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Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on October 5, 2025. / Daniel Ibañez
Vatican City, Oct 5, 2025 / 07:50 am (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV on Sunday condemned the resurgence of antisemitic hatred and appealed for renewed commitment to peace in the Middle East, while also assuring prayers for victims of a devastating earthquake in the Philippines.
America’s ‘immigrants’ nun’ says many are afraid to even go to the supermarket
Sister Norman Pimentel, “the immigrants’ nun,” participated in an Oct. 2, 2025, meeting with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican. / Credit: Victoria Cardiel/EWTN News
Vatican City, Oct 5, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA).
As ICE arrests increase, Sister Norma Pimentel says a sense of widespread fear is spreading.
Pope Leo XIV signs first apostolic exhortation, 'Dilexi te'
Pope Leo XIV signs his first apostolic exhortation, 'Dilexi te', at the Vatican, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025 / Credit: Vatican Media
CNA Staff, Oct 4, 2025 / 14:39 pm (CNA).
The Vatican said in a press release that Leo signed the exhortation "Dilexi te" in the library of the Apostolic Palace.
Pope Leo XIV attends swearing-in of Swiss Guard, first for a pope in nearly 60 years
Pope Leo XIV greets a member of the Swiss Guard during a swearing-in ceremony at the Vatican, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025 / Credit: Vatican Media
CNA Staff, Oct 4, 2025 / 13:05 pm (CNA).
The event took place in the Vatican's San Damaso Courtyard. The Holy Father was joined by a crowd of spectators watching as the 27 new members were sworn into the ranks of the papal guard.
Pope Leo: Old age a gift and challenge; requires response of missionary pastoral ministry
Pope Leo XIV greets an elderly woman at the Vatican on Oct. 3, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media
ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 3, 2025 / 15:08 pm (CNA).
On Oct. 3, Pope Leo XIV received at the Vatican Apostolic Palace participants in the Second International Congress on Pastoral Care of the Elderly.
Swiss Guards, protectors of the pope, don new uniforms
Swiss Guards model the new military dress uniform in a courtyard of the Swiss Guards’ Vatican barracks during an Oct. 2, 2025, presentation. The uniform, an updated version of a historic uniform used from the late 1800s to 1976, will be used at important events. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA
Vatican City, Oct 3, 2025 / 10:00 am (CNA).
The 135 Swiss Guards will don the new uniforms for the first time at a dinner the night before the Oct. 4 ceremony to swear in this year’s recruits.
Pope Leo XIV: ‘Culture of reconciliation’ needed to support migrants, displaced people
Pope Leo XIV greets participants attending the Oct. 1-3 Migrants and Refugees in Our Common Home summit in Rome on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media
Vatican City, Oct 2, 2025 / 11:10 am (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV on Oct. 2 said a “culture of reconciliation” is necessary to support more than 100 million people affected by migration and displacement across the world.
Pope Leo XIV on Trump’s Gaza peace plan: ‘A realistic proposal’
Pope Leo XIV answers questions during an impromptu Q&A with journalists outside Castel Gandolfo on Sept. 30, 2025. / Credit: EWTN News
ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 1, 2025 / 16:05 pm (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday expressed his support for the proposed plan by U.S. President Donald Trump to resolve the crisis in Gaza.
At UN, archbishop faults nations for ‘turning a blind eye’ to persecution of Christians
Archbishop Paul Gallagher, Vatican aecretary for eelations with atates. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA
Vatican City, Oct 1, 2025 / 15:05 pm (CNA).
Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher decried that attacks on Christians have intensified in recent years and accused the international community of “turning a blind eye.”
Pope Leo XIV, Arnold Schwarzenegger promote care for the earth at climate conference
Pope Leo XIV and actor and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger address the opening day of the “Raising Hope for Climate Justice” conference held at a center near the papal villa of Castel Gandolfo on Oct. 1, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA
Rome Newsroom, Oct 1, 2025 / 14:05 pm (CNA).
