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Almudena Martínez-Bordiú

Almudena Martínez-Bordiú

Almudena Martínez-Bordiú is Rome correspondent for ACI Prensa and EWTN.

Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims from Latvia on Nov. 24, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV: Hope Does Not Mean Having All the Answers But Trusting in God

Pope Leo XIV stated that hope “does not mean having all the answers, but rather it calls us to put...

Pope Leo XIV holds an audience with the Roman Rota on Nov. 21, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV Warns against "false mercy" in Marriage Annulment Proceedings

In a firm call to avoid “false mercy” in marriage annulment proceedings, Pope Leo XIV reminded that compassion cannot disregard...

Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd at the Vatican general audience on Oct. 25, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News

Pope Leo XIV Says Missionaries "become a presence everywhere of the whole Church"

Pope Leo XIV told members of the diplomatic service at the papal missions they have been chosen to “become a...

Pope Leo XIV prays during a Mass at Sant’Anselmo Church, located at a Benedictine monastery on the Aventine Hill in Rome, on Nov. 11, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV Holds Protection of Minors "deep in his heart"

Pope Leo XIV sent a message to participants in the meeting for “Building Communities that Protect Dignity,” promoted by the...

Pope Leo XIV waves to those gathered at the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome on Nov. 14, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV Urges "thinking the faith" amid Risk of Cultural Emptiness

Pope Leo XIV on Friday urged academics to “think the faith” in order to confront what he called an increasingly...

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass at Sant’Anselmo Church in Rome on Nov. 11, 2025, for the 125th anniversary of the church’s consecration. Sant’Anselmo Church is part of a residential college and offices of the Benedictine Confederation, the governing body of the Order of St. Benedict. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV Asks Benedictines to Confront Modern Challenges with Prayer, Study, Holiness

Pope Leo XIV visited the Aventine Hill in Rome to celebrate a Mass for the 125th anniversary of the dedication...

St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City. / Credit: Xosema (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Vatican Declares Alleged Apparitions of Jesus in France "not supernatural"

The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith declared that alleged apparitions of Jesus in France do not have a...

Pope Leo XIV speaks during Mass for the opening of the general chapter of the Order of St. Augustine on Sept. 1, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV Appoints Augustinian from Nigeria to Prefecture of the Papal Household at Vatican

Father Edward Daniang Daleng, OSA, has been procurator general of the Order of St. Augustine — Pope Leo XIV’s religious...

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Pope Leo XIV Warns about New Addictions: Pornography and Internet Abuse

Pope Leo XIV warned about new addictions of recent times such as compulsive gambling, betting, and pornography as consequences of...

Archbishop Gintaras Grušas and Greek Orthodox Archbishop Nikitas Loulias present the signed updated Ecumenical Charter to Pope Leo XIV on Nov. 6, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV Receives European Christian Leaders After Signing of New Ecumenical Charter

Pope Leo XIV received in a Nov. 6 audience the members representatives of the Christian Churches of Europe, who met...

St. Thomas Aquinas/St. John Henry Newman. / Credit: Public domain

Pope to Make St. John Henry Newman Co-patron of Catholic Education With St. Thomas Aquinas

Pope Leo declared St. John Henry Newman a co-patron of education along with St. Thomas Aquinas in his recent apostolic...

Seven new saints were canonized on Oct. 19, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News

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...

Pope Leo XIV is seen here at the Jubilee of Youth on August 3, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

Worldwide Catholic Population Up, Vocations Down

On the occasion of World Mission Day, to be celebrated on Sunday, Oct. 19, the Vatican news agency Fides presented...

The main altar at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, which was desecrated on Oct. 10, 2025. / Credit: Jorge Royan (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Cardinal Presides Over Act of Reparation in St. Peter’s Following Desecration of Altar

Cardinal Mauro Gambetti presided over a penitential rite of reparation at the main altar of St. Peter’s Basilica following a...

Pope Leo XIV waves to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the Jubilee of Marian Spirituality on Oct. 12, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

World Mission Day: Leo XIV Calls for Supporting Those Who Bring Christ to Ends of Earth

In a video released Oct. 13, Pope Leo XIV said World Mission Day is an opportunity for the entire Catholic...

Pope Leo XIV meets with members of Aid to the Church in Need at the Vatican on Oct. 10, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV: Right to Religious Freedom is Not Optional But Essential

Pope Leo XIV on Friday received members of Aid to the Church in Need, a pontifical foundation that supports the...

Pope Leo XIV greets those gathered for the Jubilee of Consecrated Life Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Oct. 9, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV Urges Consecrated Persons to be "hungry for holiness"

Pope Leo XIV on Thursday celebrated Mass in St. Peter’s Square on the occasion of the Jubilee of Consecrated Life.

Pope Leo XIV is pictured here with his Augustinian brothers in Rome on Sept. 15, 2025. / Credit: Courtesy of Augustinian Foundation Worldwide

Pope Leo XIV Meets with his Augustinian Brothers in Rome

Pope Leo XIV on Monday received the participants of the general chapter of the Order of St. Augustine, with whom...

Pope Leo XIV meets with bishops on Sept. 11, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV: Inappropriate Behavior of the Clergy "cannot be kept in a drawer"

Pope Leo XIV exhorted new bishops to address issues related to inappropriate behavior on the part of the clergy: “They...

Pope Leo XIV meets with new bishops in Rome on Sept. 11, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

Catholic Church’s New Bishops Complete Formation in Rome

Every September, the new bishops of the Catholic Church gather in Rome to participate in a formation course