World Aug 15 Pope Leo XIV prays for peace as U.S.-Russia summit over Ukraine war gets underway History’s first American pope didn’t mention the meeting Friday in Alaska between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. But he has constantly called for dialogue and an end to the conflict, including in conversations with Putin and Ukrainian…
World Aug 02 Pope Leo XIV thrills hundreds of thousands of young Catholics at Holy Year youth festival Hundreds of thousands of young Catholics poured into a vast field on Rome’s outskirts Saturday for the weekend highlight of the Vatican’s 2025 Holy Year: an evening vigil, outdoor slumber party and morning Mass celebrated by Pope Leo XIV that…
World Jul 31 Vatican solar farm will make it the world’s first carbon-neutral state Italy has agreed to a Vatican plan to turn a 430-hectare (1,000-acre) plot of land north of Rome into a vast solar farm that will generate enough electricity to meet the needs of Vatican City.
World Jul 29 Pope Leo XIV gets rock star’s welcome at Vaticans’ Catholic influencer festival The pilgrims have descended on Rome for a special Holy Year celebration of so-called "digital missionaries," part of the Vatican's weeklong Jubilee for young people.
World Jul 01 Catholic bishops from Global South demand climate justice In a joint ecological appeal, they blasted the “openly denialist and apathetic stance” of “so-called elites of power” in the industrialized world who pressure their governments to back off sufficient mitigation and adaptation measures.
World May 25 Pope Leo XIV completes formalities to become bishop of Rome, declaring ‘I am Roman!’ One of the many titles that Leo assumed when he was elected May 8 was bishop of Rome. Given his responsibilities running the 1.4-billion strong universal Catholic Church, popes delegate the day-to-day governance of running of the diocese of Roman…
World May 19 JD Vance extends to Pope Leo XIV an invitation from Trump to visit U.S. Joining him at the meeting on Monday was Secretary of State Marco Rubio, also a Catholic.
World May 18 Pope Leo XIV vows to work for unity so that Catholic Church becomes symbol of peace Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, vowed Sunday to work for unity so that the Catholic Church becomes a symbol of peace in the world, offering a message of communion during an inaugural Mass in St. Peter’s Square before an estimated 200,000…
World May 16 Pope Leo XIV says family is ‘between a man and a woman’ and asserts the dignity of the unborn Leo, the first American pope, also called for reviving multilateral diplomacy and promoting dialogue between religions in the search for peace, in his first meeting with the Vatican diplomatic corps.
World May 12 Conservatives are cautiously hopeful that Pope Leo XIV will restore rigor to the papacy Some conservatives and traditionalist Catholics are cautiously optimistic over the historic election of Pope Leo XIV.