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Pope Leo XIV. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News

How Pope Leo XIV Typically Spends His Day Off

Nov 19, 2025

In reply to journalists’ questions last night as he left Castel Gandolfo, which he now regularly visits, Pope Leo XIV described his typical Tuesday day off.

The Vatican did not release any details about what was discussed during the Nov. 19, 2025, meeting Pope Leo XIV held with Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Office of Gov. JB Pritzker

Pope Leo XIV Meets with His Home State’s Governor

Nov 19, 2025

Pope Leo XIV met with the governor of his native Illinois, JB Pritzker, on Wednesday at the Vatican.

Bishop Wallace Ng'ang'a at the Annual Consultative Meeting in Nairobi, Kenya. Credit: Kenya Catholic Bishops Conference (KCCB)

Let’s Maintain “Catholic identity in all our communications”: Kenyan Bishop at Start of Annual Consultative Meeting

Nov 18, 2025

The Chairman of the Commission for Social Communication of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) has urged Catholic media practitioners in Kenya to remain firmly rooted in their faith as they practice their profession in an increasingly dynamic media landscape.

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Over 100 Christians Killed, Six Churches Ransacked in Nigeria in Two Weeks: Intersociety Report

Nov 18, 2025

Barely two weeks following U.S. President Donald Trump’s designation of Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC), persecution of Christians in the West African nation continued unabated, according to the latest report by the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety).

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“Be a channel of communication, peace”: Vatican Secretary of State to Apostolic Nuncio to Burkina Faso, Niger

Nov 18, 2025

The Vatican Secretary of State has called upon the Apostolic Nuncio to Burkina Faso and Niger, whom he ordained Bishop, to serve as “a channel of communication, fraternity, and peace” for the Church and society in the two neighbouring countries.

Bishop Melchisedec Sikuli Paluku of the Catholic Diocese of Butembo-Beni in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Credit: Radio Moto

Catholic Bishop Condemns Deadly Attack on Hospital in DR Congo, Challenges Government to “wake up from slumber”

Nov 18, 2025

Bishop Melchisedec Sikuli Paluku of the Catholic Diocese of Butembo-Beni in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has condemned the killing of several civilians, among them over a dozen patients, in an attack reportedly by Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebel group on a Church-run health facility in Biambwe, North Kivu Province.

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"

Nov 18, 2025

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

The United Nations Climate Change Conference is taking place in Belém, Brazil, Nov. 6-21, 2025. / Credit: Raimundo Pacco/COP30

Pope Leo XIV Encourages Stronger Climate Actions

Nov 18, 2025

Pope Leo XIV said “stronger climate actions will create stronger and fairer economic systems” in a video message to the U.N. climate conference (COP30).

Fr. Bobbo Paschal. Credit: Kaduna Catholic Archdiocese

Catholic Priest Abducted, One Person Killed Following Attack on Parish Residence in Nigeria’s Kaduna Archdiocese

Nov 17, 2025

Fr. Bobbo Paschal was kidnapped on Monday, November 17, when gunmen attacked St. Stephen Parish of Kaduna Catholic Archdiocese, where he serves as Parish Priest.

Pope Leo XIV prays during his general audience on 24 Sept 2025, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican.

“My prayers are with families in Kivu,” Pope Leo XIV Prays for Victims of Christian Persecution in DR Congo

Nov 17, 2025

Pope Leo XIV has expressed his spiritual closeness with countries where Christians are persecuted and prayed for families that have lost their loved ones in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where attacks targeting Christians are said to be emerging.

Pope Leo XIV addresses the steering committee of the Catholic Biblical Federation at the Vatican on Nov. 17, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV Laments Distortion of the Gospel for "particular interests"

Nov 17, 2025

The Catholic Biblical Federation promotes the knowledge, dissemination, and study of sacred Scripture around the world.

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“Resist get-rich-quick syndrome,” Catholic Archbishop Challenges Youths in Nigeria to Embrace Hard Work

Nov 17, 2025

Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja in Nigeria has called on youths in the West African nation to reject the rising culture of idleness, moral compromise, and the “get-rich-quick” mentality, urging them instead to embrace hard work, responsibility, and authentic Christian living.

Pope Leo XIV addresses diocesan liturgy officials during an audience on Nov. 17, 2025, at the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV Asks for Liturgy that is "sober in its solemnity" While Respecting Popular Piety

Nov 17, 2025

Pope Leo XIV urged parishes to invest in liturgical formation while also encouraging people to pray the Liturgy of the Hours and calling for attention to be paid to popular piety.

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"

Nov 17, 2025

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

Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch Youssef Absi of Antioch (left) and Father Chihade Abboud, rector and parish priest of the Basilica of Santa Maria in Cosmedin (center), speak with Melkite Catholic Elie Bassila. Members of the Lebanese Catholic diaspora are anticipating Pope Leo XIV’s three-day visit to Lebanon, taking place from Nov. 30 to Dec. 2, 2025. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Elie Bassila

Lebanese Catholics Abroad Await Pope Leo XIV’s Visit to Their Homeland With Hope

Nov 17, 2025

Members of the Lebanese Catholic diaspora hope the new pontiff will continue his papal predecessors’ solidarity with the Middle East’s most Christian country.

Ambassador Katalin Nyirati. Credit: Capuchin TV

Prioritize Faith Over Technology: Hungarian Ambassador to Graduands at Kenya-based Jointly Owned Catholic University

Nov 16, 2025

The Hungarian Ambassador in Kenya has urged the second graduating class of Tangaza University (TU) to let their faith guide them in the fast-changing, technology-driven world.

Pope Leo XIV shares lunch with people in need at the Vatican on November 16, 2025. / Daniel Ibáñez

Pope Leo XIV Shares Lunch with More Than 1,300 People in Need at the Vatican

Nov 16, 2025

Pope Leo XIV had lunch on Sunday with more than 1,300 people experiencing poverty and social exclusion, gathering with them in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall for a festive meal marking the World Day of the Poor.

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on November 16, 2025. / Daniel Ibáñez

Where the World Sees Threats, the Church Sees Children: Pope Leo XIV

Nov 16, 2025

Celebrating Mass for the Jubilee of the Poor on the Ninth World Day of the Poor, Pope Leo XIV urged Christians not to retreat into a closed or “religious” world of their own, but to help make human society “a space of fraternity and dignity for all, without exception.”

“Historic milestone”: VC of Jointly Owned Catholic University in Kenya on Establishment of School of Nursing

Nov 15, 2025

The establishment of a School of Nursing at the Tangaza University (TU), the Kenya-based institution of higher learning that is jointly owned by some 22 Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life (ICLSAL), is “a historic milestone”, the Vice Chancellor has said. 

Members of the Zambia Catholic Bishops Conference (ZCCB). Credit: ZCCB

Catholic Bishops in Zambia Condemn Chingola Violence, Warn Against Return of Factional Politics

Nov 15, 2025

Members of the Zambia Catholic Bishops Conference (ZCCB) have condemned the violence that disrupted President Hakainde Hichilema’s address at Chiwempala Market in Chingola, and expressed alarm over calls for the return of factional and loyalist network politics by ruling party officials.