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Courtney Mares is Vatican Editor for OSV News.

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Pope Leo XIV leads the rosary at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Muxima in Muxima, Angola, April 19, 2026. (OSV News photo/Simone Risoluti, Vatican Media)

'The heart of the Church' is 'alive and beating': Pope Leo XIV leads rosary at beloved Muxima Marian shrine in Angola

Courtney Mares|Apr 19, 2026|4 Min Read

A combination photo shows Pope Leo XIV speaking to journalists aboard a flight on his way to Luanda, Angola, April 18, 2026, and U.S. President Donald Trump speaking to the media in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington April 18. Pope Leo pushed back against the media narrative that has pitted him against Trump since the start of his 11-day apostolic journey to Africa, telling journalists aboard the papal flight to Angola April 18, 2026, that "there has been a certain narrative that has not been accurate in all its aspects." (OSV News photo/Luca Zennaro/Nathan Howard, Reuters)

Pope Leo XIV rejects media 'narrative' his Africa remarks targeted Trump

Courtney Mares|Apr 18, 2026|5 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV holds a Mass near Japoma Stadium in Douala, Cameroon, April 17, 2026. (OSV News photo/Guglielmo Mangiapane, Reuters)

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass with 120,000 people in Cameroon: 'Bring the bread of life to your neighbors'

Courtney Mares|Apr 17, 2026|5 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV releases a dove with community representatives at the conclusion of a peace meeting at St. Joseph Cathedral in Bamenda, Cameroon, April 16, 2026. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

'We can always begin anew': Pope Leo leads peace meeting in heart of Cameroon's conflict zone

Courtney Mares|Apr 16, 2026|7 Min Read

A view of Yaoundé, Cameroon, is seen April 15, 2026, during Pope Leo XIV’s visit. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)

Pope Leo XIV arrives in Cameroon as 'a servant of dialogue' amid violent separatist conflict

Courtney Mares|Apr 15, 2026|5 Min Read

This is a combination of Pope Leo XIV looking out to the crowd from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican as he leads the midday recitation of the "Regina Coeli" prayer for the first time May 11, 2025, and St. Augustine of Hippo depicted in this stained-glass art in Winnipeg, Manitoba. (OSV News photos/CNS photo/Lola Gomez/Crosiers)

Faith

Need a guide for deeper prayer? Pope Leo recommends a letter by St. Augustine

Courtney Mares|Apr 13, 2026|3 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV attends a meeting with the Algerian community at the Basilica of Our Lady of Africa in Algiers, Algeria, April 13, 2026. (OSV News photo/Guglielmo Mangiapane, Reuters)

Pope Leo praises witness of Algeria's Christian martyrs at meeting with local Catholics

Courtney Mares|Apr 13, 2026|6 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV is greeted by an Algerian girl with flowers upon arrival at Houari Boumediene International Airport in Dar El Beida district in Algiers, Algeria, April 13, 2026, to begin his apostolic journey to Algeria, Angola, Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea. (OSV News photo/Simone Risoluti, Vatican Media)

Pope Leo arrives in Algeria on first-ever papal visit to the country

Courtney Mares|Apr 13, 2026|5 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV delivers his "urbi et orbi" (to the city and the world) message from the main balcony of St. Peter's Basilica on Easter at the Vatican April 5, 2026. (OSV News photo/Vatican Media, handout via Reuters)

'The power with which Christ rose is entirely nonviolent,' pope says in Easter peace message

Courtney Mares|Apr 5, 2026|4 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Easter Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican April 5, 2026. (OSV News photo/Remo Casilli, Reuters)

At Easter Mass, Pope Leo proclaims Resurrection conquers 'the power of death'

Courtney Mares|Apr 5, 2026|3 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV leads the Way of the Cross at the Colosseum in Rome April 3, 2026. (OSV News photo/Vincenzo Livieri, Reuters)

At Colosseum, pope carries the cross, leading thousands in Good Friday prayer for suffering world

Courtney Mares|Apr 3, 2026|5 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV and Israeli President Isaac Herzog meet in the library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican Sept. 4, 2025. Pope Leo spoke over the telephone with Herzog and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy April 3, 2026, Good Friday, urging diplomatic solutions and humanitarian support amid the ongoing wars in the Middle East and Europe. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope Leo XIV calls Israeli, Ukrainian leaders on Good Friday, urging peace

Courtney Mares|Apr 3, 2026|3 Min Read

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