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Pope Leo XIV addresses a group of bishops who are friends of the Focolare Movement on Sept. 9, 2026, at the Vatican. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV warns of Western ‘paradox’ on individual freedom

The pontiff said people can feel less free to be themselves even as autonomy is increasingly treated as
Pope Leo XIV blesses a small baby during his weekly general audience on Sept. 9, 2026, in St. Peter’s Square. | Credit: Daniel Ibanez/EWTN News

Pope Leo XIV: Respect for human dignity ‘excludes self-centered isolation’

Addressing pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square, the pope continued his catechetical cycle dedicated to the Second Vatican Council’s
Pope Leo XIV speaks on Sept. 6, 2026, during the weekly Angelus prayer he leads from a window of the apostolic palace. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo appoints coadjutor bishop for Puerto Rico’s youngest diocese

A coadjutor bishop serves alongside the current diocesan bishop and succeeds him after his retirement. Pope Leo XIV
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China ordains 18th bishop under Vatican agreement

Archbishop Andrew Ding Yang’s episcopal ordination is the eighth held during Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate, though not all
Pope Leo XIV venerates an image of the Virgin Mary at the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Counsel in Genazzano, Italy, on Sept. 7, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media

Leo XIV: Mary’s simple presence — and her Son within her — moves all of history

The pope celebrated Mass at the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Counsel in Genazzano, Italy. ROME —
Pope Leo XIV addresses pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican for the recitation of the Angelus on Sept. 6, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV calls for peace in Ukraine after Russian attacks

The pontiff also reflected on the importance of fraternal correction among members of the Church. Pope Leo XIV
Pope Leo XIV meets in the Vatican with members of the Latin Bishops' Conference in the Arab Regions on Sept. 3, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV to Arab-region churches: ‘Do not be afraid of your smallness’

The pope met with members of the Council of Latin Bishops of the Arab Regions on Thursday in
Pope Leo XIV addresses a delegation of pilgrims from Oriel College, Oxford, at the Vatican on Sept. 4, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV points to St. John Henry Newman as a model for education today

The pontiff urged Oxford scholars to seek truth courageously and promote an education rooted in human dignity, justice
On Sept. 3, the pope received a group of seminarians from two Italian seminaries: the Pius XI Pontifical Regional Seminary of Apulia (in Molfetta) and the Interdiocesan Seminary of Aversa. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV to seminarians: ‘As I look at each of you, I see the marvelousness of God’

The pope told the seminarians that the call of God is gratuitous and not based on any merit
Pope Leo XIV incenses the altar as he celebrates Mass for the Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul at St. Peter’s Basilica on June 29, 2026. (photo: Daniel Ibáñez / EWTN News)

Pope Leo Stands Above the ‘Liturgy Wars’

COMMENTARY: There is a calmness in the Holy Father’s remarks that sends a message to combatants to back
Cardinals meet with Pope Leo XIV in the third session of the consistory on Jan. 8, 2025, at the Vatican. (photo: Vatican Media)

Who Will Be Offered the First Red Hats of Leo XIV’s Pontificate?

ANALYSIS: The first American Pope has yet to appoint his inaugural batch of cardinals. So far, Leo XIV’s
Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Vatican envoy and secretary for relations with states of the Holy See. Credit: Vatican Media

Leo XIV: A New Diplomacy?

ANALYSIS: Recent meetings between the Vatican and Moscow hint at a new era in diplomatic relations. Archbishop Paul
Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims at the General Audience in Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City, on Sept. 2, 2026. (photo: Elisabetta Trevisan / Vatican Media)

An Unusual Wave of Generosity Precedes Pope Leo XIV’s Visit to France

The unexpected success of the campaign funding the Pope’s September trip is reaching well beyond the Church’s usual
Pope Leo XIV reaches from the popemobile toward a pilgrim during his general audience in St. Peter’s Square on Sept. 2, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope calls for ‘unmasking’ the contradictions of the world, such as seeing war as a solution

The general audience catechesis focused on Gaudium et Spes, Vatican II’s pastoral constitution on the Church in the modern world.
Pope Leo XIV processes in to the Mass for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation on Sept. 1, 2026, in the Madonnina Garden of the Borgo Laudato Si’ within the pontifical gardens of Castel Gandolfo. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo: Take time out of the daily bustle to ‘listen to the melodious voice’ of creation

The Holy Father encouraged silent contemplation of the wonders and harmony of the created world, which can lead
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This is Pope Leo XIV’s prayer intention for the month of September

Pope Leo XIV’s prayer intention for the month of September is for the care of water. “Imagine a
A newly constructed hyperscale data center stands in Eemshaven, Groningen province, the Netherlands. (photo: Make More Aerials / Shutterstock)

AI Isn’t Evil — but Prudence Is Essential

COMMENTARY: As we enter into this new world of AI technology, we will have to be ethically cautious
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Pope Leo XIV names third Chinese bishop in 3 months

Bishop Paolo Liu Honggang is the third bishop ordained in China in three months and the sixth episcopal
Pope Leo XIV addresses pilgrims gathered in Piazza della Libertà at Castel Gandolfo, Italy, for the recitation of the Angelus on August 30, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV appeals for release of Haiti hostages, prays for flood victims in Nepal and Tibet

The pontiff said believers should speak honestly to God in moments of confusion while humbly accepting his ways.
Pope Leo XIV travels across Lake Albano, Castel Gandolfo, Aug. 29, 2026. Leo took part in a Marian procession on the lake, becoming the first pope to travel by boat across the waters there according to the Vatican. | Credit: Zofia Czubak/EWTN News

PHOTOS: Pope Leo XIV takes part in historic Marian procession on Lake Albano at papal summer house

The Holy Father was the first pope to travel across the waters of the lake in the 400-year-long
Pope Leo XIV gives his apostolic blessing at the end of the general audience in St. Peter’s Basilica on Aug. 26, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV says Eastern synods can remove patriarchs for serious reasons

The pope made the declaration in an apostolic letter issued motu proprio titled Mutua Concordia. Pope Leo XIV on
Pope Leo XIV addresses members of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences on Aug. 28, 2026, at the Vatican. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV warns against entrusting human-life decisions to machines

The pontiff called for an ethical framework for artificial intelligence and warned that technology must serve life, peace
Pope Leo XIV delivers his remarks during his private audience with participants on drug addiction, promoted by the Pontifical Commission for Latin America (CAL), at the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican on Aug. 27, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV: A good family is the best way to prevent drug addiction

The pontiff met on Aug. 27 with participants of a conference promoted by the Pontifical Commission for Latin
Pope Leo in prayer. Credit: Vatican Media. Image created in Canva by Jacob Stein.

Pope Leo XIV offers prayers, spiritual closeness to victims of devastating Nepal floods

Several hundred deaths have been reported so far after a glacial collapse drove catastrophic flooding on the Nepal-China

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