Courtney Mares, OSV News
Pope Leo XIV, whose mother was a librarian, marks 71st birthday...
ROME -- Pope Leo XIV visited the Vatican Library for the first time as pope on his birthday, Sept. 14, and announced plans for...
Bishop Michael Saporito appointed sixth bishop of Diocese of Metuchen (N.J.)
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Leo XIV has appointed Auxiliary Bishop Michael A. Saporito of Newark, New Jersey, as the new bishop of Metuchen, New...
Pope Leo recalls 9/11, calls world to renewed commitment to peace:...
ROME -- Pope Leo XIV commemorated the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, in his Sunday Angelus address, praying for...
Pope Leo XIV: Seeing Christ in people with disabilities helps society...
Pope Leo XIV said Aug. 24 that recognizing Jesus in the face of each person with disabilities helps to advance society.
In a meeting with...
Pope Leo XIV to focus 2027 World Day of Peace message...
The Vatican announced Aug. 11 that Pope Leo XIV's message for the 2027 World Day of Peace will focus on "disarming technology" and political...
Seoul welcomes young Catholics for World Youth Day 2027: ‘A celebration...
ROME (OSV News) -- Preparations are in full swing for World Youth Day 2027 in Seoul, South Korea, where Pope Leo XIV is expected...
Pope Leo to return to Peru — and his former home...
ROME -- Pope Leo XIV will make the first apostolic journey to South America of his pontificate Nov. 6-17, visiting 10 cities in Uruguay,...
Cardinal Ernest Simoni, 97, returns to former Albanian prison camp to...
ROME -- At the age of 97, Cardinal Ernest Simoni, returned to the former prison camp in Albania where he used to offer Mass...
Pope Leo to youth: Jesus doesn’t want you to be couch...
ROME -- Pope Leo XIV urged young people not to be "couch potatoes" in a video message on July 25, adding that the Church...
Pope Leo appoints two US bishops as members of Vatican’s highest...
ROME -- Pope Leo XIV has named two American bishops as members of the Vatican's highest court, the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura....