New pope, a tennis fan, meets world’s No. 1 player
May 15, 2025
VATICAN CITY — The day after advancing to the semifinals of the Italian Open, Jannik Sinner paid a visit to a fan.
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Pope Leo’s motto, coat of arms pay homage to St. Augustine
May 12, 2025
VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV’s devotion to St. Augustine, his life and ministry as a member of the Augustinian order and his focus on the unity of the church are reflected in his episcopal motto and coat of arms.
Pope thanks media, urges them to be peacemakers
May 12, 2025
VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV asked journalists to be peacemakers by shunning prejudice and anger in their reporting, and he called for the release of journalists imprisoned for their work.
Unity, not nationality led to Pope Leo’s election, U.S. cardinals say
May 9, 2025
ROME — While it is interesting and perhaps even a point of pride that the new Pope Leo XIV was born in the United States, most of the U.S.-based cardinals who participated in the conclave that elected him said nationality was not a factor.
Pope Leo to inaugurate his papacy May 18; has full calendar already
May 9, 2025
VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV will officially inaugurate his papacy with Mass in St. Peter’s Square May 18.
14 things to know about Pope Leo XIV — the first U.S.-born pope
May 9, 2025
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected Pope Leo XIV May 8 by the College of Cardinals as the 266th successor of St. Peter, making him the 267th pope and the first from the United States.
New pope calls for Christian witness in world that finds faith ‘absurd’
May 9, 2025
VATICAN CITY — Where Christians are “mocked, opposed, despised or at best tolerated and pitied” is where the Catholic Church’s “missionary outreach is most desperately needed,” Pope Leo XIV said in his first homily as leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics.
U.S. bishops react to election of Pope Leo XIV, first pope from United States
May 8, 2025
U.S. bishops hailed the election of former Cardinal Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV May 8, a Chicago native and the first pope born in the United States of America.
A prayer for the newly elected Pope Leo XIV
May 8, 2025
On May 8, the first American pope was elected to lead the Catholic Church taking the name Pope Leo XIV. Here is a prayer for our new pope:
