Chicago-Based Group Gets Private Audience with Pope Leo at Vatican: 'Such a Joy'

Chicago-based group gets private audience with Pope Leo at Vatican: 'such a joy'

The Chicago-based Catholic Extension Society got a private audience with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican Monday.

Pope Leo XIV thanks Catholic Extension Society for its assistance to migrants and the poor

The pope expressed his gratitude to the papal society founded in 1905, which raises funds to support and strengthen under-resourced mission dioceses throughout the United States. [...]

Pope Leo XIV thanks Catholic Extension Society for supporting poor US dioceses

The pope also greeted a friend from their mutual hometown in Illinois.

Pope praises Catholic Extension Society for bringing Christ to remote communities

Pope Leo welcomes members of the Board of Governors of The Catholic Extension Society to the Vatican, thanking them for over a century of missionary ...

Pope Leo XIV thanks Catholic Extension Society for supporting poor US dioceses - The Leaven Catholic Newspaper

Pope Leo XIV encouraged Catholic Extension Society in its mission of supporting poor and remote Catholic communities across the United States, Puerto Rico and Cuba during a papal audience on May 18, saying that "love for our neighbor is tangible proof of the authenticity of our love for God." The post Pope Leo XIV thanks Catholic Extension Society for supporting poor US dioceses appeared first on The Leaven Catholic Newspaper.

Pope thanks Catholic Extension Society for its assistance to migrants, Cuba

In an address to its board of governors, Pope Leo XIV thanked the Catholic Extension Society on May 18 for the assistance it provides to the poor.The pontiff praised the organization’s founder, Father Francis Clement Kelley, who more than 120 years ago “sought to reach out to remote faith communities across the United States in order to bring to them the very life of Christ through the sacraments and the support of a larger Catholic community.”“…