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Echoing his father, Augustine, Pope Leo emphasises that we never undertake this journey alone. The church is a ragtag community journeying together, like Chaucer’s rowdy pilgrims. So we walk together, he emphasizes over and over, “hand in hand with God and one another.”...
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Leo XIV’s pontificate will likely be defined by his approach to the violent conflicts rending the globe, which his predecessor, the late Pope Francis, referred to as “a Third World War in pieces.”...
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For decades, the plight of Papuan people has been ignored by the Church hierarchy and international community....
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A former missionary and global Church leader, Pope Leo XIV brings pastoral wisdom, cross-cultural experience and a unifying vision to a polarised world as he begins a historic papacy....
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What struck me most was the way all the scientists at the table connected their ideas about research with a deep commitment to the mission of Catholic universities....
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Peruvians were elated Thursday after a Catholic cardinal who spent years guiding the faithful in the South American country and they see as one of their own was elected pope....
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“Look at all these people here, with so many different charisms, and we pray in different languages,” he said. “But we are all here to pray to God, to Jesus and to be united as Christians.”...
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Fr. Alejandro Moral, Prior General of the Augustinians and a long-time friend of the newly elected Pope Leo XIV, tells Vatican News that the new Pope "immediately spoke of justice and peace and of bridges between all, of synodality."...
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Pope Francis had a big heart for Africa and Africans. He leaves behind a legacy of commitment to Africa’s quest for peace, social justice, and integral development. To crown it all, the Pope’s solidarity with African refugees and migrants, the poor, and the marginalised will live on....