Pope Leo XIV spent the last Sunday of his summer vacation with several dozen refugees, homeless and poor people and the church volunteers who help them.
Pope Leo XIV
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A pilgrimage to Pope Leo’s childhood home
One Jesuit’s encounter with a cop, a cat and several fellow Catholics in search of a connection to the first American pontiff.
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Full text: Pope Leo’s homily for the feast of the Assumption
“Brothers and sisters, when in this life we “choose life,” we are right to see in Mary, assumed into heaven, our own destiny.”
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Could Pope Leo go to Gaza? Probably not.
Can Pope Leo visit Gaza? Calls for him to do so have mounted in recent weeks, most notably with an Aug. 12 Instagram post from Madonna. But it’s not that easy.
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Pope Francis is a hard act to follow. But Leo XIV is filling the role with remarkable ease.
Inside the new pope’s first 100 days
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Pope Leo says he hopes Trump-Putin meeting leads to ceasefire in Ukraine
Pope Leo XIV told reporters he hoped U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin can find a way to reach a ceasefire in Russia’s war on Ukraine when they meet in Alaska.
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Madonna urges Pope Leo to visit Gaza ‘before it’s too late’
Addressing Pope Leo XIV, Madonna wrote: “Most Holy Father. Please go to Gaza and bring your light to the children before it’s too late. As a mother, I cannot bear to watch their suffering.”
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Pope Leo approves expanded family benefits for Vatican employees
Pope Leo XIV approved expanded benefits for Vatican employees with children, formalizing the five-day paternity leave granted by Pope Francis in January and raising the age of children covered by the Vatican’s family allowance.
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The Vatican is out of cash. Will Pope Leo’s high approval rating help get donations?
Past papal elections and the subsequent honeymoon period of the new pope have, in general, brought increases in donations to Peter’s Pence, an annual Vatican donation drive.
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Pope Leo visits teen hospitalized during Jubilee of Youth
Pope Leo said that if the teen “had come all the way to Rome, then (the pope) could come all the way to the hospital to see him.”