This version of The Weekly Leo covers material released in the last week, from 25 May 2026 to 3 June 2026.

Angelus

• 31 May 2026 – Angelus,Solemnity of the Holy Trinity

General Audiences

• 3 June 2026 – General Audience – Catechesis. The Documents of the Second Vatican Council. III. Constitution Sacrosanctum Concilium. 3. Rite, sign and symbol

Letters

• 1 June 2026 – Chirograph of the Holy Father establishing the Fratello Sole (‘Brother Sun’) Foundation and approving its Statutes

Messages

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

Prayers

• 2 June 2026 – Video Message ‘Pray with the Pope’ – June’ For the Values of Sports

Speeches

• 25 May 2026 – To a Delegation of the ‘Círculo Ecuestre’ of Barcelona (Spain)
• 28 May 2026 – To Bishops of the Italian Episcopal Conference
• 28 May 2026 – To Participants in the Plenary Assembly of the Dicastery for Evangelization – Section for Fundamental Questions Regarding Evangelization in the World
• 30 May 2026 – Prayer of the Holy Rosary for the Closing of the Marian Month of May
• 30 May 2026 – To the Community of Villa Nazareth
• 30 May 2026 – To Members of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal
• 30 May 2026 – To Members of theCentesimus Annus Pro PontificeFoundation
• 30 May 2026 – To Participants in the International Conference ‘Maps of Hope for a Regional Educational Agenda’ Mental Health, Digital Technologies and Education’

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This version of The Weekly Leo covers material released in the last week, from 15 May 2026 to 27 May 2026.

Encyclical

• 15 May 2026 – Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Leo XIV Magnifica Humanitas

General Audiences

• 27 May 2026 – General Audience – Catechesis. The Documents of the Second Vatican Council. III. Constitution Sacrosanctum Concilium. 2. The reform of the liturgy’ tradition and development

Homilies

• 24 May 2026 – Pentecost Sunday – Holy Mass

Letters

• 27 May 2026 – Chirograph of the Holy Father for the establishment of the Steering and Supervisory Commission for the Foundation ‘Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza – Work of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina, O.F.M. Cap.’

Regina Caeli

• 24 May 2026 – Regina Caeli

Speeches

• 21 May 2026 – To Participants in the Meeting with the Moderators of Associations of the Faithful, Ecclesial Movements, and New Communities promoted by the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life
• 21 May 2026 – Presentation of Credential Letters by the Ambassadors of’ Sierra Leone, Bangladesh, Yemen, Rwanda, Namibia, Mauritius, Chad, Sri Lanka
• 22 May 2026 – To Participants in the International Conference on Media and Digital Literacy
• 23 May 2026 – Pastoral Visit to Acerra’ Meeting with the Bishops, clergy, religious and the families of the victims of environmental pollution
• 25 May 2026 – Presentation and promulgation of the Encyclical Letter ‘Magnifica humanitas’
• 25 May 2026 – To Members of the Demography Intergroup of the European Parliament

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This version of The Weekly Leo covers material released in the last week, from 19 February 2026 to 20 May 2026.

General Audiences

• 20 May 2026 – General Audience – Catechesis. The Documents of the Second Vatican Council. III. Constitution Sacrosanctum Concilium. 1. The liturgy in the mystery of the Church

Homilies

• 15 May 2026 – Papal Mass for the Funeral Rites of Cardinal Emil Paul Tscherrig

Letters

• 4 May 2026 – Letter of the Holy Father to His Holiness Tawadros II for the Day of Coptic-Catholic Friendship [10 May 2026]

Messages

• 19 February 2026 – Message of the Holy Father to the community of the Bolivian ‘San Pablo’ University, on the occasion of the 60thanniversary of its foundation [14 May 2026]
• 14 May 2026 – Video Message of the Holy Father for ‘Thy Kingdom Come 2026’

Regina Caeli

• 17 May 2026 – Regina Caeli

Speeches

• 14 May 2026 – Pastoral Visit to Sapienza University in Rome’ Meeting with Professors and Students
• 15 May 2026 – To Participants in the Interparliamentary Conference on Combating Organized Crime in the OSCE Region
• 16 May 2026 – To Executives and Employees of various Italian Banking Institutions
• 16 May 2026 – To Confirmation Candidates of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Genoa
• 18 May 2026 – To a Delegation of the Catholic Extension Society
• 18 May 2026 – To His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church of the Holy See of Cilicia (Lebanon), and Entourage

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The coup is underway on Bajor, and **Minister Jaro’s** face is finally on it. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler break down Part 2 of Deep Space Nine’s season-opening trilogy — the episode that turns the political intrigue of “The Homecoming” into something darker.

