Pope Leo prays for vocations, for peace and for mothers on Mother’s Day
byBy Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — With a huge and festive crowd gathered in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Leo XIV led…
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As poor rejoice, cardinal says pope’s electors ‘weren’t dealing with world,’ but ‘with the kingdom of God’
byBy Paulina Guzik, OSV News ROME — The joy was palpable in Palazzo Migliori, the Roman palace turned homeless shelter, right next to Bernini…
In boots during floods, in vestments at Mass: Peruvians claim Leo XIV as a local
byBy Ines San Martin, OSV News ROME — In a country where over 90% of the population identifies as Christian — and nearly three-quarters…
Pope Leo: A pope is nothing more than a humble servant
byBy Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — The Catholic community is alive, beautiful and strong, and it is up to its pastors to protect…
Pope Leo XIV: Peacemaker and openness in an historic name
byBy Justin McLellan, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Even before he stepped out on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica and spoke May…
First US pope: White Sox fan, Villanova grad, Peru missionary, Vatican leader
byBy Maria Wiering, OSV News Standing on loggia of St. Peter’s basilica, newly elected Pope Leo XIV smiled, waved and appeared to hold back…
New pope calls for Christian witness in world that finds faith ‘absurd’
byBy Justin McLellan, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Where Christians are “mocked, opposed, despised or at best tolerated and pitied” is where the Catholic Church’s…
Who was Pope Leo XIII, the father of social doctrine?
byBy Russell Shaw, OSV News Cardinal Robert F. Prevost has selected the name Pope Leo XIV, an apparent nod to Pope Leo XIII, who…
‘A missionary at heart’: Catholic groups welcome Pope Leo XIV, first US-born pope
byBy Gina Christian, OSV News Catholic groups are welcoming Pope Leo XIV — the second pope from the Americas, and the first U.S.-born pontiff…
Chicago native Cardinal Prevost elected pope, takes name Leo XIV
byBy Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, the Chicago-born prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops under Pope Francis,…