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A view of the Papal or Apostolic Palace, a historic summer retreat for popes in the lakeside town of Castel Gandolfo, about 30 kilometers southeast of Rome, where Pope Leo XIV will be spending a short period of rest, is seen Wednesday, July 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Leo XIV resumes the tradition of taking a summer vacation. But he’s got plenty of homework

July 5, 2025 at 2:43 p.m.

The shy 69-year-old Augustinian missionary has eschewed the headline-grabbing protagonism of past pontiffs in favor of a quieter, less showy and more reserved way of being pope.

FILE – Pope Leo XIV leaves after celebrating a Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Sunday, June 29, 2025, where he conferred the pallium on newly appointed metropolitan archbishops. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

Pope Leo XIV signals continuity on fighting abuse with new head of child protection board

July 5, 2025 at 12:46 p.m.

Pope Leo XIV signaled commitment to continuing the fight against clergy sexual abuse by appointing France’s Bishop Thibault Verny to head the Vatican’s child protection advisory commission on Saturday.

Pope Leo XIV look at a pallium, he blessed for the new metropolitan archbishops during a Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Sunday, June 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Leo XIV marks feast day as Vatican launches campaign to help erase its $57-68 million deficit

June 29, 2025 at 8:47 a.m.

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday celebrated a special feast day traditionally used by the Catholic Church to drum up donations from the faithful.

FILE – The body of Carlo Acutis, an Italian boy who died in 2006 of leukemia, lies in his tomb in Assisi, Italy, on Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, file)

Pope Leo XIV to canonize first millennial saint Carlo Acutis in September

June 13, 2025 at 7:33 a.m.

Pope Leo XIV set Sept. 7 as the rescheduled date to canonize the Catholic Church’s first millennial-era saint, Carlo Acutis.

FILE – A flag from the United States waves from the crowd as Pope Leo XIV appears at the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica for his first Sunday blessing after his election, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 11, 2025.(AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)

How the Vatican manages money and where Pope Leo XIV might find more

June 10, 2025 at 1:08 p.m.

The last year the Holy See published a consolidated budget, in 2022, it projected $878 million, with the bulk paying for embassies around the world and Vatican media operations. In...

Pope Leo XIV leaves after his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at The Vatican, Wednesday, June 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Leo XIV meets with child protection advisory board amid survivor calls for zero tolerance on abuse

June 5, 2025 at 9:54 a.m.

Pope Leo XIV met with members of the Vatican’s child protection advisory commission on Thursday for the first time amid questions about his past handling of clergy sex abuse cases...

Pope Leo XIV waves upon his arrival at the Arch Basilica of St. John Lateran where he will presides over a Mass and takes possession of the Roman Cathedra, formalising his role as Bishop of Rome, in Rome, Sunday, May 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Leo XIV declares ‘I am Roman!’ as he completes formalities to become bishop of Rome

May 25, 2025 at 1:10 p.m.

The first American pope formally took possession of the St. John Lateran Basilica, which is Rome’s cathedral and seat of the diocese, with an evening Mass attended by Roman priests...

Pope Leo XIV blesses faithful and pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the Regina Caeli noon prayer, Sunday, May 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Leo XIV prays for Chinese Catholics to be in communion with Rome in first comments on thorny issues

May 25, 2025 at 8:44 a.m.

Pope Leo XIV asked Sunday for prayers for China’s Catholics to be in communion with the Holy See, as he made his first public remarks about one of the thorniest...

Pope Leo XIV’s meets Vice President JD Vance after the formal inauguration of his pontificate in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

JD Vance gives Pope Leo XIV an invitation from Trump to visit US

May 19, 2025 at 2:17 p.m.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance has extended an invitation to Pope Leo XIV to visit the United States during a meeting at the Vatican.

Pope Leo XIV appears on the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican to bless the crowd below on May 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Leo XIV affirms family is based on union between a man and a woman, unborn has inherent dignity

May 16, 2025 at 8:08 a.m.

Pope Leo XIV affirmed Friday that the family is founded on the “stable union between a man and a woman,” and that the unborn and elderly enjoy dignity as God’s...

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