Pope Leo XIV on Monday called on officials of the Roman Curia to deepen both mission and communion, urging Vatican offices to be “more mission-oriented” and cautioning against the “forces of division” ...

VATICAN CITY, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Pope Leo on Thursday decried political leaders who invoke religious beliefs to justify conflicts or nationalist policies, calling that a form of blasphemy, or a ...

Pope Leo XIV reads his speech to officials of the Roman Curia and the College of Cardinals during his annual pre-Christmas meeting with them in the Hall of Blessing above the atrium of St. Peter's ...

Gregorio Borgia / AP Pope Leo XIV has summoned the world’s cardinals for two days of meetings to help him govern the church, the Vatican said Saturday, in the clearest sign yet that the new year will ...

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Pope Leo replaces Cardinal Dolan as Archbishop of New York Leo, first US pope, chooses fellow Chicagoan for New York role Bishop Ronald Hicks was serving in Joliet, Illinois Dolan, seen as ...

ATLANTA — Kentucky basketball coach Mark Pope joined an incredibly short list with Saturday's 78-66 win over St. John's: former players who have beaten Rick Pitino. Pope now is just the third ...

Pope Leo XIV leaves St. Peter’s Square at the end of the last Jubilee audience, at the Vatican, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.) Listen ROME — Pope Leo XIV has summoned the world ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV on Thursday made his most important U.S. appointment to date, naming a fellow Chicagoan as the next archbishop of New York to lead one of the biggest U.S. archdioceses as ...

Pope Leo XIV has announced fellow Chicagoan, Bishop Ronald Hicks of Joliet, Ill., will serve as the next archbishop of New York, replacing Cardinal Timothy Dolan, who has led the state’s 2.8 million ...

Pope Leo XIV speaks with the College of Cardinals at the Vatican during an audience May 10, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.) Listen ROME – One could perhaps summarize Pope Leo XIV’s high profile meeting ...

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