When Pope Leo XIV was elected to the papacy on May 8, 2025, few felt the change more personally than those who had known him before.
Ines San Martin
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Roughly two months before celebrating a year on the throne of Peter, Pope Leo XIV became one of the most quoted global leaders on the planet.
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“I primarily come to Africa as a pastor … to be with and to celebrate with, to encourage and accompany, all of the Catholics throughout Africa.”
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(OSV News) — In “A Man for All Seasons,” St. Thomas More insists on something that seems almost unreasonable under pressure: that truth is not a tool to be adjusted to …
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ROSARIO, Argentina (OSV News) — In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus tells his disciples that “it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for …
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Authorities in Mexico City expect between 10 and 12 million pilgrims in the days surrounding the feast, with families, parish groups, dancers and torch runners arriving from across the country.
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This is what the seven days of papacy tell about the first American pope and how his predecessors spent their honeymoon in the Vatican.
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Between 2015 and 2023, then-Bishop Robert F. Prevost shepherded the Diocese of Chiclayo through some of its most difficult times.
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“It was a very impressive ecclesial, spiritual and human experience,” Chilean Cardinal Fernando Chomalí said about the conclave.
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“I kept saying, ‘This is incredible,’ but I was also filled with joy,” said Father Joseph Farrell, the American prior general of the Order of St. Augustine.
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