“We are one family, with one Father, who makes the sun to rise and sends rain on everyone,” Pope Leo said Oct. 1 at a conference center in Castel Gandolfo, Italy.
Pope Leo XIV says he will not interfere in Cardinal Becciu court case
Italian Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu (right) waits prior to the start of a consistory during which 20 new cardinals are to be created by Pope Francis on Aug. 27, 2022, in St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican. / Credit: ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP via Getty Images
Vatican City, Oct 1, 2025 / 09:30 am (CNA).
In response to a journalist who asked the pontiff about the “Becciu trial,” Leo said “the trial must go forward” and that “he has no intention of interfering.”
Pope Leo XIV calls for prayers after protests turn violent in Madagascar
Pope Leo XIV gives a blessing to all those present at his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square on Oct. 1, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA
Vatican City, Oct 1, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV expressed his concern over the recent violent clashes between law enforcement and young protesters in Madagascar.
This is Pope Leo XIV’s prayer intention for the month of October
Pope Leo XIV prays during his general audience on Sept. 24, 2025, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media
CNA Staff, Oct 1, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV’s prayer intention for the month of October is for collaboration between different religious traditions.
Pope Leo XIV says Hegseth’s talk of war is ‘worrying’
U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth speaks to senior military leaders at Marine Corps Base Quantico on Sept. 30, 2025 in Quantico, Virginia. / Credit: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 30, 2025 / 18:22 pm (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday said the U.S. Department of Defense secretary’s way of speaking about war is “worrying.”
Pope Leo XIV responds to aspiring doctor who asks ‘What does the future hold for us?’
Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Sept. 11, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media
ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 30, 2025 / 13:45 pm (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV responded with a father’s heart to a 21-year-old Roman medical student who asked him “What does the future hold for us?”
Pope Leo XIV restores custom of Christmas Day Mass
Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass at the Parish Church of St. Anne in the Vatican on Sept. 21, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media
Vatican City, Sep 30, 2025 / 12:26 pm (CNA).
The Vatican has announced Pope Leo’s Mass schedule for Nov. 1 through the end of the Christmas season in January 2026.
Pope Leo XIV: ‘European institutions need people who know how to live a healthy secularism’
Pope Leo XIV meets with members of the European Parliament’s Working Group on Intercultural and Interreligious Dialogue on Sept. 29, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media
Vatican City, Sep 29, 2025 / 14:52 pm (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV on Sept. 29 received the European Parliament’s Working Group on Intercultural and Interreligious Dialogue at the Vatican.
Catholics must respond to AI threat to authentic, human communication, Vatican says
Pope Leo XIV waves to pilgrims gathered for the Mass for the Jubilee of Catechists on Sept. 28, 2025, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media
Vatican City, Sep 29, 2025 / 10:50 am (CNA).
The pope’s choice of theme for the 60th World Day of Social Communications 2026, published Monday, is “Preserving Human Voices and Faces.”
Pope Leo XIV entrusts ministry of catechist to 39 at jubilee celebration
Pope Leo XIV hands a crucifix to a newly instituted catechist during Mass in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Sept. 28, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media
Vatican City, Sep 28, 2025 / 07:15 am (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV on Sunday entrusted the ministry of catechist to 39 men and women in St. Peter’s Square, giving each one a crucifix as a sign of their mission.
Pope Leo XIV to proclaim St. John Henry Newman a doctor of the Church on Nov. 1
St. John Henry Newman near the end of his life, in 1887. / Credit: Babouba, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Vatican City, Sep 28, 2025 / 06:25 am (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV announced on Sunday that he will proclaim St. John Henry Newman a doctor of the Church on Nov. 1, the solemnity of All Saints.
Pope Leo XIV appoints new personal secretary
Father Marco Billeri with Pope Leo XIV. / Credit: Diocese of San Miniato
Vatican City, Sep 27, 2025 / 13:30 pm (CNA).
Bishop Giovanni Paccosi of San Miniato announced Sept. 27 that Pope Leo XIV has named Father Marco Billeri as his second personal secretary.
