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Pope Leo XIV on Artificial Intelligence: "All of us are concerned for children and young people"

Jun 20, 2025

Pope Leo XIV issued a fresh warning about the negative effects that artificial intelligence can have on the “intellectual and neurological development” of rising generations.

Early photo of Robert Prevost from the Midwest Augustinian Province of Our Lady of Good Counsel. / Credit: Courtesy of the Midwest Augustinian Province of Our Lady of Good Counsel

Pope Leo XIV Celebrates 43rd Anniversary of His Priestly Ordination

Jun 19, 2025

On June 19, 1982, Robert Prevost was ordained a priest by Belgian Archbishop Jean Jadot in St. Monica Chapel, located just outside the Vatican.

Pope Leo XIV listens to the choir during an audience with participants of an event organized by the Domenico Bartolucci Foundation on June 18, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV Praises the Beauty and Harmony of Polyphony

Jun 19, 2025

At an event sponsored by the Domenico Bartolucci Foundation, Pope Leo XIV said that polyphony is a musical form “full of meaning” for prayer and Christian life.

Pope Leo XIV visits Vatican Radio’s transmission center on June 19, 2025, in Santa Maria di Galeria, Italy. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV Visits Vatican Radio Transmitters, Proposed Solar Energy Site

Jun 19, 2025

During the June 19 site visit, the Holy Father blessed staff working in the central radio center on the Vatican’s Corpus Christi holiday.

Pope Leo XIV addresses pilgrims at his general audience in St. Peter’s Square on June 18, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

"We must not get used to war": Pope Leo XIV Says in Call for Peace

Jun 18, 2025

Addressing pilgrims at the end of Wednesday’s general audience, the pontiff lamented that “the Church is brokenhearted at the cry of pain rising from places devastated by war.”

Pope Leo XIV spoke about how Christ can heal our past during the Wednesday general audience in St. Peter’s Square on June 18, 2025. / Credit Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Pope Leo XIV: Jesus Can Heal the Past and Transform Your History

Jun 18, 2025

Pope Leo XIV reminded listeners at the Wednesday general audience that Jesus is capable of healing and unblocking our past.

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Congolese Martyr Beatified on June 15 “highlights precious witness” of Laity, Youths: Pope Leo XIV

Jun 17, 2025

Floribert Bwana Chui Bin Kositi, the Congolese martyr Beatified in Rome on Sunday, June 15, provides a powerful testament to the invaluable witness of the Laity and youths, Pope Leo XIV has said.

Don’t “turn your gaze away from the poor”: Pope Leo XIV to Catholic Bishops in Madagascar

Jun 17, 2025

Pope Leo XIV has called upon members of the Episcopal Conference of Madagascar (CEM)  to prioritize the needs of the poor as they shepherd the people of God in the Indian Ocean island nation off the Southeastern coast of Africa.

Pope Leo XIV Mourns Death of Sudan’s Catholic Priest, Expresses Spiritual Closeness with Nigeria’s Deadly Attack Victims

Jun 16, 2025

Pope Leo XIV has expressed sorrow following the passing on of a Catholic Priest in Sudan’s  Diocese of El-Obeid after he sustained serious injuries during a deadly bomb attack on June 12 in the country’s El Fasher City.

Pope Leo XIV waves to those gathered for Mass for the Jubilee of Sport on the solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity on June 15, 2025, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

God’s "dynamic" Love Opens Humanity to Encounter: Pope Leo XIV on Holy Trinity Sunday

Jun 15, 2025

The solemnity coincided with the June 14–15 Jubilee of Sport, where Pope Leo XIV asked pilgrims who belong to sports teams and associations to glorify God. 

From left to right: Karol Wojtyla Sr., Joseph Ratzinger Sr., Mario Jose Bergoglio, Louis Marius Prevost. / Credit: Public domain; courtesy of Ignatius Press; courtesy of The Society of Jesus Argentina; fair use

Meet the Fathers Behind the Church’s Four Most Recent Popes

Jun 15, 2025

Here’s a look at the dads behind our last four Holy Fathers.

