Violence

As Pope Leo XIV visits Madrid June 6, a towering cross rising above the cemetery on the outskirts of town will likely catch his eye.

“Houses of worship must always be sanctuaries of peace, safety, and prayer,” said Bishop Pham, while offering condolences and prayers

In the late afternoon, the nun “felt someone come up behind her and throw her with full force onto a rock,” according to one news report.

The same week, President Donald Trump said in response to questions from journalists not to “rush” him on the Iran war, as controversy over his comments about Pope Leo XIV …

“Today, Africa is called to contribute significantly to the holiness and missionary character of the Christian people,” the pope said.

House Republicans blocked a measure to limit Trump’s war-making ability in Iran; Vice President JD Vance travelled to Hungary to support Viktor Orbán; and more.

The U.S. bishops’ president said that President Donald Trump threatening Iran’s “whole civilization will die tonight” without a deal was morally unjustifiable.

The Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem issued an Easter message calling the Iran war an “expanding wreckage” and its timing a “deep darkness.”

At his first Palm Sunday, Pope Leo XIV declared that Jesus, the King of Peace, embraces all suffering in human history and cries out from the cross against war.

The following is the full text of Pope Leo XIV’s Palm Sunday homily given March 29, 2026, in St. Peter’s Square on Jesus Christ as the King of Peace.