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Pope Leo XIV waves as he arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at The Vatican, Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

After a renovation, Pope Leo XIV moves into the papal apartment eschewed by Pope Francis

March 14, 2026 at 2:46 p.m.

Pope Leo XIV moved into the newly renovated papal apartment in the Apostolic Palace on Saturday, taking up residence in the flat that was famously eschewed by Pope Francis.

FILE – This Oct. 26, 1966 file photo shows Bishop Fulton J. Sheen in his office at the Propagation of Faith in New York. (AP Photo/Eddie Adams, file)

Vatican again OKs beatification of Illinois native Archbishop Fulton Sheen

February 9, 2026 at 10:30 a.m.

Archbishop Fulton Sheen’s beatification can now take place in Peoria as originally planned, the Peoria diocese announced Monday.

Pope Leo XIV arrives to preside over Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on the Cathilic feast of the Presentation of the Lord, Monday, Feb. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope, an avid athlete, extols physical and spiritual benefits of sport in Olympic message

February 6, 2026 at 6:25 a.m.

Pope Leo XIV, an avid tennis player and sports fan, marked the start of the Winter Games on Friday by extolling the positive values of sport and fair play while...

This combo shows, from left, cardinal Robert McElroy, cardinal Joseph Tobin and cardinal Blase Cupich. (AP Photo/File)

US Catholic cardinals urge Trump administration to embrace a moral compass in foreign policy

January 19, 2026 at 9:02 a.m.

Three U.S. Catholic cardinals urged the Trump administration on Monday to use a moral compass in pursuing its foreign policy, saying U.S. military action in Venezuela, threats of acquiring Greenland...

Visitors admire Rome’s Trevi Fountain, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, as the city municipality announced that, starting on Feb. 1, it will impose a 2 euro fee for tourists to visit the recessed fountain edge. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Visiting the Trevi Fountain now will cost more than just a coin toss with a 2-euro tourist fee

December 19, 2025 at 4:15 p.m.

Starting Feb. 1, the city of Rome is imposing a 2-euro fee for tourists to get close to the fountain made famous by Federico Fellini’s “La Dolce Vita” during prime-time...

Bishop Richard Moth speaks during a press conference announcing him as the new Archbishop of Westminster, replacing Cardinal Vincent Nichols as the leader of the Catholic Church in England and Wales, in the Throne Room of Archbishop’s House, Westminster, London, Friday Dec. 19, 2025. (Jonathan Brady/PA via AP)

Pope names new archbishop of Westminster as part of generational shift in English-speaking hierarchy

December 19, 2025 at 12:39 p.m.

Pope Leo XIV named a new archbishop of Westminster on Friday in another high-profile appointment that signals a generational shift in the English-speaking Catholic hierarchy.

Cardinal Timothy Dolan, right, and his successor Ronald Hicks arrive to lead a Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral in the Manhattan borough of New York City on Dec. 18, 2025. Pope Leo XIV has accepted Dolan's resignation and named Joliet Bishop Hicks to replace him. (Charly Triballeau/Getty-AFP)

Pope Leo XIV names Joliet Bishop Ronald Hicks as archbishop of New York

December 18, 2025 at 3:34 p.m.

Bishop Ronald Hicks, the current bishop of Joliet, Illinois, replaces the retiring Cardinal Timothy Dolan as archbishop of New York.

Pope Leo XIV delivers his speech as he celebrates a Mass on the occasion of the Jubilee of Prisoners in St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Leo XIV criticizes prison overcrowding during special Mass for inmates, guards and families

December 14, 2025 at 3:03 p.m.

Pope Leo XIV criticized prison overcrowding and insufficient inmate rehabilitation programs on Sunday as he celebrated a special Mass for detainees, guards and their families in the final event of...

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Pope Leo XIV wave to journalists during their meeting in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Leo criticizes US bid to ‘break apart’ US-Europe alliance, insists on Europe role in Ukraine peace

December 9, 2025 at 3:00 p.m.

Pope Leo XIV insisted Tuesday that Europe must have a role in any Ukraine peace deal and criticized what he said was the Trump administration’s effort to “break apart” the...

Pope Leo XIV arrives for a meeting with young people in the Square in front of the Maronite Patriarchate of Antioch in Bkerke, Lebanon, Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

Pope Leo XIV sends message of support to southern Lebanon as he ends 1st foreign trip

December 2, 2025 at 3:26 p.m.

Pope Leo XIV prayed Tuesday at the site of a deadly 2020 Beirut port explosion that has become a symbol of dysfunction and official impunity and called for justice to...

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