Pope decries horror, inhumanity that ‘some adults boast of with pride’ April 12, 2026By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Warning against an increasingly unpredictable and aggressive “delusion of omnipotence” threatening the globe, Pope Leo XIV called on world leaders and individuals to empty their hearts and minds of hatred and violence, and to start serving life.
Pope: Don’t be paralyzed by mistrust, fear; be catalyzed by Christ to build peace April 4, 2026By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Easter, Feature, News, Vatican, World News God’s love is stronger than any evil, capable of “driving out hatred” and “bringing down the mighty,” Pope Leo XIV said.
Pope at Colosseum: Follow Christ’s path, including the Way of the Cross, to bring peace April 3, 2026By Carol Glatz OSV News Filed Under: Easter, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Life must be lived as a journey seeking to follow in Jesus’ footsteps, Pope Leo XIV said after completing the Stations of the Cross at Rome’s Colosseum.
Life must be defended in a world wounded by warfare, pope says March 26, 2026By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Respect Life, Vatican, World News The sanctity of life, from conception to its natural end, must be defended, especially now, in a world marked by “the madness of war,” Pope Leo XIV said.
Childhood classmates from the United States reunite with Pope Leo March 20, 2026By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Schools, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV, who graduated from the lower school of St. Mary of the Assumption on the city’s South Side in 1969, greeted and reminisced with 10 of his 82 former classmates after the general audience in St. Peter’s Square March 18.
God’s name can never be used to justify ‘absurd’ pursuit of war, pope says March 16, 2026By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, Feature, News, Vatican, World News Believing problems and differences can be resolved with war is absurd, Pope Leo XIV said, chastising those who use God’s name in their dark and deadly pursuits.
Pope Leo calls for ceasefire in Middle East, special prayers for Lebanon March 16, 2026By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, Vatican, World News Marking the two weeks since the U.S. and Israel launched their first attacks on Iran and since the Israeli military resumed strikes in Lebanon, Pope Leo XIV called for an immediate ceasefire.
Faith, flowers: Special rules keep God’s house simply beautiful March 12, 2026By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Lent, News, Vatican, World News Of the many traditions and penitential practices observed during the season of Lent, one of the more visible is the stark change in church decor and a complete absence of flowers.
Jesus is close by, so just open your eyes, Pope Leo tells young people March 9, 2026By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Every Catholic parish needs to show that Jesus, who promises a just, true and full life, is always near, Pope Leo XIV said.
Vatican hosted its own mini Paralympics half a century before Games’ official start March 6, 2026By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Sports, Vatican, World News More than 50 years before the first Paralympic Games were held in 1960 in Rome, the Vatican had already hosted what might have been the very first international sporting and gymnastics event with athletes living with disabilities.
Church can teach what’s at stake when nations choose war, not peace, cardinal says March 3, 2026By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, Vatican, World News In a fractured world threatened by war, Christians can strengthen their bonds of unity to show the world that peace is possible, Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago said.
In the face of the mystery of evil, Christians must be signs of hope, pope says March 2, 2026By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Life is a journey that requires trust and reliance on Jesus, who sometimes asks his disciples to leave everything behind, Pope Leo XIV said.
