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One of the more powerful realities in life is when someone special calls you by name. I remember well a moment during my senior year at Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington that was rather extraordinary to me.
“The Legacy of Vatican II,” a new series of talks presented by the diocesan office of faith formation, began April 18 at the parish center at St. Agnes Church in Arlington. Inspired by Pope Leo XIV’s latest catechesis on the Second Vatican Council, the series aims to unpack its history and teachings, now 60 years after its conclusion.
Before becoming Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost and his older brothers John and Louis grew up living “normal” lives like any other family. Life was “like anyone else's,” John Prevost said in an April 17 interview with “EWTN News In Depth.”
Pope Leo XIV April 21 warned against invoking God to justify oppression and violence, telling civil authorities and diplomats in Equatorial Guinea that “his holy name must not be profaned by the will to dominate, by arrogance, or by discrimination; above all, it must never be invoked to justify choices and actions of death.”
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE — Pope Leo XIV arrived in Equatorial Guinea April 21, opening the final leg of his trip to Africa after a flight of about 2.5 hours from Luanda, Angola.
Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass in Angola April 19 in Kilamba, a fast-growing city about 20 miles from the capital, Luanda, telling the faithful that Angola must “look to the future with hope” and “build the hope of the future.”