Pope Leo chooses theme for 34th World Day of the Sick: ‘The compassion of the Samaritan’
Pope Leo XIV greets an audience at the Jubilee of Catechists at the Vatican, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media
Vatican City, Sep 27, 2025 / 09:50 am (CNA).
The theme focuses on the Gospel figure of the Good Samaritan, “who shows love by taking care of the wounded and abandoned man on the road.”
Pope Leo XIV marks Jubilee of Catechists: Teach relationship with Jesus
Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Sept. 27, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA
Vatican City, Sep 27, 2025 / 07:30 am (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV marked the Jubilee of Catechists on Saturday, urging practitioners of the Church’s lay teaching ministry to hand on the faith.
King Charles and Camilla to make state visit to Vatican in late October
King Charles III and Queen Camilla view items on display during a visit to the Royal Collection exhibition in the Green Drawing Room during the state visit by the president of the United States of America at Windsor Castle on Sept. 17, 2025, in Windsor, England. The royal couple have announced a state visit to the Vatican in late October 2025. / Credit: Aaron Chown - WPA Pool/Getty Images
London, England, Sep 26, 2025 / 19:01 pm (CNA).
Buckingham Palace has announced that King Charles III and Queen Camilla will be making their first state visit to the Vatican in late October for the occassion of the 2025 Jubilee.
American mother of 8 to receive catechist ministry from Pope Leo XIV
Catherine Miles-Flynn, who has served as director of Christian formation for the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia for twenty years, spoke at an EWTN news conference on Sept. 26, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/EWTN
Vatican City, Sep 26, 2025 / 16:58 pm (CNA).
An American mother of eight who has spent nearly 30 years as a catechist in the Arabian Peninsula will receive the ministry of catechist from Pope Leo XIV.
Pope Leo XIV names first head of major Vatican department
Archbishop Filippo Iannone speaks at a press conference presenting the reform of canon law on June 1, 2021. Pope Leo XIV on Sept. 26, 2025, appointed Iannone as prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Bishops, a department the pope himself once led. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA
Vatican City, Sep 26, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV made his first appointment of a head of a major Vatican office since his election: Archbishop Filippo Iannone as prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops.
Vatican struggles against spread of ‘deepfake’ images of Pope Leo XIV
AI-generated photographs of Pope Leo XIV appearing to fall down a flight of stairs outside St. Peter’s Basilica circulated on the internet in June. / Credit: CNA/Screenshot
Vatican City, Sep 25, 2025 / 09:57 am (CNA).
The Vatican communications team said it has reported hundreds of accounts, mostly on YouTube, posting deepfakes of Pope Leo XIV.
Pope Leo XIV sends message to exorcists gathered in Rome
Members of the International Association of Exorcists gather for their 15th international gathering in Rome from Sept. 15–20, 2025. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the International Association of Exorcists
Vatican City, Sep 24, 2025 / 15:27 pm (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV addressed a message to the approximately 300 exorcist priests who gathered in Rome from Sept. 15–20.
Pope Leo XIV reaffirms 2-state solution for Holy Land, warns of escalating war in Ukraine
Pope Leo XIV waves from the popemobile in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican during his weekly general audience on Sept. 24, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media
Vatican City, Sep 24, 2025 / 07:24 am (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday renewed the Holy See’s support for a two-state solution in the Holy Land and voiced concern over rising tensions in Ukraine.
Catholic artist’s Taiwanese-inspired Christian art on display near the Vatican
Taiwanese Catholic artist Hsieh Sheng-Min drew inspiration from traditional Chinese woodblock printing to create this depiction of the Sermon on the Mount, which includes a large Chinese character of the word “blessing” at its center. / Credit: Embassy of the Republic of China to the Holy See
Vatican City, Sep 23, 2025 / 14:42 pm (CNA).
Among the works on display in a new art exhibition by Catholic artist Hsieh Sheng-Min near the Vatican is a Chinese-style depiction of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount.
