In his general audience on Wednesday, Pope Leo XIV explained that cries of pain, like those of Jesus in his final moments on the cross, instead of a sign of weakness, can express desire, surrender, and prayer.

On the evening of Sept. 9, when leaving Castel Gandolfo, where he had spent the day, Pope Leo XIV described Israel’s attack earlier Tuesday against leaders of the Hamas terrorist group in Doha, Qatar, as “very serious.”

Pope Leo XIV created a new Catholic diocese in northern China, reviving a name once set by Beijing without Rome—highlighting tensions over China’s redrawn borders.

In this Jubilee Year of Hope, the witness of Pope Leo XIV’s patron saint reminds us that true freedom comes through confession and conversion.

Cardinal Raymond Burke will celebrate a special Traditional Latin Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on Oct. 25 in a return to a prior custom, suspended since 2022, of an annual pilgrimage of Catholics devoted to the Latin Mass.