Ukrainian president speaks with Pope Leo, invites him to Ukraine May 12, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked Pope Leo XIV for his support of a just and lasting peace in Ukraine, and he invited the newly-elected pontiff to visit the war-torn nation.
Our unexpected pope May 12, 2025By Greg Erlandson OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Vatican It is a reminder, as always, that when it comes to scoring papabile, usually those who know don’t say, and those who say don’t know.
Besides Leo XIII, 12 other popes have shared that name with new pontiff; 5 are saints May 12, 2025By Michael R. Heinlein OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News Aside from Leo XIII, himself not canonized, there have been 12 others who share a name with the new pope, and five of those predecessors attained the heights of sanctity and have been proclaimed saints.
Pope thanks media, urges them to be peacemakers May 12, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Journalism, News, Vatican, World News Not counting his meeting May 10 with the College of Cardinals, Pope Leo’s first special audience was reserved for members of the media who covered his election and the death of Pope Francis.
Pope’s Michigan high school classmate says he was smart, well-liked and ‘tutor’ of the school May 12, 2025By Michael Steschulte OSV News Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Father Franks remembers the new Roman pontiff as a highly intelligent, well-liked student, and the sort of classmate who would go out of his way to help everyone else, especially those in need.
As poor rejoice, cardinal says pope’s electors ‘weren’t dealing with world,’ but ‘with the kingdom of God’ May 12, 2025By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: News, Social Justice, Vatican, World News The needy of the Eternal City were glad to have their cardinal back from conclave, Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, sharing news about the new pontiff — who was “chosen by the Holy Spirit,” the prelate said.
10 things to know about Pope Leo XIV May 12, 2025By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News As the Catholic Church welcomes its first American pope, here are 10 things to know about Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert F. Prevost.
‘Doctrinal clarity, strong governance, thoughtful appointments’ among Weigel’s hopes for new papacy May 12, 2025By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News OSV News asked George Weigel — the American biographer of the pope from Poland, St. John Paul II — about what the first few days of papacy tell us about Pope Leo XIV, how as an American missionary he can influence the world and about his own hopes for the papacy.
Pope Leo prays for vocations, for peace and for mothers on Mother’s Day May 11, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, Vocations, World News With a huge and festive crowd gathered in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Leo XIV led his first Sunday recitation of the “Regina Coeli” prayer and urged all Catholics to pray for vocations, especially to the priesthood and religious life.
Pope Leo: A pope is nothing more than a humble servant May 11, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Catholic Social Teaching, Feature, News, Vatican, World News The Catholic community is alive, beautiful and strong, and it is up to its pastors to protect and nourish the faithful and to help bring God’s hope to the whole world, Pope Leo XIV said.
Pope Leo to inaugurate his papacy May 18; a look at his May calendar May 9, 2025By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XVI will officially inaugurate his papacy with Mass in St. Peter’s Square May 18.
New pope calls for Christian witness in world that finds faith ‘absurd’ May 9, 2025By Justin McLellan Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Where Christians are “mocked, opposed, despised or at best tolerated and pitied” is where the Catholic Church’s “missionary outreach is most desperately needed,” Pope Leo XIV said in his first homily as leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics.