Cardinal Becciu’s Vatican appeal hearing begins
Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu in 2019. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/EWTN
National Catholic Register, Sep 22, 2025 / 17:51 pm (CNA).
Cardinal Angelo Becciu, the former deputy Vatican secretary of state, maintains he acted with papal approval and says prosecutors ignored key evidence in the case.
Pope Leo XIV: ‘It’s going to be very difficult to discover the presence of God in AI’
In Pope Leo XIV’s first sit-down interview, published in Spanish on Sept. 18, 2025, the pope warned of the loss of humanity in the digital world of artificial intelligence (AI). / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/EWTN News
Vatican City, Sep 22, 2025 / 14:09 pm (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV pointed to the loss of humanity in the digital realm and warned that “extremely wealthy” people are investing in AI and “ignoring the value of human beings.”
Pope Leo XIV to religious: ‘God found not one, but many strong and courageous women’
Pope Leo XIV meets with representatives of several women’s religious orders in the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace on Sept. 22, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media
Vatican City, Sep 22, 2025 / 09:05 am (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV met Sept. 22 with Discalced Carmelite nuns from the Holy Land along with participants in the general chapters of three women’s congregations.
Justice Alito speaks at the Vatican about justice and mercy
Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. shares his perspective on how a legal system can provide for mercy during a conversation with Monsignor Laurence Spiteri (left) at the Vatican’s judicial headquarters on Sept. 20, 2025. / Credit: Hannah Brockhaus/CNA
Vatican City, Sep 21, 2025 / 14:24 pm (CNA).
United States Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Jr. spoke about the role that mercy can play in the legal system during an event at the Vatican.
Pope Leo XIV on Palestinians: ‘Those who truly love them work for peace’
Pope Leo XIV waves to those gathered in St. Peter’s Square to pray the Angelus and listen to his Sunday message on Sept. 21, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media
Vatican City, Sep 21, 2025 / 10:34 am (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV expressed his closeness to those living in the Gaza Strip during his weekly Angelus message on Sept. 21.
Vatican urges faithful to revive efforts for sainthood cause of Cardinal Van Thuan
Then-Archbishop Van Thuan meets St. Teresa of Calcutta during her first visit to Vietnam as mother superior of the Missionaries in Charity in 1991. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Elisabeth Nguyen
Vatican City, Sep 21, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).
The beatification cause of Venerable Francis-Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan is being revived 50 years after he was imprisoned by the communists in Vietnam.
Forgiveness is fundamental to justice, Pope Leo XIV tells legal professionals at jubilee
Pope Leo XIV addresses thousands of Church and civil lawyers, judges, and others who work in the legal environment during the Jubilee of Workers of Justice, part of the yearlong Jubilee of Hope, in St. Peter’s Square on Sept. 20, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media
Vatican City, Sep 20, 2025 / 10:30 am (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV addressed thousands of lawyers, judges, and other legal professionals gathered in Rome for the Jubilee of Workers of Justice on Saturday.
Documentary brings Father Marko Rupnik abuse allegations to big screen
“Nuns vs. The Vatican” includes the detailed stories of Gloria Branciani (left) and Mirjam Kovac, two of three former members of the Loyola Community in Slovenia in the 1980s and early 1990s, when Father Marko Rupnik, a co-founder of the community, is accused of having committed sexual, psychological, and spiritual abuse against dozens of women religious. / Credit: Filippo Piscopo/Film2 Productions
CNA Staff, Sep 20, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA).
The documentary “Nuns vs. The Vatican” premiered at the Toronto Film Festival earlier this month.
Pope Leo XIV highlights the value of the vow of obedience
Pope Leo XIV receives members of various religious congregations on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media
ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 19, 2025 / 15:31 pm (CNA).
“When it is professed and lived with faith, obedience reveals a luminous path of self-giving that can help the world rediscover the value of sacrifice,” Pope Leo XIV said.
Pope Leo XIV: Family is ‘a gift and a task’ for the Church, society
Pope Leo XIV greets the families of the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media
Vatican City, Sep 19, 2025 / 10:00 am (CNA).
