Vatican City, Jun 4, 2025 / 11:34 am. Pope Leo XIV met with the National Italian American Foundation on Wednesday and blessed their work in continuing the spiritual and cultural legacy of their ...

Pope Francis was elected in 2013 as the first member of the Jesuit order, the Society of Jesus; he was also the first member of any religious order to be chosen in over 150 years.

CNA Staff, Jun 3, 2025 / 11:59 am. In his first prayer intention video of his papacy, Pope Leo XIV has asked the faithful to pray that the world might grow in compassion during the month of June.

Pope Leo’s experience in Peru shaped his entire priesthood. He saw that theology must bend its knees before oral traditions, that catechesis must begin with shared suffering, and that leadership must ...

The pope saw Van Gogh’s image of the sower, like Vigeland’s, as a message of hope. That message, to him, fits with the theme of hope of The Jubilee Year proclaimed by Leo’s predecessor, Francis.

Pope Leo XIV on Monday said Christian families are called to be missionaries of the Gospel to new generations, especially in light of a widespread “privatization” of faith preventing many ...

Pope Leo XIV is this: a Catholic schoolboy of a certain age and era who was taught by the nuns. Credit Chicago nuns for Robert Prevost's rise to pope - Chicago Sun-Times ...

Pope Leo XIV ordained 11 new priests for the Diocese of Rome on Saturday during a Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica, urging them to live lives that are “transparent, visible, credible” in service ...

In a ceremony on Monday, Pope Leo XIV recalled the life and legacy of Iuliu Hossu, a Romanian Greek Catholic bishop who saved thousands of Jews during World War II. Monday, June 23, 2025.

Today, several Augustinian nuns live here, praying, working, and studying — a contemplative life that mirrors that of the new Pope Leo XIV, who knows the nuns of Lecceto well and has visited ...

Pope Leo XIV’s election as the first American to lead the Catholic Church elevated him to the rare position of being a U.S. citizen who is also a foreign head of state.

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 4, 2025 / 17:06 pm. Pope Leo XIV spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call Wednesday afternoon.