Pope Francis

Pope Leo gives first indication of how he interprets ‘Synodality’

he has only been in office for a month, but every word and action of pope leo xiv has been analysed extensively by the media trying to deter...
Charles Collins

Pope Leo's advice if feeling ‘stuck and blocked’: look to Jesus

christians "who feel lost and without a way out” should bring their pain to jesus christ, pope leo xiv has declared, describing how such a c...
The Catholic Herald

Pope Leo sets the tone while maintaining Francis’s mission to reform Curia

as pope leo xiv settles into his new role on the throne of peter, early indications suggest that he will respect and maintain the direction ...
Elise Allen

Pope Leo orders removal of Rupnik's 'rape art' from Vatican websites

images of artwork created by a disgraced celebrity cleric accused of rape have disappeared from official vatican media websites without expl...
The Catholic Herald

Pope Leo XIV one month on

the so-called “rorschach test” stage of the papacy – in which people can project whatever they want onto the pope in this early period – con...
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Leo XIV: the Holy Spirit challenges our digital isolation

pope leo xiv has marked pentecost sunday by describing how the holy spirit “is the gift that opens our lives to love" and opens borders in p...
Charles Collins

Christian unity can't come from a ‘blueprint’, says Pope Leo

pope leo xiv has discussed how unity in the church won't come from "our own efforts" nor "through any preconceived model or blueprint", rath...
Charles Collins

Pope Leo offers world’s journalists a truly alternative form of media

on 12 may 2025, pope leo xiv addressed journalists who had come from all over the world to the vatican to hear from the new pontiff. in his ...
The Catholic Herald

Will Gaudí the genius become Gaudí the saint?

on 14 april, the late pope francis declared the catalan architect antoni gaudí a venerable servant of god, recognising his heroic virtues. i...
Benjamin Ivry

Pope makes first phone call to Vladimir Putin

pope leo xiv has had his first phone call with russian president vladimir putin. the call on the afternoon of wednesday, 4 june, comes as te...
Elise Allen