Courtney Mares

Pope Leo celebrates Mass with 2.5 million people in heart of Buenos Aires

November 10, 2026

Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass with 2.5 million people in the heart of Buenos Aires on Nov. 9, drawing the largest crowd of his pontificate so far.

Pope Leo XIV arrives in Argentina, meets President Milei while urging respectful dialogue

November 9, 2026

Pope Leo XIV arrived in Buenos Aires Nov. 8 urging Argentina's civil leaders to safeguard democracy, protect the unborn, and engage in respectful dialogue across political divides after meeting with President Javier Milei at the Casa Rosada presidential palace.

Pope Leo shares advice for Catholic parents whose children left the faith at Uruguay's national shrine

November 8, 2026

Pope Leo XIV made a pilgrimage to Uruguay's national Marian shrine Nov. 8, where he shared a message of hope for mothers who feel the grief of seeing their children fall away from practicing the faith they were raised in.

In 1st FIFA World Cup stadium, Pope Leo tells 70,000 Uruguayans life in Christ is the ultimate goal

The stadium built for the first-ever FIFA World Cup in Uruguay was filled with cheers on Saturday night, not for a soccer match, but for Pope Leo XIV, who told the 70,000 people inside that becoming a saint is the ultimate goal.

November 8, 2026

The stadium built for the first-ever FIFA World Cup in Uruguay was filled with cheers on Saturday night, not for a soccer match, but for Pope Leo XIV, who told the 70,000 people inside that becoming a saint is the ultimate goal.

Pope Leo arrives in Uruguay, saying he had 'no doubt' he would make the trip after cancer surgery

November 6, 2026

Pope Leo XIV arrived in Uruguay on the afternoon of Nov. 6, telling journalists aboard his 13-hour transatlantic flight from Rome that he was "convinced that this trip had to go forward" following lung cancer surgery a little more than three weeks earlier.

Vatican's doctrine office publishes 'Venite ad Me' on passing on the faith amid 'epochal change'

October 23, 2026

The Vatican's doctrine office published a new a document Oct. 22 on how to pass on the Christian faith in a time of "epochal change" marked by a "crisis in the intergenerational transmission of the Christian faith."

Pope Leo returns to Vatican window for Angelus saying prayers sustained him after cancer surgery

October 18, 2026

One week after Pope Leo XIV first revealed to the world that he would be undergoing lung surgery, the pope returned to the window of the Vatican's Apostolic Palace Oct. 18, thanking Catholics worldwide for their prayers five days after undergoing lung cancer surgery.

Pope Leo XIV discharged from hospital early following lung cancer surgery

October 17, 2026

Pope Leo XIV was discharged from the hospital Oct. 17 after doctors deemed him fit to return to the Vatican four days after lung cancer surgery.

In hospital, Pope Leo's tests show 'good recovery of the operated lung,' doctors say

October 15, 2026

Doctors treating Pope Leo XIV said Oct. 15 that tests show "good recovery of the operated lung" two days after his cancer surgery.

Pope Leo XIV starts respiratory physical therapy a day after lung cancer surgery

October 14, 2026

Pope Leo XIV underwent more medical exams and started respiratory physical therapy on Oct. 14, the day after the lung cancer surgery that removed the lower lobe of the pope's right lung.