Pope Leo XIV

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Vice President JD Vance speaks at a film-screening event April 1, 2025, at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C.

JD Vance, Marco Rubio to attend Pope Leo XIV’s inaugural Mass at the Vatican

May 15, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, both of whom are Catholic, will attend the May... Read more

Pope Leo XIV meets with the Brothers of the Christian Schools on May 15, 2025, at the Vatican.

Pope Leo XIV laments that today’s youth have to deal with ‘relativism’ and ‘superficiality’

May 15, 2025

By Victoria Cardiel

Pope Leo XIV received the Brothers of the Christian Schools, founded by St. John Baptist de La Salle, on May... Read more

Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd gathered on St. Peter’ s Square for the Regina Coeli on Sunday, May 11, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV can accelerate ‘Leonine revolution’ in the Church, theologian says

May 15, 2025

By Kristina Millare

George Weigel held a public lecture at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas on the “10 Markers of a... Read more

Pope Leo XIV gives a blessing during a meeting with participants in the Jubilee of Eastern Churches on May 14, 2025, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican.

All the saints and Church Fathers Pope Leo XIV quoted in his first week

May 15, 2025

By Courtney Mares

The Catholic Church’s first pope from the Augustinian order is already helping to educate the faithful through his deep knowledge... Read more

Dominican Father Thomas Joseph White reads the thesis of then-Father Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, titled “The Role of the Local Prior in the Order of St. Augustine,” which Prevost wrote while a student at Rome’s Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in the early 1980s.

Future Pope Leo XIV’s doctoral thesis offers clues to his pontificate 

May 15, 2025

By Hannah Brockhaus

According to the rector of Rome’s Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, Pope Leo XIV’s doctoral thesis has a vision... Read more

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134 years later, Rerum Novarum inspires Leo XIV and still shapes Catholic social teaching

May 15, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

Today, on the 134th anniversary of the release of Rerum Novarum, CNA takes a look at the significance of this... Read more

Pope Leo XIV walks in the corridor of the third loggia of the Apostolic Palace, where the papal apartment is located, on May 12, 2025, in Vatican City.

Pope Leo XIV expected to live in traditional papal apartment unused by Pope Francis

May 15, 2025

By Hannah Brockhaus

The papal apartment, which is a series of rooms wrapping around the Vatican’s Sixtus V Courtyard, was the traditional home... Read more

Charitable organizations distribute food to displaced people in shelter tents in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on June 9, 2024.

Wars, climate disasters lead to record-high number of internally displaced people

May 15, 2025

By Madalaine Elhabbal

The global number of internally displaced people worldwide skyrocketed to a record high of 83.4 million in 2024, according to... Read more

Pope Leo XIV meets with the prelate of Opus Dei, Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz, on May 14, 2025, at the Vatican.

Pope Leo XIV, Ocáriz discuss process of revising Opus Dei’s statutes

May 15, 2025

By Victoria Cardiel

Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday briefly discussed the revision of Opus Dei’s statutes with the apostolate’s prelate, Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz. Read more

Candlelight procession at Fatima on May 12, 2025.

Leo XIV’s pontificate consecrated to Our Lady of Fátima at Portugal shrine

May 14, 2025

By Andrés Henríquez

Approximately 470,000 pilgrims gathered in Fátima, Portugal, on May 12–13 to commemorate the 108th anniversary of the apparitions of the... Read more

Pope Leo XIV meets with Italian tennis star Jannick Sinner on May 14, 2025, at the Vatican.

Love the Sinner: Pope Leo XIV meets tennis star at the Vatican

May 14, 2025

By Jonah McKeown

Pope Leo XIV met Italian tennis star Jannik Sinner at the Vatican on Wednesday.  Read more

Pope Leo XIV gives the homily at Mass with the cardinale electors in the Sistine Chapel on May 9, 2025.

Vatican creates official Instagram account for Pope Leo XIV

May 14, 2025

By Eduardo Berdejo

The Dicastery for Communication said “Leo XIV inherits the X @Pontifex accounts used by Pope Francis and previously by Benedict... Read more

A cropped version of the official portrait of Pope Leo XIV, published by the Vatican on May 10, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV embraces elements of Francis’ vision; some views still unclear

May 14, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

Prior to his elevation to the papacy, Leo XIV stayed out of the spotlight on certain reforms backed by his... 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.

Pope Leo XIV urges Eastern Catholics not to abandon war-torn lands

May 14, 2025

By Hannah Brockhaus

“I thank God for those Christians — Eastern and Latin alike — who, above all in the Middle East, persevere... Read more

Pope Leo XIV speaks to the College of Cardinals in Rome on Saturday, May 10, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV’s American citizenship: Can he keep it as pope?

May 14, 2025

By Jonah McKeown

In addition to being a natural-born American citizen, Pope Leo XIV is also a naturalized citizen of Peru, having ministered... Read more

Pope Leo XIV, when he was bishop of Chiclayo (Peru), recites the prayer of consecration before Our Lady of Fátima.

Pope Leo XIV’s prayer of consecration to Our Lady of Fátima 

May 13, 2025

By Walter Sánchez Silva

Pope Leo XIV, when he was bishop of Chiclayo, Peru, offered a special prayer of consecration to the Blessed Virgin... Read more

Current Chiclayo Bishop Edinson Farfán at a press conference on Friday, May 9, 2025.

Peruvian bishop defends Pope Leo XIV against accusations of cover-up

May 13, 2025

By Walter Sánchez Silva

Bishop Edinson Farfán of Chiclayo, Peru, is publicly defending the actions of his predecessor, now Pope Leo XIV, in the... Read more

Former United States Ambassador to the Holy See Francis Rooney speaks to “EWTN News Nightly” anchor Catherine Hadro on Monday, May 12, 2025.

Former Holy See ambassador, friend of Leo XIV says new pontiff will be ‘fantastic pope’

May 13, 2025

By Tessa Gervasini

Francis Rooney said Pope Leo XIV will be a “fantastic pope” because he “can communicate with people in a very... Read more

Delegates at the 2024 Synod on Synodality participate in roundtable meetings on Oct. 10, 2024, in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican.

Synod leaders pledge obedience to Pope Leo XIV

May 13, 2025

By Hannah Brockhaus

As prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops, the now-Pope Leo XIV participated in both sessions of the assembly of the... Read more

Pope Leo XIV with his friend Father Hugo Gabriel Sánchez on May 12, 2025, at the Vatican.

A priest friend of Pope Leo XIV shares memories of him in Peru

May 13, 2025

By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú

On Sunday, May 12, Pope Leo XIV made time in his busy schedule to welcome his friend Father Hugo Sánchez... Read more