Catholics must not live their faith in opposition or "hostility" toward modern culture, Pope Leo XIV said, emphasizing that integrating faith and culture is essential to living out the Christian vocation and sharing the Gospel with others.

Marriage requires more than physical attraction, Pope Leo XIV said in his first weekly general audience since undergoing lung cancer surgery, emphasizing that authentic love involves mutual self-giving, fidelity and a lifelong commitment between spouses.

Jazz, hymns and two Christian traditions converged at a Catholic parish in Coquitlam, B.C., to reveal a truth Pope Leo XIV named after a concert in the gardens of his Castel Gandolfo summer residence: Beauty draws us toward God.