Pope’s journey to Africa is chance to rediscover the Church’s African roots, say historians
by(OSV News) — As Pope Leo XIV makes his first apostolic journey to Africa April 13-23, some scholars of the Church’s past are hoping…
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Pope Leo praises witness of Algeria’s Christian martyrs at meeting with local Catholics
byBy Courtney Mares , OSV News ALGIERS (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV honored the memory of Algeria’s Christian martyrs Monday evening, telling the…
Pope Leo responds to Trump: ‘Blessed are the peacemakers’
byBy Courtney Mares , OSV News ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT TO ALGIERS (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV said April 13 he has “no…
Pope decries horror, inhumanity that ‘some adults boast of with pride’
byBy Carol Glatz , Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Warning against an increasingly unpredictable and aggressive “delusion of omnipotence” threatening the globe,…
Olympic and Paralympic athletes call meeting pope a ‘dream,’ ‘supercool,’ an inspiration
byROME (OSV News) — When Pope Leo XIV met a group of Olympic and Paralympic athletes who competed in the 2026 Milan Cortina Games,…
Archbishop Shelton issues appeal for peace, prayer to ‘prevent more loss of life’
byArchbishop Shelton J. Fabre is joining with other bishops and Pope Leo XIV in appealing for peace amid the war in Iran and violence…
Experts: Trump threat to wipe out Iran’s civilization violates international law, Christian ethics
byBy Gina Christian , OSV News (OSV News) — President Donald Trump’s threat to annihilate Iran’s civilization violates multiple international norms, while the administration’s…
Pope Leo urges citizens to contact leaders, tell them to reject war after Trump Iran ultimatum
byBy Kate Scanlon, OSV News (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV issued a sharp rebuke of President Donald Trump’s threat that a “whole civilization…
Pope at Easter: Jesus showed nonviolence is true power over evil
byBy Carol Glatz , Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Appealing to those in power to end all conflicts through dialogue and not…
En el Coliseo, el Papa lleva la cruz y guía a miles de personas en la oración del Viernes Santo por el mundo que sufre
byPor Courtney Mares, OSV News ROMA (OSV News) — En el interior de la antigua arena del Imperio Romano que crucificó a Cristo, el…