Archive for May 19, 2025

U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, seated in places of honor usually reserved for heads of state, meet with Pope Leo XIV in the papal library on May 19, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Leo XIV meets U.S. Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio

U.S. Vice President JD Vance and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Pope Leo XIV and top Vatican... Read more

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By Madalaine Elhabbal

Ohio Catholic Charities joins national pilot program to help moms out of poverty

The pilot program will run for 18 months and will monitor the status of at least 20 families. Read more

Pope Leo XIV greets crowds in St. Peter’s Square from the popemobile on Sunday, May 18, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Diego López Colín

From portable throne to electric vehicle: Evolution of papal transportation

From a portable throne carried on the shoulders of attendants to state-of-the-art electric cars, the pope’s means of transportation have... Read more

Pope Leo XIV meets with U.S. Vice President JD Vance on May 19, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Amira Abuzeid

Trump invites Pope Leo XIV to the White House

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed on Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump invited Pope Leo XIV to the... Read more

Pope Leo XIV meets with faith leaders on Monday, May 19, 2025, at the Vatican.?w=200&h=150

By Kristina Millare

Pope Leo XIV meets with faith leaders at the Vatican, calls for synodality and dialogue 

Pope Leo XIV met with faith leaders at the Vatican on Monday, emphasizing his commitment to continue Pope Francis’ legacy... Read more

Pope Leo XIV speaks to participants in the Jubilee of Eastern Churches on May 14, 2025, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican.?w=200&h=150

By Jonah McKeown

Fact check: Did Pope Leo give a 36-minute speech praising the leader of Burkina Faso?

A video purporting to show Pope Leo XIV reading a statement denouncing colonialism and praising the leader of Burkina Faso... Read more

The Archdiocese of Chicago will host a celebration at Rate Field, the home of the Chicago White Sox, on June 14, 2025, to honor Pope Leo XIV.?w=200&h=150

By Tessa Gervasini

Chicago to celebrate election of Pope Leo XIV with Mass at White Sox stadium

The Archdiocese of Chicago will host a celebration at Rate Field, the home of the Chicago White Sox, on June... Read more

Part of Centennial Christian Church in St. Louis collapsed on Friday, May 16, 2025, when severe storms, including a possible tornado, swept through the city.?w=200&h=150

By Jonah McKeown

Tornado devastates northern St. Louis, other Midwest communities

A tornado tore through St. Louis on Friday, causing over $1.6 billion in damage and leaving at least five people... Read more

Former president Joe Biden’s office revealed his prostate cancer diagnosis on Sunday, May 18, 2025.?w=200&h=150

By Tyler Arnold

Wilmington Diocese, politicians urge prayers for Biden amid cancer diagnosis

Politicians from both major parties are urging the country to pray for former president Joe Biden after he was diagnosed... Read more

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russian President Vladimir Putin (center) speaks to journalists at the Sirius Educational Center in Sochi on May 19, 2025, after a telephone conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump.?w=200&h=150

By Jonah McKeown

Trump says Vatican might host imminent Russia-Ukraine ceasefire talks

Trump said that following a call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russia and Ukraine will begin ceasefire negotiations that the... Read more

Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois.?w=200&h=150

By Tyler Arnold

Bishops Paprocki, Rhoades join Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission advisory board

Bishop Thomas Paprocki, Bishop Kevin Rhoades, and Father Thomas Ferguson will join advisory board for President Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission. Read more

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An attack on Mar Elias Church in Al-Duwaileh, Damascus, by a suicide bomber reportedly killed 22 and injured 59 people on June 22, 2025.

Church leaders react to deadly attack on Mar Elias church in Damascus

St. Paul’s Hospital, operated by Providence Health Care, has a MAID facility on its campus, operated by the British Columbia government’s Vancouver Coastal Health.

Euthanasia facility quietly opens at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver

Auxiliary Bishop Luis Manuel Alí Herrera is secretary of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors.

Vatican secretary for protection of minors: ‘Harming a victim is harming the image of God’

Smoke from incense drifts in the air at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles, California, where the 2025 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage concluded on June 22, 2025.

National Eucharistic Pilgrimage concludes with Corpus Christi Mass in LA

Pope Leo XIV leads a Eucharistic procession in Rome on June 22, 2025, for the feast of Corpus Christi.

Christ is God’s answer to humanity’s hunger, Pope Leo XIV affirms on Corpus Christi

Pope Leo XIV speaks to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the Sunday Angelus on June 22, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV after U.S. bombings in Iran: ‘Humanity cries out and pleads for peace’

Despite being Yazidi, a religious minority that has suffered persecution in Iraq, Wael Jejo Khdeida, along with his wife, tends to Mar Odisho Church in northern Iraq without pay and treats it as sacred.

‘The church comes first’: A Yazidi family’s promise to protect a Christian sacred site

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From heartache to hope: One woman’s mission to match Catholics for marriage

A life-sized statue of Christ is displayed at the site of the Stations of the Cross garden in Maysville, Kentucky, Tuesday, June 3, 2025.

Kentucky political leader builds life-sized Stations of the Cross garden

Pope Leo XIV tells political leaders that “natural law, which is universally valid apart from and above other more debatable beliefs, constitutes the compass by which to take our bearings in legislating and acting” at the Jubilee of Governments on June 21, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV tells politicians that AI should serve human beings, not replace them

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