Vatican News

The just war tradition is a warning, not a licence

Appeals to ‘just war’ are too often used to legitimise violence when the Christian tradition was meant to restrain it

Leo recalls Francis’s mercy and love for the poor on anniversary of death

Pope Leo XIV paid tribute to Pope Francis’s mercy, fraternity and closeness to the poor

Pope Leo urges African youth to resist emigration

Pope Leo XIV has urged Africa’s young people to stay and serve their own countries

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Pope Leo tells Angola nursing home residents that the elderly must be heard

Pope Leo XIV has said the elderly must be heard as custodians of memory and wisdom

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Pope warns against treating Christ as ‘a guru or a good luck charm’

Pope Leo XIV warns that Christ must be followed in a spirit of justice

‘It is love that must triumph, not war’

Visiting the Marian shrine of Mamã Muxima in Angola, Pope Leo XIV urged Catholics to reject war, corruption and violence, and to build society through charity and Christian witness

Pope Leo XIV named in Time’s 100 most influential people of 2026

Time magazine has included Pope Leo XIV in its 2026 list of the world’s most influential people, with Martin Scorsese praising the Pope’s “bravery” and “common touch”

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Pope Leo calls for renewed commitment to protect children and vulnerable adults

Addressing an Italian bishops’ conference gathering through Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Holy Father said safeguarding is not only a matter of rules but of Christian responsibility

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Pope Leo XIV says he has no wish to engage in dispute with Trump

Pope Leo XIV has dismissed suggestions of a running feud with Donald Trump, insisting that his comments were pastoral in purpose and not intended as a political retort

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Synodality or evangelisation: where will Leo lead the Church?

Leo XIV’s early signals point to a recalibration of priorities within the Church, with evangelisation taking precedence