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Pope Leo XIV presides over his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Sept. 17, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV: My priority is the Gospel, not solving the world’s problems

Sep 18, 2025

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Leo XIV gave an interview for the biography “Leo XIV: Citizen of the World, Missionary of the 21st Century,”... Read more

Cardinals process into the Sistine Chapel as the conclave to elect the 266th successor to St. Peter, the 267th pope, begins on May 7, 2025.

‘Extra omnes:’ Cardinals closed in conclave begin the election of the new pope

May 7, 2025

By Hannah Brockhaus

Inside the Sistine Chapel, each cardinal elector stood before his assigned seat, facing the Book of the Gospels, placed on... Read more