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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: 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
Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, and Father Davide Pagliarani, superior general of the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX). | Credit: Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith

Pope Leo XIV pleads with SSPX to halt episcopal consecrations [Update]

The pontiff appealed to the traditionalist group to call off their planned episcopal consecrations — but their leaderʼs
Pope Leo XIV processes out at the end of Mass for the solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on June 29, 2026. | Credit: Daniel Ibanez/EWTN News

Pope Leo XIV: Peter and Paul show the path to Christian unity

The pontiff celebrated Mass on June 29 and bestowed the pallium on 35 new archbishops. Pope Leo XIV
Pope Leo XIV meets with the synod's 16th ordinary council at its offices near the Vatican on Thursday, June 26, 2025. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV meets with Synod on Synodality teams ahead of 2028 assembly

The pontiff met with the synod members to conclude a conference at the Vatican June 23-25. Pope Leo
Pope Leo XIV blesses the members of the Italian Swimming Federation after their private audience at the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican on June 25, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV: Sport is an opportunity for spiritual growth

The pope met with members of the Italian Swimming Federation at the Vatican on June 25. Pope Leo
Father Joseph Farrell, prior general of the Order of St. Augustine, presents Pope Leo XIV with a newly published anthology of his pre-papal writings, at the Vatican on May 4, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media

English edition of Pope Leo XIV's early writings set for release

The book “Freedom Under Grace,” which contains the popeʼs writings from his time as an Augustinian friar, will
Pope Leo XIV addresses an audience of 28 writers from around the world, including Americans Marilynne Robinson, Elizabeth Strout, Phil Klay, Jonathan Safran Foer, and Paul Elie, at the Vatican on June 24, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV: Writing is an act of humanity that leads to God

The pope met with authors to mark the 100th anniversary of the Vatican Publishing House. Pope Leo XIV

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