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Pope Leo XIV greets guests during a lunch for poor people at Castel Gandolfo outside of Rome, July 11, 2026. The event was the second lunch the pope has hosted with those facing poverty since the beginning of his pontificate. | Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News

At lunch with the poor, Pope Leo XIV calls on society to eliminate the causes of poverty, injustice

The Holy Father on July 11 hosted “Lunch with the Pope,” a day of hospitality and fraternity at
Pope Leo XIV with U.S. Ambassador Brian Burch and his family at the ambassador’s residence in Rome on July 4, 2026. | Credit: U.S. Embassy to the Holy See

U.S. ambassador describes July 4 dinner with Pope Leo XIV

Speaking with Italian media, Brian Burch said the informal evening showed a pontiff who is both personally at
Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on July 5, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV says Christ is hope amid the scourge of war

The pontiff prayed the Angelus in St. Peter’s Square before traveling to Castel Gandolfo for three weeks of

Pope Leo XIV: Migrants lost at sea are victims of choices made and unmade

Celebrating Mass on the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa, Pope Leo XIV urged Europe to respond to migration with
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state. | Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News

Parolin: SSPX ordinations are ‘schismatic’

Cardinal Pietro Parolin said the episcopal ordinations carried out without papal mandate by the Society of St. Pius
The dome of St. Peter’s Basilica viewed from the Vatican Gardens | Credit: Victoria Cardiel/EWTN News

Vatican financial watchdog loses autonomy

The Authority for Financial Information and Supervision is now effectively structured as an office, with its leadership appointed
Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican for the recitation of the Angelus on June 28, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV prays for Venezuela quake victims at Angelus

The pope expressed solidarity with those affected by recent earthquakes, following a reflection on “detachment, loss and hospitality”
Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican for recitation of the Angelus on June 21, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV: Contemplation makes Christians credible witnesses

At the Angelus, the pope urged the faithful to make room for silence before God and said “no

Pope Leo XIV honors Mother Cabrini as model for Church on migration

At the birthplace of the first U.S. citizen canonized as a Catholic saint, the Chicago-born pope said the

At St. Augustine’s tomb, Pope Leo XIV urges Pavia to honor every human life

In a visit to the northern Italian city, the Augustinian pope prayed before the relics of St. Augustine,
Pope Leo XIV celebrates the funeral Mass for Italian Cardinal Camillo Ruini on June 18, 2026, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. | Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News

Pope Leo XIV remembers Cardinal Ruini as a shepherd who guided the people of God

At the funeral Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, the pontiff praised the late Italian cardinal’s humble service, trust

Pope Leo entrusts his pontificate to Our Lady of Montserrat: May she ‘guide us to Jesus’

After visiting a prison, Pope Leo headed to the Abbey of Montserrat northwest of Barcelona and nestled among
The dome of St. Peter’s Basilica viewed from the Vatican Gardens | Credit: Victoria Cardiel/EWTN News

Women in the Vatican welcome Montserrat Alvarado as new prefect for communication

The Women in the Vatican Association strives “to create an increasingly constructive and fruitful network of knowledge, friendship,

Pope sets up commission to tackle $290 million debt at Padre Pio’s hospital

The hospital in San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy, where the saint known as Padre Pio lived for most of

Leo XIV at Pentecost: The Spirit overcomes war with the omnipotence of love

The pontiff prayed that the Holy Spirit would save humanity from war, misery, and sin. VATICAN CITY —

In Italian region marred by toxic waste, Pope Leo XIV praises ‘beauty no injustice can erase’

The Holy Father on May 23 met with Church leaders and local residents at Acerra in Italyʼs “Land

In Italy’s ‘Land of Fires,’ Pope Leo XIV laments ‘the cry of creation and the poor’

The Holy Father said Pope Francis‘ encyclical Laudato Si’ is a framework for addressing the social and environmental

Pope Leo XIV says lay movements must serve communion, not power

The pontiff said authority in the Church is a gift of the Holy Spirit that requires listening, free

Vatican sets up commission on artificial intelligence

Pope Leo XIV approved the new body as the Vatican prepares for his first encyclical, expected to address
Pope Leo XIV speaks aboard the papal plane from Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, to Rome, following an 11-day trip in Africa, April 23, 2026. | Credit: Patrick Leonard/EWTN News.

Pope Leo XIV to visit France in September, including a stop at UNESCO headquarters

The visit will mark the popeʼs fifth international apostolic journey. Pope Leo XIV will undertake an apostolic journey

Swiss Cardinal Emil Paul Tscherrig dies at 79

The longtime Vatican diplomat, who served as apostolic nuncio to Italy and San Marino, was made a cardinal

Pope Leo XIV prays for Sahel victims

At the Regina Caeli, the pope also thanked the Canary Islands for welcoming a cruise ship with passengers

Pope Leo XIV: Church serves coming of God’s kingdom in history

The pontiff said the Church is a pilgrim people called to proclaim Christ’s salvation while rejecting all that
Pope Leo XIV speaks aboard the papal plane from Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, to Rome, following an 11-day trip in Africa, April 23, 2026. | Credit: Patrick Leonard/EWTN News.

Pope Leo XIV, returning from Africa: ‘I condemn all actions that are unjust’

Speaking to reporters on his flight from Malabo to Rome, the pope addressed war, migration, same-sex blessings, and

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