vatican news FeatureNewsVaticanWorld News 12 quotes from Pope Leo’s first year as pope OSV NewsApril 21, 20264 min read As the one-year anniversary of Pope Leo XIV’s election to the papacy approaches, here is a selection of 12 quotes from the new pontiff on various topics, looking back over the 12 months since he became pope May 8, 2025. FeatureNewsVaticanWorld News ‘Christ hears the cry of the people’ in the face of evil, pope says at Mass near Angola’s largest diamond mine Courtney MaresApril 21, 20264 min read Pope Leo XIV traveled to the heart of Angola’s diamond country April 20, urging the tens of thousands gathered at the papal Mass in the country’s northeast to trust that “Christ hears the cry of the people” in the face of evil. FeatureNewsVaticanWorld News Pope Leo donates $100K to CRS clean water project in El Salvador OSV NewsApril 20, 20268 min read Pope Leo XIV has donated $100,000 to provide access to clean water in El Salvador, supporting a program launched by the papal nuncio to that nation and by Catholic Relief Services, the official humanitarian and development agency of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. FeatureNewsVaticanWorld News ‘The heart of the Church’ is ‘alive and beating’: Pope Leo XIV leads rosary at beloved Muxima Marian shrine in Angola Courtney MaresApril 20, 20265 min read Pope Leo XIV led tens of thousands of Angolan Catholics in praying the rosary April 19 at southern Africa’s most visited Catholic shrine, calling the pilgrimage site a place where “the heart of the Church” is “alive and beating.” BooksFeatureNewsVaticanWorld News Pope Francis remembered in Buenos Aires as ‘guiding light’ for Argentine Church David AgrenApril 20, 20265 min read María Rico ambled along a busy Buenos Aires boulevard as part of a caravan through Barrio Flores — the childhood neighbourhood of the late Pope Francis — to commemorate the first anniversary of the Argentine pontiff’s death. FeatureNewsVaticanWorld News The Eucharist can ‘rekindle lost hope,’ Pope Leo says at Sunday Mass in Angola Courtney MaresApril 19, 20265 min read Pope Leo XIV celebrated an outdoor Mass for an estimated 100,000 Catholics in Angola on Sunday, April 19, urging the faithful of a nation still bearing the scars of a decades-long civil war to find renewed hope in the Eucharist and the Risen Christ. BooksFeatureNewsVaticanWorld News A father’s farewell: Journalist recalls personal bond with Pope Francis in new book Junno Arocho EstevesApril 19, 20268 min read The world had its eyes fixed on the 10th floor of Rome’s Gemelli Hospital in 2025, waiting, hoping and praying that Pope Francis would recover. FeatureNewsVaticanWorld News Pope Leo arrives in Angola, calls for fostering ‘just model of coexistence’ Courtney MaresApril 19, 20266 min read Pope Leo XIV touched down in the Angolan capital of Luanda on Saturday, April 18, beginning a three-day visit to the southern African country that is home to 20 million Catholics. FeatureNewsVaticanWorld News Pope Leo XIV rejects media ‘narrative’ his Africa remarks targeted Trump Courtney MaresApril 18, 20266 min read Pope Leo XIV pushed back against the media narrative that has pitted him against President Donald Trump since the start of his 11-day apostolic journey to Africa, telling journalists aboard the papal flight to Angola April 18 that “there has been a certain narrative that has not been accurate in all its aspects.” FeatureNewsVaticanWorld News Pope Leo year one: How Chiclayo’s bishop brought his grounded leadership to global church Ines San MartinApril 18, 20268 min read When Pope Leo XIV was elected to the papacy on May 8, 2025, few felt the change more personally than those who had known him long before he stepped onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica. Previous 1 … 2 3 4 … 335 Next