At the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV addressed participants in a meeting on the challenges to families in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Vatican expects 15,000 attendees for Jubilee of Justice
As part of the Jubilee of Justice, an evening event will be held at the Chancellery Palace in Rome featuring a colloquium with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, pictured here delivering the 2024 commencement address at Franciscan University of Steubenville. / Credit: Franciscan University of Steubenville
ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 19, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).
The Jubilee of Justice, to be celebrated Saturday, Sept. 20, will bring together some 15,000 pilgrims from around the world.
Pope Leo XIV signals potential shift on China, talks Trump and Gaza
Pope Leo XIV waves to pilgrims gathered for his Sunday Angelus in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Sept. 14, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media
Vatican City, Sep 18, 2025 / 10:08 am (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV signaled he may be open to future changes to the Vatican’s controversial deal with China, saying that he is in dialogue with persecuted Chinese Catholics.
Pope Leo XIV: My priority is the Gospel, not solving the world’s problems
Pope Leo XIV presides over his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Sept. 17, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media
Vatican City, Sep 18, 2025 / 08:30 am (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV gave an interview for the biography “Leo XIV: Citizen of the World, Missionary of the 21st Century,” out now in Spanish and next year in English.
Pope Leo XIV on Vatican’s finances: ‘I’m not losing sleep over it’
Pope Leo XIV waves to pilgrims gathered for his weekly general audience on Sept. 17, 2025, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media
CNA Staff, Sep 18, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA).
The Holy Father made the remarks as part of a wide-ranging interview with Crux senior correspondent Elise Ann Allen.
2 widows at Jubilee of Consolation: Our husbands ‘are with God, in a joy not of this world’
Widows Norma Pérez and Olga Pallares. / Credit: Victoria Cardiel/EWTN News
Vatican City, Sep 17, 2025 / 17:19 pm (CNA).
Norma Pérez, a widow for five years, and Olga Pallares, a widow for two, have experienced the piercing visceral pain of losing a loved one.
Pope Leo XIV decries ‘unacceptable conditions’ in Gaza, urges release of hostages
Pope Leo XIV addresses pilgrims at his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Sept. 17, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media
Vatican City, Sep 17, 2025 / 10:18 am (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV said he was closely following the impact of Israel’s ground offensive in Gaza City, where about 600,000 civilians remain.
St. Hildegard of Bingen’s gifts served the whole Church, Pope Benedict said
St. Hildegard of Bingen. / Credit: Lettera43.it, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
CNA Staff, Sep 17, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA).
St. Hildegard of Bingen, one of four female doctors of the Church, is celebrated and remembeed in the Church on Sept. 17.
Jubilee of Consolation: Mother who lost her only son never reproached God for anything
Silvia Toma before participating in the vigil with Pope Leo XIV on Sept. 15, 2025. / Credit: Victoria Cardiel/EWTN News
Vatican City, Sep 16, 2025 / 15:50 pm (CNA).
Silvia Toma has a scar on her soul: Four years ago she buried her 34-year-old only son, who had two little daughters.
Armenian patriarch invites Pope Leo XIV to visit Armenia
Pope Leo XIV meets with Catholicos Karekin II, the patriarch of the Armenian Apostolic Church, at Villa Barberini, the papal residence overlooking Lake Albano in Castel Gandolfo, Italy on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media
Vatican City, Sep 16, 2025 / 13:06 pm (CNA).
Catholicos Karekin II, the patriarch of the Armenian Apostolic Church, met Pope Leo for the first time on Sept. 16 at the papal residence in Castel Gandolfo.
Pope Leo XIV at Jubilee of Consolation: Where pain is deep, hope in Jesus must be stronger
Pope Leo XIV celebrates the prayer vigil for the Jubilee of Consolation on Sept. 15, 2025, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News
ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 15, 2025 / 15:06 pm (CNA).
With a call to trust that Jesus is the one who dries the tears of those who suffer, Pope Leo XIV celebrated the prayer vigil for the Jubilee of Consolation on Monday.