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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Leo XIV has advanced the sainthood causes of two missionaries whose murders in the Amazon jungle in Ecuador led to the protection of remote Indigenous …

“A renewed focus on the church’s unity and universality corresponds precisely to the authentic charism of the Pontifical Mission Societies.”

“Our world, wounded by war, violence and injustice, needs to hear the Gospel message of God’s love and to experience the reconciling power of Christ’s grace,” the pope said May …

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — All the speeches and messages Pope Leo XIV has given since becoming pope May 8 are available on the Vatican website, which should be checked before …

Before he was Pope Leo XIV, then-Bishop Robert F. Prevost of Chiclayo, Peru, created a commission to help women escape forced prostitution, said a trafficking survivor who worked with him.

This is the text of the catechesis and appeal from Pope Leo XIV’s first general audience, given in Italian May 21, 2025 in the Paul VI Hall.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — As Pope Leo XIV settles into his new ministry, the Jubilee Year 2025 and its special events mean the pope has a full calendar of public …

The Gospel parable of the “wasteful sower” who casts seeds on fertile soil as well as on a rocky path “is an image of the way God loves us,” Pope …

Pope Leo XIV has named Cardinal Baldassare Reina grand chancellor of the John Paul II Pontifical Theological Institute for Marriage and Family Sciences in Rome.

(OSV News) — The Vatican secretary of state has been honored for his efforts to forge peace through diplomacy, amid what he called a shared “sacred mission in a world crying …