During Good Friday, Pope Leo XIV became the first pope in over six decades to personally carry the cross at all fourteen stations of the evening Way of the Cross procession at the Colosseum in Rome. This marks a return to the tradition that Pope Paul VI restored at the Colosseum, which subsequent popes did not maintain in quite the same form. The pope's predecessor Francis, who died on Easter Monday last year, did not carry the cross during the Way of the Cross. hnonline.sk ↗
The evening Way of the Cross procession at the Colosseum drew tens of thousands of faithful on Friday, who honored the suffering and death of Jesus Christ. During the ceremony, the pope had time for conversations with various figures, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Israeli President Isaac Herzog. teraz.sk ↗
On Sunday, during the traditional Easter blessing Urbi et Orbi (to the City and to the World) at St. Peter's Square in the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV put forward calls for world peace. The key appeal became a call to world leaders to choose the path of peace. At the same time, he warned against people's growing indifference to violence and called for building harmony throughout the world. The pope emphasized that we are becoming accustomed to violence and are growing insensitive to suffering. postoj.sk ↗
On April 7, Pope Leo XIV, in unusually sharp statements, described American President Donald Trump's threats to destroy the entire Iranian civilization as completely unacceptable. The pope emphasized the moral dimension of this issue and reminded that attacks on civilian infrastructure constitute a war crime. In his statement, he appealed to world leaders to think of the victims of conflicts, including children. hnonline.sk ↗
During the Easter Vigil on the holy night of April 4 in St. Peter's Basilica, attended by approximately six thousand faithful in the basilica and another four thousand at St. Peter's Square, Pope Leo XIV delivered a homily titled "Easter light breaks the hardness of hearts and opens graves of hope." On Easter Monday, one year after the death of his predecessor Francis, Pope Leo XIV placed at the center of his message a remembrance of the fifty-one-year pontificate. He praised Francis as an example of faith and love and continued his calls for peace. At the conclusion of the Easter celebrations, Pope Leo XIV again criticized the bloodshed in wars and conflict areas. hlavnespravy.sk ↗
The return of this tradition of the Way of the Cross procession at the Colosseum represents an important symbolic moment in the structure of the Easter rites in the Vatican and underscores the pope's physical participation in the liturgical life of the Church. svet.sme.sk ↗
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04.07.2026
„momentous challenge"
Výzva európskym lídrom pri návšteve Lampedusy
Lev XIV.
Pápež
12.06.2026
„Prestaňte. Kajajte sa. Za každý stratený život, každú oklamanú rodinu a každého vykorisťovaného pracovníka sa budete musieť zodpovedať pred Božou spravodlivosťou."
Odkaz prevádzačom migrantov pri stretnutí s humanitárnymi organizáciami na Tenerife, v závere návštevy Španielska.
Lev XIV.
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„Cudzinec zo včerajška môže byť bratom a susedom dneška."
Pápežov apel za prijatie migrantov pri lúčení so Španielskom; El País ním nadpísal správu o závere cesty.
Lev XIV.
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„Nemôžeme veriť v Ježiša a podporovať vojnu. Nemôžeme veriť v Ježiša a zabíjať nevinných."
Pri slávnostnej omši v barcelonskej Sagrade Família — v deň, keď USA druhú noc po sebe udreli na Irán.
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Pápež Lev XIV. prvýkrát za šesť desaťročí niesol kríž na všetkých zastaveniach v Koloseu
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Pápež Lev XIV. ponesie kríž na všetkých zastaveniach krížovej cesty v Koloseu
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Pápež Lev XIV. ponesie kríž v rímskom Koloseu počas večernej krížovej procesie
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Pápež Lev XIV. dnes ponesie kríž v Koloseu. Ako prvý po desaťročiach na všetkých zastaveniach
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