The panel opens with what might be the episode’s best scene: the crew’s chaotic goodbye to **Major Kira** in her quarters, shot in one continuous take modeled on the Marx Brothers. It’s loose, comedic, overlapping — and it quietly reveals how much **Odo** and Kira mean to each other, even if neither will say it.

At **Vedek Bareil’s** monastery, Kira gets the orb experience she’s dreamed of all her life. The vision is strange — ministers, a naked encounter with Bareil, a Kai’s robe on Dax that becomes **Vedek Winn’s** face. The panel works through what it might mean, landing on a possible symbolic reading: Bareil as a stand-in for Jaro, Kira for Winn — both pairs a political-religious alliance reaching for power.

**Louise Fletcher’s** Vedek Winn gets her showcase scene here, ambushing Kira and Bareil on a monastery bridge with suffocating passive-aggression. “Feel free to stay as many days as you like. A week, if necessary.” The panel agrees: almost no actor could play that role this well.

Meanwhile, Odo recruits Quark — by force. “You’re either my deputy or my prisoner.” Quark, as always, chooses survival. He tracks the Circle’s weapons supply to the **Kressari**, who turn out to be Cardassian middlemen. The Circle thinks it’s fighting for Bajoran independence; it’s being manipulated into handing the planet back to the people who enslaved it.

The panel also flags structural problems: **Li Nalas** as Kira’s replacement is undercut the moment Sisko promises her he’s getting her back. The show signals the outcome too early, and Li Nalas never gets room to establish himself as a viable alternative. Jimmy corrects a detail from last week — **Richard Beymer**, who plays Li Nalas, is Benjamin Horne in *Twin Peaks*, not Sheriff Harry S. Truman.

The episode closes on a coup underway, all channels to Bajor blocked, and Sisko deliberately slow-walking an evacuation order he can’t refuse. Two armed ships are on their way to DS9. Part 3 is “The Siege.”

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This version of The Weekly Leo covers material released in the last week, from 21 September 2025 to 13 May 2026.

General Audiences

• 13 May 2026 – General Audience – Catechesis. The Documents of the Second Vatican Council. II. Dogmatic Constitution Lumen gentium. 9. The Virgin Mary, model of the Church

Homilies

• 21 September 2025 – Holy Mass (Parish of Saint Anne in the Vatican)
• 5 October 2025 – Holy Mass for the Gendarmerie Corps of the Vatican City State
• 8 May 2026 – Pastoral Visit to Pompei’ Holy Mass and Supplication to Our Lady of Pompeii in Piazza Bartolo Longo

Regina Caeli

• 10 May 2026 – Regina Caeli

Speeches

• 25 September 2025 – To the Community of authors of the Journal ‘La Civiltà Cattolica’
• 6 May 2026 – Oath of the Pontifical Swiss Guards
• 7 May 2026 – To the Pontifical Swiss Guards
• 7 May 2026 – To Members of the Editorial Offices of the Vatican Publishing House
• 8 May 2026 – Pastoral Visit to Pompeii’ Meeting with the ‘Tempio della Carità’ (Temple of Charity) in the ‘Luisa Trapani’ Hall
• 8 May 2026 – Pastoral Visit to Pompeii’ Meeting with some ill people and people with disabilities
• 8 May 2026 – Pastoral Visit to Naples’ Meeting with the Clergy and Consecrated Persons in Naples Cathedral
• 9 May 2026 – To Executives and Players of the Italian ‘Inter’ Football Team
• 9 May 2026 – To Members of the Edith-Haberland-Wagner Foundation and of the Augustiner Brewery
• 9 May 2026 – To Members of the John Paul II Foundation for the Sahel
• 9 May 2026 – To Members of the Italian Association for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (AISLA)
• 9 May 2026 – To a Delegation of Leaders and Representatives of the Muslim Community of Senegal
• 11 May 2026 – To Participants in the Colloquium promoted by the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue and the Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies
• 11 May 2026 – To Members of the Board of the Vatican Observatory Foundation

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This version of The Weekly Leo covers material released in the last week, from 8 April 2026 to 6 May 2026.

