Vatican News

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

Courtney Mares · April 14, 2026

Pope Leo XIV honoured the memory of Algeria's Christian martyrs Monday evening, telling the country's tiny Catholic community that the blood of those who died for their faith remains "a living seed that never ceases to bear fruit."

Pope Leo responds to Trump: 'Blessed are the peacemakers'

Courtney Mares · April 13, 2026

Pope Leo XIV said April 13 he has "no fear" of President Donald Trump's administration and responded to Trump's criticism by telling journalists that his message to the U.S. president is "the message of the Gospel: Blessed are the peacemakers."

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

Courtney Mares · April 13, 2026

Pope Leo XIV arrived in Algeria on the morning of April 13, becoming the first pope to make an apostolic journey to the North Africa nation, the first stop of the pope’s 11-day, four-country tour of Africa.

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

Courtney Mares · April 5, 2026

Speaking from the loggia of St. Peter's Basilica on Easter, Pope Leo XIV delivered a passionate appeal for peace, declaring that the power of the risen Christ is "entirely nonviolent."

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

Courtney Mares · April 5, 2026

Pope Leo XIV offered Easter Mass in St. Peter's Square Sunday proclaiming that with Christ's resurrection "death has been conquered forever” and "no longer has power over us."

Pope Leo: Don't be paralyzed by mistrust, fear; be catalyzed by Christ to build peace

Carol Glatz · April 5, 2026

God's love is stronger than any evil, capable of "driving out hatred" and "bringing down the mighty," Pope Leo XIV said.

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

Courtney Mares · April 3, 2026

Inside the ancient arena of the Roman Empire that crucified Christ, Pope Leo XIV carried the cross through the darkness of night on Good Friday at Rome's Colosseum.

Good Friday liturgy underscores need to break 'this chain' of violence

Josephine Peterson · April 3, 2026

A message of nonviolence and quiet endurance marked the Good Friday liturgy at the Vatican, during which the Passion of Christ offers an example of breaking the cycle of violence that continues today.

Pope Leo XIV on Holy Thursday: Jesus teaches us how to love at the Last Supper

Courtney Mares · April 2, 2026

Pope Leo XIV washed and kissed the feet of 12 priests on Holy Thursday in his first Easter Triduum liturgy as pope, saying that Jesus taught us how to love like he loves during the Last Supper.

Pope Leo XIV introduces changes in Secretariat of State leadership

Junno Arocho Esteves · March 30, 2026

Pope Leo XIV named Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra, the substitute secretary for general affairs at the Vatican Secretariat of State, as the apostolic nuncio to Italy and the Republic of San Marino.