When Pope Leo shook our hands, he looked into our faces—brown, weary, hopeful—overcome with tears of joy and hope; he saw the church that walks with the poor, the church that refuses to be silent. His kind gesture lifted the U.S. Latino community when we needed it most.
Pope Leo XIV
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Pope Leo and King Charles make history with first-ever joint prayer service in Sistine Chapel
For the first time in history, a British monarch and a pope prayed together in the Sistine Chapel in an event of great ecumenical significance.
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Pope Leo’s Latin Mass Problem
Pope Leo’s predecessors took markedly different approaches to liturgical reform. Leo must chart a course between them while settling on which is fundamentally the correct path.
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Pope Leo says religious freedom is ‘not optional but essential’ as new report documents global persecution
Almost two-thirds of humanity—more than five billion people—live in countries where serious violations of religious freedom are taking place, according to the 2025 “Religious Freedom in the World Report.”
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Pope Leo names St. John Henry Newman co-patron of Catholic education in new document
St. Newman, whom Pope Leo will declare a “doctor of the church” on Nov. 1, will join the current patron of Catholic education, St. Thomas Aquinas.
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This year’s best Catholic Halloween costumes: White Sox Pope Leo, Conclave Seagull, Luce and more
Whether you’re looking for a solo, couple or group option, these ideas will put you, we hope, in the running for “best costume” at your parish’s Halloween party.
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Pope Leo meets with board of global organization of clergy sexual abuse victims to talk zero-tolerance
Members said Leo acknowledged the significance of meeting with an activist organization. Popes Francis and Benedict XVI met with individual victims but had kept advocacy groups at arm’s length.
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Pope Leo declares seven new saints, including first from Venezuela and Papua New Guinea
Pope Leo XIV spoke about the central importance of faith in today’s world as he declared that the Catholic Church has seven new saints—two from Venezuela, one from Papua New Guinea, one Armenian and three from Italy—on Sunday, Oct. 19.
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Has Pope Leo’s honeymoon ended? U.S. Catholics push back.
Pope Leo faces criticism from some U.S. Catholics over his consistent pro-life ethic and advocacy for migrants.
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King Charles to visit Pope Leo: here’s what to expect
Pope Leo XIV will receive King Charles III and Queen Camilla in a private audience on Oct. 23 and, afterward, for the first time, a British monarch and a pope will pray together in the Sistine Chapel.