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Author: Almudena Martínez-Bordiú
Photo of Fr Edward Daniang Daleng, O.S.A. Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV appoints Augustinian from Nigeria as official of Papal Household

Pope Leo XIV has appointed a longtime confrere and friend, Nigerian priest Edward Daniang Daleng, OSA, as vice

Pope Leo XIV warns about new addictions: pornography and internet abuse

Pope Leo XIV on Friday warned about new addictions of recent times such as compulsive gambling, betting, and

Pope Leo XIV highlights role of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Blessed Juan de Palafox in Mexico

Pope Leo XIV praised the missionary work of the Church in Mexico throughout history, inspired by the message

Pope Leo XIV receives European Christian leaders after signing of new Ecumenical Charter

Pope Leo XIV received in a Nov. 6 audience the members of the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences

Mar Awa III gives Pope Leo XIV a Chicago Cubs jersey, rivals of the pope’s White Sox

His Holiness Mar Awa III, Catholicos-patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, traveled to Rome this week
Pope Leo XIV meets with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Oct. 27, 2025, at the Vatican. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV meets with Viktor Orbán at the Vatican

In separate audiences on Monday, Pope Leo XIV received two political leaders with very different views on the
Pope Leo XIV addresses the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre at the Vatican on Oct. 23, 2025. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV encourages Order of the Holy Sepulchre in its Holy Land mission

In an audience with the Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, Pope Leo XIV thanked them for

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

Pope Leo XIV asks Catholics in Russia to be an example of love, brotherhood, and respect

Pope Leo XIV on Friday asked a group of Catholic pilgrims from Russia, in Rome on a Jubilee

Worldwide Catholic population up, vocations down

On the occasion of the 99th World Mission Day, to be celebrated on Sunday, Oct. 19, with the theme

Pope to UN Food and Agriculture Organization: ‘Slogans do not lift people out of poverty’

Pope Leo XIV called for shared responsibility in the face of world hunger during a visit to the

Leo XIV recognizes ‘light and shadows’ in the Church’s treatment of Indigenous peoples

Pope Leo XIV invited Indigenous groups to forgive as he recognized both “the light and the wounds” in

Pope Leo gifted with “Proton” a purebred Arabian horse

Before the general audience on Oct. 15, Pope Leo XIV was gifted with a 12-year-old purebred Arabian horse

World Mission Day: Leo XIV calls for supporting those who bring Christ to ends of earth

Pope Leo XIV called on Catholics to support missionaries on World Mission Day, which will be celebrated on

Cardinal presides over act of reparation in St. Peter’s following desecration of altar

Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, archpriest of St. Peter’s Basilica and vicar general of the pope for Vatican City, presided

Pope Leo XIV: Right to religious freedom is not optional but essential

Pope Leo XIV on Friday received at the Vatican members of Aid to the Church in Need (ACN),

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

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