Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV conveyed his solidarity with the people of Indonesia after a powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck the country’s eastern coast

(OSV News) — Warning against increased violence in the West Bank, Pope Leo XIV urged world leaders to decisively pursue an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel. “I renew my appeal …

On the Feast of the Assumption, the pope invoked Mary’s intercession for “those communities that are in particular need of consolation and of renewed hope.”

“For it is the purity of the soul that, in Mary — as in us — by the grace of God, illuminates and transfigures the whole person, leading us to …

The transformation of religious life “is part of a continual cycle — growing in some places, merging in others and coming to fulfillment in still others.”

Pope Leo lamented the increasing number of children and adolescents forced to flee their homes due to “war, poverty, violence, environmental disasters and other tragedies.”

It is the first time that the Vatican has issued coins featuring a pope’s portrait in nearly a decade.

The pope’s donation, the bishops said, will be used to address the most pressing needs after the quake in Colombia, and the Vatican said it would provide additional assistance

White Sox baseball fans sporting custom-designed black and gold mitre-style hats celebrated Pope Leo XIV, a fellow diehard Sox fan, at a pope-themed game in Chicago Aug. 11.

(OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV encouraged sisters to foster vocations to religious life in the United States in a video message sent Aug. 12. Addressing participants in the Leadership …