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Vatican announces theme for 2026 World Day of Peace

Vatican announces theme for 2026 World Day of Peace

Pope Leo XIV addresses pilgrims during his general audience on July 30, 2025, in...

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Pope Leo XIV appoints new auxiliary bishop for Diocese of San Jose, California

Pope Leo XIV appoints new auxiliary bishop for Diocese...

Pope Leo XIV on Aug. 29, 2025, appointed Father Andres Ligot as auxiliary bishop...

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Andrea Bocelli, Pharrell Williams to direct Vatican concert for human fraternity

Andrea Bocelli, Pharrell Williams to direct Vatican concert...

Pharrell Williams (left) and Andrea Bocelli. / Credit: Paras Griffin/Getty Images;...

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Pope Leo XIV accepts Medal of St. Augustine: ‘It’s an honor held dearly’

Pope Leo XIV accepts Medal of St. Augustine: ‘It’s an honor...

Pope Leo XIV accepts the Medal of St. Augustine from Father Robert P. Hagan, OSA,...

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Pope Leo XIV urges Catholic politicians to follow the Gospel in public life

Pope Leo XIV urges Catholic politicians to follow the Gospel...

Pope Leo XIV addresses a delegation of political representatives and civic leaders...

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Zelenskyy shares letter from Pope Leo XIV on Ukraine’s Independence Day 

Zelenskyy shares letter from Pope Leo XIV on Ukraine’s...

Pope Leo XIV gives his Sunday Angelus address from the Apostolic Palace overlooking...

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Pope Leo XIV: Jesus challenges presumption of those who think they are already saved

Pope Leo XIV: Jesus challenges presumption of those who...

Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd during his Angelus address on Aug. 24, 2025. / Credit:...

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Pope Leo XIV calls Christians to ecumenism to be architects of reconciliation and peace

Pope Leo XIV calls Christians to ecumenism to be architects...

Pope Leo XIV meets with a U.S. ecumenical group led by Cardinal Joseph Tobin and...

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Pope Leo XIV calls for fasting and prayer for peace on Friday, Aug. 22

Pope Leo XIV calls for fasting and prayer for peace on...

Pope Leo XIV prays during his Wednesday general audience on Aug. 13, 2025, in the...

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Leo XIV calls theologians to find ‘balanced synthesis’ between God’s law, human freedom

Leo XIV calls theologians to find ‘balanced synthesis’...

Pope Leo XIV waves during his Wednesday audience Aug. 20, 2025. In a telegram dated...

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Pope Leo XIV invites Church to pray and fast for peace on Queenship of Mary feast day

Pope Leo XIV invites Church to pray and fast for peace...

Pope Leo XIV greets a young papal admirer in St. Peter’s Basilica during the general...

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Pope Leo XIV could visit Lebanon before the end of the year, patriarch says

Pope Leo XIV could visit Lebanon before the end of the...

Lebanese Cardinal Béchara Boutros Raï, the head of the Maronite Catholic Church,...

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Society of St. Pius X pilgrimage added to Vatican’s jubilee year calendar amid tensions

Society of St. Pius X pilgrimage added to Vatican’s jubilee...

Thousands fill St. Peter’s Square for the Jubilee of Youth welcome Mass on July...

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At Assumption Mass, Pope Leo XIV urges Catholics to say ‘yes’ to God

At Assumption Mass, Pope Leo XIV urges Catholics to say...

Pope Leo XIV celebrates the Mass of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary at...

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Pope Leo XIV returns to Castel Gandolfo

Pope Leo XIV returns to Castel Gandolfo

An aerial view of the papal palace of Castel Gandolfo near Rome. The apostolic palace...

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Pope places Pontifical Committee for World Children’s Day within Dicastery for the Laity

Pope places Pontifical Committee for World Children’s Day...

Young people participate in the Mass for the first World Children’s Day in May 2024....

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From AI to the White Sox: Pope Leo XIV’s first 100 days break new ground

From AI to the White Sox: Pope Leo XIV’s first 100 days...

Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims at the Wednesday general audience in St. Peter's Square,...

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Pope Leo XIV approves measures benefiting families of Vatican employees

Pope Leo XIV approves measures benefiting families of Vatican...

The Vatican City’s Governor’s Palace (Palazzo del Governatorato in Vaticano), the...

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St. Augustine’s impact on the first 3 months of Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate

St. Augustine’s impact on the first 3 months of Pope Leo...

Pope Leo XIV and St. Augustine. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News and Public Domain...

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Papal lunch with poor scheduled for Aug. 17

Papal lunch with poor scheduled for Aug. 17

Pope Leo XIV waves to pilgrams gathered in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican for...

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