Pope Leo XIV
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Pope Leo XIV meets with Viktor Orbán at the Vatican
In separate audiences on Monday, Pope Leo XIV received two political leaders with very different views on the migration issue. Read more
Pope Leo to pray at tomb of St. Charbel during first apostolic journey to Turkey, Lebanon
The trip will center on two key moments: a pilgrimage to mark the 1,700th anniversary of the First Council of... Read more
Pope Leo XIV on the gifts of women and synodality: ‘Women are already better’
Pope Leo XIV drew laughter and applause when he recalled asking his mother in the 1970s whether she wanted equality... Read more
Pope Leo XIV: The first lesson for every bishop is humility
Pope Leo XIV consecrated Monsignor Mirosław Stanisław Wachowski a bishop during a Mass at the Altar of the Chair in... Read more
Pope Leo XIV: There’s no template for synodality across all countries
Pope Leo XIV spoke about synodality during the Jubilee of Synodal Teams and Participatory Bodies Oct. 24–26, part of the... Read more
Pope Leo XIV to John Paul II Institute: Your mission is to speak and live the truth
“Your specific mission concerns the search for and common witness to the truth,” Pope Leo XIV said Oct. 24 at... Read more
Prominent Northern Ireland cleric calls for King Charles to abdicate after prayer with pope
Rev. Kyle Paisley slammed King Charles III for “betraying his oath” after praying with Pope Leo XIV in the Sistine... Read more
Pope Leo XIV criticizes pharmaceutical industry’s role in scourge of opioid addiction
In a meeting with participants of the fifth World Meeting of Popular Movements, the pope directly spoke out against “unbridled... Read more
Pope Leo XIV and King Charles III make history with first joint prayer since Reformation
History was made in the Sistine Chapel on Thursday as Pope Leo XIV and King Charles III prayed side by... Read more
Pope Leo XIV: Sadness in life can be healed through Christ
Continuing his jubilee catechesis on “Jesus Christ Our Hope,” the Holy Father said the mystery of Christ’s resurrection can “change... Read more
Pope Leo XIV to name St. John Henry Newman a patron saint of Catholic education
The Holy Father will designate Newman as an official co-patron saint of education, together with St. Thomas Aquinas. Read more
Pope Leo XIV condemns usury, a grave sin that speaks to the corruption of the human heart
On Oct. 18, the Holy Father received the National Anti-Usury Council of Italy in the Vatican Apostolic Palace. Read more
Pope Leo XIV: Lives of the newly canonized saints are ‘luminous signs of hope’
Pope Leo XIV on Monday highlighted the life testimony of the saints canonized Sunday, Oct. 19, as “luminous signs of... Read more
Pope Leo XIV meets clergy abuse survivors at Vatican
Four victims and two advocates from Ending Clergy Abuse had an hourlong conversation with Pope Leo XIV on Oct. 20. Read more
Pope Leo XIV canonizes 7 new saints, including first from Venezuela and Papua New Guinea
Pope Leo XIV declared seven new saints before an estimated 70,000 people in St. Peter’s Square at the canonization Mass... Read more
Pope Leo XIV hails Roma, Sinti, and Travelers’ faith amid marginalization
About 4,000 pilgrims from more than 70 countries in Europe and beyond took part in the Vatican’s Jubilee of Roma,... Read more
Pope Leo XIV says first canonized couple give example of ‘marriage as a path to holiness’
In a message marking the 10th anniversary of the canonization of St. Louis and Zélie Martin on Oct. 18, Pope... Read more
Pope Leo XIV to grieving father: ‘Death never has the last word’
The pontiff penned a letter to Francesco, a father of four, who wrote to the Holy Father about the death... Read more
Pope Leo XIV asks Catholics in Russia to be an example of love, brotherhood, and respect
Pope Leo XIV asked a group of Catholic pilgrims from Russia, in Rome on a jubilee pilgrimage, to be an... Read more
King Charles and Pope Leo XIV to pray together in historic ecumenical moment at Vatican
King Charles III will join in ecumenical prayer presided over by Pope Leo XIV for the care of creation inside... Read more
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