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Pope Leo XIV speaks to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, government and civil authorities in the National Library, part of the presidential palace complex, in Ankara, Turkey, Nov. 27, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope Leo promotes world unity in Turkey: 'Future of humanity is at stake'

Cindy Wooden|Nov 27, 2025|4 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV gives his blessing to people attending Mass for the Jubilee of Choirs and the feast of Christ the King Nov. 23, 2025, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. At the end of Mass, the pope announced the release of his apostolic letter, "In Unitate Fidei" ("In the Unity of Faith") on the Creed and the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope Leo marks 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea with apostolic letter on the Creed

Cindy Wooden|Nov 24, 2025|5 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV waves at 16,000 young people gathered at the National Catholic Youth Conference in Indianapolis as he holds a livestreamed question-and-answer session with them from the Vatican Nov. 21, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope Leo cautions prudence with AI, technology to teens at NCYC

Cindy Wooden|Nov 21, 2025|5 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV meets with Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople in the library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican May 30, 2025. The patriarch will host Pope Leo at several prayer services and meetings in Istanbul Nov. 28-30. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope Leo to signify peacemaking, interfaith unity in upcoming trip to Turkey and Lebanon

Cindy Wooden|Nov 20, 2025|5 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV speaks to members of media in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, Oct. 7, 2025, in this file photo. (OSV News photo/Remo Casilli, Reuters)

Pope Leo endorses U.S. bishops’ immigration message opposing mass deportation tactics

Cindy Wooden|Nov 19, 2025|3 Min Read

A drone view of the city of Belem, Brazil, is taken from Combu Island Nov. 8, 2025. Belem is hosting the U.N. Climate Conference, COP30. (CNS photo/Alex Ferro, COP30)

‘Creation is crying out’: Pope Leo urges global unity, action in COP30 message

Cindy Wooden|Nov 18, 2025|2 Min Read

Expert restorers work in the conservation laboratory for ethnological materials at the Vatican Museums in this file photo from 2013. Many of the 100,000 artifacts sent to the Vatican via missionaries over the centuries are made of delicate materials such as ostrich plumes, leather and glass beads. (CNS photo/courtesy Vatican Museums)

World

Pope Leo returns Canada’s indigenous artifacts from Vatican Museums

Cindy Wooden|Nov 17, 2025|3 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV welcomes Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to a meeting in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican Nov. 6, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope Leo discusses Gaza, peace with Palestinian president

Cindy Wooden|Nov 6, 2025|2 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV greets visitors and pilgrims from the popemobile as he rides around St. Peter's Square at the Vatican before his weekly general audience Nov. 5, 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

Pope answers questions on Chicago migrants, Venezuela and Rupnik case

Cindy Wooden|Nov 5, 2025|4 Min Read

A tapestry of St. John Henry Newman hangs from the facade of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican Nov. 1, 2025, during the Mass in which Pope Leo XIV declared the 19th-century English cardinal and theologian a doctor of the church. The liturgy concluded the Jubilee of the World of Education. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

Pope Leo names St. John Henry Newman the 38th doctor of the Church

Cindy Wooden|Nov 3, 2025|4 Min Read

A woman prays during a Religious Freedom Day observance Jan. 16, 2022, at St. Thérèse of Lisieux Church in Montauk, N.Y. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

World

Religious freedom restrictions affect 5.4 billion people worldwide, report says

Cindy Wooden|Oct 22, 2025|4 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV walks with Italian President Sergio Mattarella during an official welcoming ceremony at the Quirinal Palace in Rome Oct. 14, 2025. The event marked the pope’s first state visit since the beginning of his pontificate. (CNS photo/courtesy of the Presidency of the Italian Republic)

Pope Leo stresses unity in first Italy visit

Cindy Wooden|Oct 14, 2025|3 Min Read

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