Pope Leo XIV addresses Catholic faithful on the scoreboard at Rate Field, home to the Chicago White Sox, during a celebration and Mass to honor his selection as Pope on June 14, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. / Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Pope Leo XIV Encourages Young People to Be "beacons of hope" at Chicago Event

Jun 14, 2025

“You are the promise of hope for so many of us,” the pope told young people attending the “Chicago Celebrates Pope Leo XIV” event at Rate Field, the home of the Chicago White Sox baseball team.

Mother Carmen Rendiles and Dr. José Gregorio Hernández are scheduled to be proclaimed Venezuela’s first saints on Oct. 19, 2025. / Credit: Courtesy of Mother Carmen of Venezuela/public domain

Pope Leo XIV to Canonize Seven Saints on October 19

Jun 14, 2025

Pope Leo XIV will canonize seven blesseds on Oct. 19, including two Venezuelans: Dr. José Gregorio Hernández Cisneros and María del Carmen Rendiles Martínez.

Pope Leo XIV presides over the first ordinary public consistory of cardinals of his pontificate on June 13, 2025, at the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

"The gravest form of poverty is not to know God": Pope Leo XIV

Jun 14, 2025

Pope Leo XIV has released his message for the ninth World Day of the Poor, which will be held on Sunday, Nov. 16.

A general view shows a damaged building at the site where Air India flight 171 crashed in a residential area near the airport in Ahmedabad on June 12, 2025. / Credit: SAM PANTHAKY/AFP via Getty Images

Pope Leo XIV, Catholic Bishops in India Mourn Crash of Airliner that Killed Hundreds

Jun 12, 2025

There are “no words to describe this tragedy,” Archbishop Thomas Macwan of Gandhinagar said.

Pope Leo XIV meets with priests of Rome in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall on Thursday, June 12, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

Rome’s Priests Look for Leadership from Their New Bishop, Pope Leo XIV

Jun 12, 2025

“We are very hopeful; you perceive a lot of enthusiasm, anyway, whether from brother priests or from the people of God,” newly ordained Father Simone Troilo told CNA.

Pope Leo XIV address papal representatives on June 10, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

The Church "will always defend the sacred right to believe in God": Pope Leo XIV

Jun 10, 2025

In the June 10 speech delivered in the Clementine Hall of the Vatican Apostolic Palace, Pope Leo XIV thanked the papal nuncios and international organizations for their work.

Pentecost 2025: Superior General of 322-year-old Spiritans Reflects on Pope Leo XIV’s Election, Upcoming Council Meeting

Jun 8, 2025

The events that culminated in the May 8 election of Robert Francis Cardinal Prevost as the Catholic Church’s 267th Pontiff were "very moving moments”, the Superior General of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans/Holy Ghost Fathers) has said.

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass for the Solemnity of Pentecost in St. Peter's Square on June 8, 2025. In his homily, he emphasized the significance of the Holy Spirit in the life of a Christian. / Credit: Vatican Media

The Holy Spirit Inspires Us to "break down walls": Pope Leo XIV on Pentecost Sunday

Jun 8, 2025

Pope Leo XIV celebrated Pentecost Mass with participants in the Year of Hope's Jubilee of Ecclesial Movements, Associations, and New Communities.

Pope Leo XIV greets participants of the symposium “Nicaea and the Church of the Third Millennium: Towards Catholic-Orthodox Unity" in Rome, Saturday, June 7, 2025 / Credit: Vatican Media

At Ecumenical Symposium, Pope Leo XIV Says Catholic Church Open to Universal Easter Date

Jun 7, 2025

The pope spoke at the symposium “Nicaea and the Church of the Third Millennium: Towards Catholic-Orthodox Unity,” which took place this week at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome.