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Pope Leo XIV waves as the popemobile passes by a crowd of American pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the pope’s general audience on June 18, 2025, at the Vatican. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV: I still have a great love for America

The U.S.-born pontiff expressed affection for his homeland in an interview with NBC News on July 29. Leo
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Vatican urges UN to combat homelessness

The Vatican has urged the United Nations (U.N.) to include the homeless in efforts to create sustainable cities,
Catholic sisters, through the Talitha Kum network, have led efforts to combat human trafficking since 2009. | Credit: International Union of Superiors General

Catholic anti-trafficking network led by nuns assists 1.2 million worldwide

The International Network Against Human Trafficking published its 2025 annual report on July 29. A Catholic anti-trafficking network,
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Vatican to launch first conference of Christians and Confucians

The Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue will hold a conference on Confucian-Christian relations in South Korea from Aug. 4–5.
Bishop Paul Tighe, secretary of the Culture Section at the Dicastery for Culture and Education, at the office of the dicastery at the Vatican on July 21, 2026. | Credit: Ishmael Adibuah/EWTN News

Explaining the Vatican’s engagement with contemporary art

Amid the latest Venice Biennale, one of the world’s premier art exhibitions, a senior Vatican official explained why
Participants of the Synod on Synodality in the Paul VI Audience Hall. | Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News

Vatican calls for assessment of synodality implementation ahead of 2028 assembly

The General Secretariat of the Synod published the “Recollecting” resource for diocesan synodal teams on July 27. Ahead
Pope Leo XIV on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, officially inaugurated the Laudato Si’ Village in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, with a liturgical celebration highlighting the “vocation” of every person to care for creation, including a performance by Andrea Bocelli. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV to attend musical prayer service with Andrea Bocelli

The pontiff will lead a moment of prayer during the “Canticle of Peace” concert in Castel Gandolfo on
Pope Leo speaks with a couple at the Parish Church of St. Anne in the Vatican on Sept. 21, 2025. | Credit: Vatican Media

Summer advice from Pope Leo XIV: Don’t forget the less fortunate

“Let us think of the privilege we have when we support the poor,” Pope Leo said. In response
Pope Leo XIV stands out of a window at St. Benedict Abbey in Subiaco, Italy, on July 22, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV visits major Italian pilgrimage sites while on vacation

The pontiff left Castel Gandolfo on July 22 to visit holy sites in Vallepietra and Subiaco. Pope Leo
Pope Leo XIV speaks in St. Peter's Square at the general audience on May 27, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV to U.S. religious superiors: Prioritize community life

The Vatican issued the pontiff’s letter on July 22 to mark the 70th anniversary of the Conference of
Cover of the Italian edition of “Disarmed and Disarming: Peace Is a Gift,” which includes a foreword by Pope Leo XIV and was published on July 21, 2026. | Credit: Libreria Editrice Vaticana

Pope Leo XIV urges peace and nuclear disarmament in new book foreword

The pontiff invoked Bob Dylan and others in the book “Disarmed and Disarming: Peace Is a Gift,” which
Pope Leo XIV with members of the Benedictine community at the Abbey of Montecassino on July 20, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV makes private visit to St. Benedict's tomb, prays for peace

The pontiff visited the Benedictine Abbey of Montecassino on July 20 from Castel Gandolfo, where he is on
Pope Leo XIV speaks via a video address to the Eucharistic pilgrimage at its concluding Mass in Philadelphia, July 5, 2026. | Credit: Photo courtesy of The Holy See

New Pope Leo XIV medal on sustainability to debut in Rome in October

The pontiff will personally present the Villanova University-sponsored award at the International Sustainability Conference Oct. 12–15. A new
Pope Leo XIV enjoys the Christmas concert. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV to attend summer concert at Castel Gandolfo

The pontiff, who is on vacation at the lakeside town, will attend a classical concert in his honor
The Palazzo Senatorio, Rome’s city hall, is located at the Piazza del Campidoglio atop Rome’s Capitoline Hill. | Credit: Ishmael Adibuah/EWTN News

Echoing Pope Leo XIV, experts sign Rome declaration on limits for AI and nuclear arms

The declaration was signed on July 16, marking the conclusion of a three-day Vatican summit on AI security
Giovanni Boscia, the new director general of the Institute for the Works of Religion (IOR), commonly known as the Vatican Bank. | Credit: Istituto per le Opere di Religione (IOR)

Vatican Bank names new director general

Giovanni Boscia will succeed Gian Franco Mammì in managing the daily operations of the Institute for the Works
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Vatican hosts Nobel laureates, experts to discuss AI security risks

The July 14–16 summit is being held at the Borgo Laudato Si’ gardens at Castel Gandolfo. The Vatican
The Sistine Hall of the Vatican Apostolic Library, its main exhibition and historical reading room, features vaulted, frescoed ceilings. | Credit: Ishmael Adibuah/EWTN News

Pope Leo XIV to launch exhibit on water at the Vatican Library

The new exhibit reflects a recent focus on promoting contemporary art at the Vatican. Pope Leo XIV will
Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on July 5, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV to Iraqi Christians: Be Christ’s light in challenging times

The Vatican published a video message from the pontiff on July 8 for the Ankawa Youth Meeting. Pope
A hard copy of Magnifica Humanitas, Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, is held by an attendee at the document’s presentation on May 26, 2026, in the New Synod Hall at the Vatican. | Credit: Daniel Ibanez/EWTN News

Pope Leo XIV tells UN: Confront AI misuse to promote human dignity

The pontiff sent a letter on July 8 to be read at the AI for Good Global Summit
The EWTN Summer Academy 2026 participants in Rome on July 1, 2026. | Credit: Lemmy Ogbonnaya Ijioma/EWTN Summer Academy

Training journalists to be peacemakers: EWTN Summer Academy concludes in Rome

EWTN hosted 43 young media professionals from around the world for an intensive journalistic training program June 22
St. John Paul II and a young Robert Francis Prevost, wearing the black habit of the Augustinians. | Credit: Photo courtesy of the Augustinian Midwest Province (USA) Our Mother of Good Counsel

Vatican releases biopic on Pope Leo XIV’s early years in Rome

The Dicastery for Communication released a documentary on July 1 about the then-Robert Prevost’s two decades in the
St. Peter’s Basilica. | Credit: cinemavision/Shutterstock

Vatican confirms excommunication of SSPX bishops, declares schism

Because the traditionalist group consecrated bishops without papal approval, the Vatican issued a decree on July 2 declaring
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Amid abuse scandal in UK, Pope Leo XIV appoints apostolic administrator to Northampton

On June 30, the pontiff appointed Archbishop Richard Moth of Westminster to temporarily replace Bishop David Oakley, charged

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