo will join in a broader search for healing and peace.
www.commonwealmagazine.org
September 27, 2026 at 12:15 AM
A Pilgrim Among Pilgrims www.commonwealmagazine.org/corcoran-leo...
This trip to France by Leo XIV is an alternative way to mark the centenary of the 1926 condemnation of "Action Française" by Pius XI. This kind of public presence of the Church versus integralist and ethno-nationalist ideologies.
September 26, 2026 at 6:22 PM
This trip to France by Leo XIV is an alternative way to mark the centenary of the 1926 condemnation of "Action Française" by Pius XI. This kind of public presence of the Church versus integralist and ethno-nationalist ideologies.
Excellent. As folks might have seen, I had been calling for Barron to be called to the Vatican.
Pope Leo will receive Bishop Barron in a private audience this coming week at the Vatican.
September 27, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Excellent. As folks might have seen, I had been calling for Barron to be called to the Vatican.
Reposted by Christine Kooi
Late Valois/wars of religion friends- anyone encounter this before - connection between death of Adm Coligny in the St Bartholomew’s Day massacre & the 1572 supernova? 1/ #earlymodern #reformazing #valois
September 27, 2026 at 4:47 AM
Late Valois/wars of religion friends- anyone encounter this before - connection between death of Adm Coligny in the St Bartholomew’s Day massacre & the 1572 supernova? 1/ #earlymodern #reformazing #valois
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Leo XIV and the Global Church
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September 26, 2026 at 6:23 PM
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Reposted by David Darmofal
Pope Leo will receive Bishop Barron in a private audience this coming week at the Vatican.
September 27, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Pope Leo will receive Bishop Barron in a private audience this coming week at the Vatican.