Violence

The following is the full text of Pope Leo XIV’s Angelus address given Feb. 1 to those gathered in St. Peter’s Squarer, reflecting on Jesus Christ’s Beatitudes.

Lawmakers sought to avoid a partial government shutdown, while some U.S. bishops praised the Trump administration’s expanded Mexico City Policy.

Amid soaring domestic and global tensions, the head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has called for a Holy Hour for peace for national renewal.

More U.S. Catholic bishops are sounding the alarm over an increasingly frayed social order both at home and abroad, calling for a recommitment to the Gospel.

Pope Leo XIV reflected on the Sunday gospel reading on the calling of Simon Peter, Andrew, James and John, and our mission to proclaim the Gospel.

Pope Leo XIV warned diplomats of rising global volatility, fractured communication and a growing disregard for human life in his annual speech to representatives to the Holy See.

Pope Leo spoke to members of the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See in the Vatican Apostolic Palace Jan. 9.

Attacks and kidnappings for ransom have troubled Nigeria for several years, but incidents have spiked recently in the country’s central and western regions.

Seventeen Catholic priests, sisters, seminarians and lay workers were murdered in 2025, according to Fides, the Vatican’s missionary news agency.

Where violence, poverty and division seem to suffocate hope, the birth of the Son of God continues to shine forth as the most radical sign of God’s closeness.