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Cindy Wooden writes for Catholic News Service.

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A woman sets a floating candle lantern on the river Aug. 6, 2015, in Hiroshima, Japan, in observance of the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city. Catholic bishops in Japan are calling for the prohibition of nuclear weapons as they announce a 10-day prayer program marking the anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. (CNS photo/Paul Jeffrey)

Pope calls for nuclear disarmament, real commitment to peace

Cindy Wooden|Aug 5, 2025|2 Min Read

Young people and others gather for prayer behind the Church of St. James in Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, in this file photo from the 2024 international youth festival known as Mladifest. Pope Leo XIV sent a message to this year's festival, which is being held Aug. 4-8, 2025. (CNS photo/Courtesy Mladifest)

Journey together, seek real encounters, pope advises young people

Cindy Wooden|Aug 5, 2025|3 Min Read

Sunlight shines on Pope Leo XIV as he carries a monstrance with the Blessed Sacrament in a Corpus Christi procession from Rome's Basilica of St. John Lateran to the Basilica of St. Mary Major June 22, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope leads Corpus Christi procession through streets of Rome

Cindy Wooden|Jun 22, 2025|4 Min Read

Paola Ugaz, a Peruvian journalist who helped expose the abuse committed by leaders of the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, gives Pope Leo XIV a stole made of alpaca wool, during the pope's meeting with members of the media May 12, 2025, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

To prevent abuse, pope says church must be vigilant, transparent and listen

Cindy Wooden|Jun 22, 2025|2 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV, after reciting the Angelus prayer at the Vatican, appeals for peace hours after the U.S. bombed nuclear enrichment facilities in Iran June 22, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

'Stop the tragedy of war,' pope says after U.S. bombs Iran

Cindy Wooden|Jun 22, 2025|2 Min Read

Joseph E. Stiglitz, center, co-chair of the Jubilee Commission, speaks at the presentation of the commission's report June 20, 2025, in the Casina Pio IV in the Vatican Gardens. He is seated between Cardinal Peter Turkson, chancellor of the pontifical academies of Sciences and of Social Sciences, and Dominican Sister Helen Alford, president of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. (CNS photo/Gabriella C. Marino, PASS)

Finance experts launch report at Vatican on foreign debt relief

Cindy Wooden|Jun 20, 2025|4 Min Read

Leo audience

Call out to Jesus for healing; he will hear you, pope says

Cindy Wooden|Jun 11, 2025|2 Min Read

Nicene Creed

Nicene Creed presents 'the mystery that unites' Christians, pope says

Cindy Wooden|Jun 7, 2025|3 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV waves as he arrives for a meeting with leaders of 115 international Catholic associations, ecclesial movements and new communities in the Vatican's Clementine Hall June 6, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Church unity, mission must be at heart of all Catholic groups, pope says

Cindy Wooden|Jun 6, 2025|3 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV greets a child as he rides in the popemobile before celebrating Mass in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican June 1, 2025, as part of the Jubilee of Families, Children, Grandparents and the Elderly. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Reach out to families; let them know God loves them, pope says

Cindy Wooden|Jun 2, 2025|4 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV blesses a baby as he rides in the popemobile around St. Peter's Square at the Vatican before his first weekly general audience May 21, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

God's love is generous, not calculating, pope says at first audience

Cindy Wooden|May 21, 2025|4 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV greets Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople during a meeting with religious leaders at the Vatican, May 19, 2025. The leaders had come to Rome for the pope's inauguration Mass. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope reaffirms commitment to ecumenical, interreligious dialogue

Cindy Wooden|May 19, 2025|4 Min Read

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