Communion requires prayer, listening, conversion, pope says
Pope Leo XIV visits the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome, May 25, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) By Carol...
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Vatican releases first Pope Leo postage stamps
A Vatican stamp featuring the official portrait of Pope Leo XIV is seen in this image released May 27, 2025....
Story behind beatification of Poland’s Father Stanislaw Streich is one of quiet courage
Father Stanislaw Streich, a humble parish priest murdered at the altar by a radical communist in 1938 in Lubon, Poland,...
God’s love is generous, not calculating, pope says at first audience
Pope Leo XIV rides through St. Peter's Square at the Vatican May 21, 2025, before holding his first weekly general...
Basilian sister in Ukraine to Pope Leo: ‘Thank you’ and ‘come to us’
Basilian Sister Lucia Murashko, who serves Ukrainian civilians close to the frontlines of battle with Russian occupation forces, is seen...
Pope’s June liturgical calendar features many public celebrations
Deacons hold palliums -- woolen bands worn by metropolitan archbishops to symbolize their authority and unity with the pope --...
Pope Leo meets with US Vice President Vance, Secretary of State Rubio
Pope Leo XIV poses for a photograph with U.S. Vice President JD Vance in the library of the Apostolic Palace...
Pope holds private meeting with Ukrainian president
Pope Leo XIV meets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Ukraine's first lady Olena Zelenska at the Vatican May 18, 2025....
Pope Leo begins papacy calling for ‘united church’ in a wounded world
Pope Leo XIV greets the faithful as he enters St. Peter's Square on the popemobile before his inauguration Mass at...
Full text: Homily of Pope Leo XIV during the Mass of Inauguration of the Petrine Ministry
Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, speaks during his inauguration Mass at the Vatican May 18, 2025. He...
