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Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV receives members of various religious congregations on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV Highlights Value of Vow of Obedience, Says "not very fashionable today"

Sep 19, 2025

“When it is professed and lived with faith, obedience reveals a luminous path of self-giving that can help the world rediscover the value of sacrifice,” Pope Leo XIV said.

Pope Leo XIV greets the families of the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

Family "a gift and a task" for Church, Society: Pope Leo XIV

Sep 19, 2025

At the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV addressed participants in a meeting on the challenges to families in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Pope Leo XIV presides over his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Sept. 17, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV: My Priority is the Gospel, Not Solving the World’s Problems

Sep 18, 2025

Pope Leo XIV gave an interview for the biography “Leo XIV: Citizen of the World, Missionary of the 21st Century,” out now in Spanish and next year in English.

Pope Leo XIV waves to pilgrims gathered for his weekly general audience on Sept. 17, 2025, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV on Vatican’s Finances: "I’m not losing sleep over it"

Sep 18, 2025

The Holy Father made the remarks as part of a wide-ranging interview with Crux senior correspondent Elise Ann Allen.

Pope Leo XIV waves to pilgrims gathered for his Sunday Angelus in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Sept. 14, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV Signals Potential Shift on China, Talks Trump and Gaza

Sep 18, 2025

Pope Leo XIV signaled he may be open to future changes to the Vatican’s controversial deal with China, saying that he is in dialogue with persecuted Chinese Catholics.

Pope Leo XIV on Sept. 16, 2025, expelled from the clerical state an Italian deacon who was convicted of sexual offenses against minors. / Credit: Freedom Studio/Shutterstock

Pope Leo XIV Expels Deacon from the Clerical State for Abuse of Minors

Sep 17, 2025

Italian permanent deacon Alessandro Frateschi, who was convicted of sexual offenses against minors, has been expelled from the clerical state by Pope Leo XIV.

Pope Leo XIV addresses pilgrims at his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Sept. 17, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV Decries "unacceptable conditions" in Gaza, Urges Release of Hostages

Sep 17, 2025

Pope Leo XIV said he was closely following the impact of Israel’s ground offensive in Gaza City, where about 600,000 civilians remain.

Pope Leo XIV celebrates the prayer vigil for the Jubilee of Consolation on Sept. 15, 2025, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News

Where Pain is Deep, Hope in Jesus Must be Stronger: Pope Leo XIV at Jubilee of Consolation

Sep 15, 2025

With a call to trust that Jesus is the one who dries the tears of those who suffer, Pope Leo XIV celebrated the prayer vigil for the Jubilee of Consolation on Monday.

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

Sep 15, 2025

Pope Leo XIV on Monday received the participants of the general chapter of the Order of St. Augustine, with whom he said he felt “at home.”

Pope Leo XIV at a window of the Vatican's Apostolic Palace, leading pilgrims in reciting the Angelus, on September 14, 2025, the pope's 70th birthday. / Vatican Media

"I give thanks to the Lord and to my parents": Pope Leo XIV Marks 70th Birthday at Sunday Angelus

Sep 14, 2025

On Sunday, his 70th birthday, Pope Leo XIV presided at the recitation of the Angelus with pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square. The pope was visibly moved when musical groups in the square played “Happy Birthday,” a gesture greeted with applause, cheers, and the waving of signs bearing messages of gratitude and blessing.

Pope Leo XIV presides over an ecumenical commemoration of the martyrs and witnesses of faith of the 21st century at Rome’s Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls on September 14, 2025. / Elias Turl

"No one can silence their voice": Pope Leo XIV Honors Modern Martyrs at Ecumenical Service

Sep 14, 2025

Pope Leo XIV led an ecumenical commemoration of the martyrs and witnesses of faith of the 21st century at Rome’s Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls on Sunday, stressing that “even though they have been killed in body, no one can silence their voice or erase the love they have shown.”

Pope Leo XIV waves at the crowds of people who braved a rainy morning for the general audience in St. Peter’s Square on Sept. 10, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

"Happy birthday, Pope Leo!": EWTN Viewers Around the World Share Songs, Prayers

Sep 14, 2025

Here are some of the ways millions across the globe are celebrating Pope Leo XIV’s 70th birthday.   

Pope Leo XIV greets participants in a seminar organized by the Pontifical Academy of Theology, at the Vatican on September 13, 2025. / Pope Leo XIV greets participants in a seminar organized by the Pontifical Academy of Theology, at the Vatican on September 13, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV Urges Theologians to Defend Creation and Human Dignity in Artificial Intelligence Age

Sep 13, 2025

Citing the examples of St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, he said the great masters of the past modeled a synthesis of faith and reason that can guide theology today.

Ferrara, Italy resident Davide Andreoli and his family visit St. Peter's Square for the Jubilee of People with Disabilities, Monday, April 28, 2025. / Credit: Courtney Mares/CNA

Pope Leo XIV Approves New Measures to Include People with Disabilities in Vatican Workforce

Sep 13, 2025

The updated regulations require Vatican offices to welcome and support employees with disabilities, including by providing accommodations where needed.

Mons. Eric Soviguidi, appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Burkina Faso on 15 August 2025. Credit: CEBN

Recently Appointed Apostolic Nuncio in Burkina Faso to Extend Diplomatic Role in Niger

Sep 12, 2025

The representative of the Holy Father appointed on August 15 for Burkina Faso is to extend his diplomatic role in the West African nation of Niger.

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"

Sep 12, 2025

Pope Leo XIV exhorted new bishops to address issues related to inappropriate behavior on the part of the clergy: “They can’t be put away in a drawer.”

Pope Leo XIV greets participants in the third edition of the World Meeting on Human Fraternity at the Vatican on Sept. 12, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV Tells World Meeting on Human Fraternity to Welcome Migrants, Care for Poor

Sep 12, 2025

Pope Leo XIV spoke out on Friday against what he called the business of wars while condemning attitudes of rejection and indifference toward migrants and the poor.

Pope Leo XIV preaches at the historic Rotonda church in Albano, Aug. 17, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV: Israeli Attack in Qatar a "very serious" Development

Sep 10, 2025

Referring to the growing tension in the Middle East conflict, Pope Leo XIV stated: “We must pray a lot and keep working, searching, insisting on peace.”

Pope Leo XIV greets the families of the Vatican / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV Highlights Importance of Witness of Families in Today’s World

Sep 8, 2025

Pope Leo XIV on Sept. 6 participated in the Vatican’s Festival of Families, where he highlighted the importance of the witness of families in today’s world.

Pope Leo canonizes Saints Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Sunday, September 7. / Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV Proclaims Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati Saints

Sep 7, 2025

Pope Leo XIV proclaimed the Italians Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati saints before a crowd of thousands in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday.