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Pope Leo XIV: God ‘cannot be enlisted by darkness’

During a pastoral visit to a Rome parish, the pope warned against invoking God to justify violence. Pope
Pope Leo XIV walks in the corridor of the Third Loggia of the Apostolic Palace where the papal apartment is located, on May 12, 2025 in Vatican City. - Credit: Vatican Media/Vatican Pool/Getty Images

Pope Leo XIV moves into papal apartment of Apostolic Palace

The move was announced on March 14 by the Holy See Press Office, more than ten months after

International Theological Commission: Human life is a vocation

New Vatican-approved document weighs challenges posed by AI and social media. The International Theological Commission has released a

Bishop Varden tells Vatican retreat: Not every fall ends in joy

Bishop Erik Varden warned Pope Leo XIV and the Roman Curia that corruption within the Church has caused

Vatican spiritual exercises: Christian freedom and the splendor of truth

In the fourth and fifth meditations offered to Pope Leo XIV and the Roman Curia, Bishop Erik Varden

Pope tells priests to use their brains, not AI, to write homilies

Here’s what Leo said in a private Q-and-A with priests this week. In a private exchange with priests

Pope Leo: Lenten ashes carry ‘the weight of a world that is ablaze’

Leading Ash Wednesday rites, the pontiff linked the call to repentance with the devastation of war, broken justice,

Pope Leo XIV: ‘All lives are not equally respected’ amid war and inequality

The pope told the Pontifical Academy for Life it is hypocritical to call health a universal value while
Pope Leo XIV delivers a homily during Mass at the Church of Santa Maria Regina Pacis, a parish in Ostia Lido, Diocese of Rome, on Feb. 15, 2026. | Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News

Pope Leo XIV, in first Roman parish visit, calls for ‘disarming’ meekness

The pontiff urged “coherence between faith and life” and persistent prayer for peace. Pope Leo XIV on Sunday

Pope Leo XIV prays for Madagascar after twin cyclones

In his catechesis before the Angelus, Leo said Jesus fulfills the Law by calling Christians beyond minimal righteousness

Italian cardinal named president of Vatican bank oversight commission

Cardinal Giuseppe Petrocchi, the retired archbishop of L’Aquila, succeeds Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, the retired archbishop of Vienna. Cardinal

Pope Leo XIV taps veteran canon lawyer Archbishop Redaelli for key Vatican post

The new secretary of the Dicastery for the Clergy exemplifies the pope’s push for rule-of-law governance and seasoned

Pope Leo XIV ends 2025 urging Catholics to examine conscience and entrust new year to God 

Pope Leo XIV used the Vatican’s final general audience of 2025 on Wednesday to invite Catholics to look

First Holy Door closed: ‘Special time for the Church is closed, but not God’s grace’

With the closing of the Holy Door of St. Mary Major Basilica in Rome, the Vatican began on

Longtime Vatican official and Italian archbishop Cardinal Edoardo Menichelli dies at 86

Cardinal Edoardo Menichelli, archbishop emeritus of Ancona-Osimo in the northern Italian region of Marche, has died at the

Pope Francis presents “Dilexit nos”: an Encyclical on Human and Divine Love

An Initiative of Profound Spirituality Next Thursday, Pope Francis’ Encyclical, “Dilexit nos,” which explores the human and divine

Papa Francesco è arrivato in Indonesia

Poco dopo le 6.15 ora italiana l’aereo con a bordo Papa Francesco è atterrato sulla pista dell’aeroporto di

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