Vatican News

A history of popes called Leo and what Pope Leo XIV means for the Church today

on 8 may catholics worldwide celebrated as white smoke rose above the sistine chapel and cardinal robert prevost became the first american p...
Thomas Casemore

Cardinal Tagle hails Pope Leo XIV: 'not a photocopy, but no turning back'

manila, philippines – filipino cardinal luis antonio tagle said he was confident that pope leo xiv would continue the programs of the late p...
Joseph SanMateo

Japanese Cardinal: Pope Leo XIV brings missionary zeal and Vatican wisdom to papacy

mumbai, india – japanese cardinal isao kikuchi of tokyo says pope leo xiv’s previous work as a missionary and as a vatican official were imp...
Nirmala Carvalho

Signs of the times: what can we already discern about the pontificate of Leo XIV?

yet again, the timing of historical events has proved impeccable. in succession to pope francis, who died not long after imparting urbi et o...
The Catholic Herald

Pope Leo sings Marian prayer at first Sunday address to pilgrims

rome – in his first sunday regina coeli address during easter, pope leo xiv gave pilgrims a surprise and sang the traditional marian prayer,...
Elise Allen

Pope chose 'Leo' in response to 'new revolution' in artificial intelligence

rome – in a meeting with the college of cardinals saturday, two days after his election to the papacy, pope leo xiv explained that he chose ...
Elise Allen

Pope Leo makes private pilgrimage to shrine to St Augustine

rome – in his first outing as pope, leo xiv made an unannounced visit to a shrine dedicated to st augustine in a small town outside of rome,...
Elise Allen

VIDEO: Cardinal praises 'calm and gentle manner' of Pope Leo XIV

the spiritual leader of the catholics of england and wales has described pope leo xiv is the man with the right “combination of talents” to ...
The Catholic Herald

U.S. cardinals hail winning ways of first American pope

rome – american cardinals who participated in the conclave that elected history’s first-ever pope from the united states, chicago-born rober...
Elise Allen

The night the future Pope dropped in for dinner

rome – naturally enough, journalists covering the vatican tend to seek out figures in the system from their own countries or language groups...
John L Allen