Recapping some of the most talked-about news this week from the nation and around the world – in case you missed it.

Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary, was elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic ...

Pope Leo XIV’s emphasis on faith in the risen Christ is fundamental for the Church, particularly in Europe, Italian Cardinal ...

Pope Leo XIV offered to host or facilitate peace talks between warring parties in pursuit of global peace, but Moscow has ...

After meeting Pope Leo XIV Friday, several European bishops said one primary joint concern was the exclusion of the European ...

The leadership of the European bishops’ conference said Pope Leo XIV was “welcoming, available, and ready to listen” to their ...

Pope Leo XIV held his inaugural Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, May 18, 2025, drawing world leaders to Rome for the ...

Pope Leo XIV holds his first general audience in St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday, issuing an appeal for Gaza, which he calls ...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on May 24 cast doubt on the Vatican as a possible venue for future peace talks with ...

Paola Ugaz, a Peruvian journalist who helped expose the abuse committed by leaders of the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, gives ...

Pope Leo, the first US-born pontiff, has said soon after his election that the Vatican can act as a mediator in global ...

Pope Leo XIV urges Israel to allow aid delivery to the people of Gaza. He continues the struggle initiated by the late Pope Francis.