General Audiences

• 6 May 2026 – General Audience – Catechesis. The Documents of the Second Vatican Council. II. Dogmatic Constitution Lumen gentium. 8. The Church, pilgrim in history towards the heavenly homeland

Letters

• 24 April 2026 – Letter of the Holy Father for the Granting of theEcclesiastica Communioto the Patriarch of Baghdad of the Chaldeans

Messages

• 8 April 2026 – Message of the Holy Father on the occasion of the IV ‘Fiesta de la Resurrección’ [Madrid, 11 April 2026]

Prayers

• 30 April 2026 – Video message ‘Pray with the Pope’’ –- May’ That everyone might have food

Regina Caeli

• 3 May 2026 – Regina Caeli

Speeches

• 10 April 2026 – To Directors and Staff of the Italian National Institute for Social Security (INPS)
• 30 April 2026 – To a delegation of the ‘Weltkirche & Dialog’ of the Archdiocese of Cologne
• 2 May 2026 – To Employees of the Italian Episcopal Conference, with their Families
• 2 May 2026 – To Members of the ‘Papal Foundation’
• 4 May 2026 – To members of the Board of Directors of Catholic Charities USA

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This version of The Weekly Leo covers material released in the last week, from 22 April 2026 to 29 April 2026.

General Audiences

• 29 April 2026 – General Audience – The Apostolic Journey in Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea

Homilies

• 23 April 2026 – Apostolic Journey to Equatorial Guinea’ Holy Mass in Malabo Stadium
• 26 April 2026 – Holy Mass with Priestly Ordinations

Messages

• 24 April 2026 – 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)]

Regina Caeli

• 26 April 2026 – Regina Caeli

Speeches

• 22 April 2026 – Apostolic Journey to Equatorial Guinea’ Meeting with Young People and Families (Bata Stadium)
• 25 April 2026 – To Participants in the National Meeting of Catholic Religion Teachers, promoted by the Italian Bishop’s Conference
• 25 April 2026 – To Members of the European People’s Party in the European Parliament
• 27 April 2026 – Visit to the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy
• 27 April 2026 – Blessing of the foundation stone of the ‘Heart Center – Pope Francis’ at the Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome
• 27 April 2026 – To Her Grace Sarah Mullally, Archbishop of Canterbury

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This version of The Weekly Leo covers material released in the last week, from 10 April 2026 to 22 April 2026.

Homilies

• 16 April 2026 – Apostolic Journey to Camerun’ Holy Mass at Bamenda International Airport
• 17 April 2026 – Apostolic Journey to Camerun’ Holy Mass in the ‘Japoma Stadium’ (Douala)
• 18 April 2026 – Apostolic Journey to Camerun’ Holy Mass at Yaoundé-Ville Airport
• 19 April 2026 – Apostolic Journey to Angola’ Holy Mass in Kilamba
• 20 April 2026 – Apostolic Journey to Angola’ Holy Mass in the Saurimo esplanade
• 22 April 2026 – Apostolic Journey to Equatorial Guinea’ Holy Mass in the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception (Mongomo)

Messages

• 10 April 2026 – 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
• 12 April 2026 – 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 – Message of the Holy Father, signed by Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, to mark the 102nd ‘Catholic University Day’
• 18 April 2026 – Message of the Holy Father to mark the Meeting of the Toniolo Young Professional Association

Regina Caeli

• 19 April 2026 – Apostolic Journey to Angola’ Regina Caeli

Speeches

• 10 April 2026 – To Members of the Synod of Bishops of the Chaldean Church of Baghdad
• 16 April 2026 – Apostolic Journey to Camerun’ Meeting for Peace with the Community of Bamenda in the Cathedral of Saint Joseph (Bamenda)
• 17 April 2026 – Apostolic Journey to Camerun’ Meeting with University Students and Professors at the Catholic University of Central Africa (Yaoundé)
• 18 April 2026 – Apostolic Journey to Angola’ Greeting of the Holy Father to journalists during the flight to Luanda (Papal Flight)
• 18 April 2026 – Apostolic Journey to Angola’ Meeting with the Authorities, Civil Society and the Diplomatic Corps (Luanda)
• 19 April 2026 – Apostolic Journey to Angola’ Holy Rosary Prayer on the Esplanade in front of the ‘Mama Muxima’ Shrine (Muxima)
• 20 April 2026 – Apostolic Journey to Angola’ Meeting with Bishops, Priests, Consecrated Men and Women and Pastoral Workers in the Parish of Our Lady of Fatima (Luanda)
• 20 April 2026 – Apostolic Journey to Angola’ Visit to a Nursing Home (Saurimo)
• 21 April 2026 – Apostolic Journey to Equatorial Guinea’ Meeting with the Authorities, Civil Society and the Diplomatic Corps (Malabo)
• 21 April 2026 – Apostolic Journey to Equatorial Guinea’ Press Conference during the Flight to Malabo (Papal Flight)
• 21 April 2026 – Apostolic Journey to Equatorial Guinea’ Visit to the Staff and Patients of the ‘Jean Pierre Olie’ psychiatric hospital (Malabo)
• 21 April 2026 – Apostolic Journey to Equatorial Guinea’ Meeting with the World of Culture at the ‘León XIV’ Campus of the National University (Malabo)
• 22 April 2026 – Apostolic Journey to Equatorial Guinea’ Visit to Bata Prison

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This version of The Weekly Leo covers material released in the last week, from 27 March 2026 to 15 April 2026.

Homilies

• 11 April 2026 – Holy Rosary for Peace
• 14 April 2026 – Apostolic journey to Algeria’ Holy Mass in the Basilica of Saint Augustine (Annaba 14 April 2026)

Letters

• 12 April 2026 – Letter of the Holy Father to the Cardinals

Messages

• 27 March 2026 – Message of the Holy Father to the Pontifical Biblical Commission on the Occasion of the Plenary Session [13–17 April 2026]
• 1 April 2026 – Message of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV to Participants in the Plenary Session of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences
• 6 April 2026 – Message of the Holy Father, signed by the Cardinal Secretary of State, Pietro Parolin, to the inhabitants of the village of Debel (Lebanon)

Regina Caeli

• 12 April 2026 – Regina Caeli

Speeches

• 9 April 2026 – To Athletes of the Milan–Cortina 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Games
• 13 April 2026 – Apostolic Journey of the Holy Father to Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea’ Greeting to Journalists during the Rome–Algiers flight (Papal Flight)
• 13 April 2026 – Apostolic journey to Algeria’ Meeting with the Algerian Community Basilica of Our Lady of Africa (Algiers 13 April 2026)
• 13 April 2026 – Apostolic Journey to Algeria’ Visit to the Great Mosque of Algiers
• 13 April 2026 – Apostolic journey to Algeria’ Meeting with the Authorities, Civil Society and the Diplomatic Corps Djamaa el Djazair Conference Center (Algiers)
• 13 April 2026 – Apostolic journey to Algeria’ Visit to the Maqam Echahid martyrs’ monument (Algiers)
• 14 April 2026 – Apostolic journey to Algeria’ Meeting at the ‘Ma Maison’ Care Home for the Elderly (Annaba)
• 15 April 2026 – Apostolic Journey to Camerun’ Visit to the Ngul Zamba Orphanage (Yaoundé)
• 15 April 2026 – Apostolic Journey to Cameroon’ Greeting of the Holy Father to Journalists During the Flight to Yaoundé (Papal Flight)
• 15 April 2026 – Apostolic Journey to Camerun’ Meeting with the Authorities, Civil Society and the Diplomatic Corps (Yaoundé)

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This version of The Weekly Leo covers material released in the last week, from 4 April 2026 to 8 April 2026.

General Audiences

• 8 April 2026 – General Audience – Catechesis. The Documents of the Second Vatican Council. II. Dogmatic Constitution Lumen gentium. 7. Holiness and evangelical counsels in the Church

Homilies

• 4 April 2026 – Easter Sunday ‘Resurrection of the Lord’ – Easter Vigil in the Holy Night
• 5 April 2026 – Easter Sunday ‘Resurrection of the Lord’ – Holy Mass on Easter Day

Messages

• 5 April 2026 – Easter Sunday – Resurrection of the Lord – ‘Urbi et Orbi’ Blessing, 2026

Regina Caeli

• 6 April 2026 – Regina Caeli, Easter Monday

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