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  • May 5, 2026

New asteroids named for pope who led calendar reform, Jesuit astronomers

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Three Jesuit astronomers and the 16th-century pope who commissioned the Gregorian calendar have recently...
  • April 21, 2026

Francis’ First Anniversary

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- One year ago today, Pope Francis died at 7:35 a.m., April 21, 2025. It...
  • April 14, 2026

Pope decries horror, inhumanity that ‘some adults boast of with pride’

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Warning against an increasingly unpredictable and aggressive "delusion of omnipotence" threatening the globe, Pope...
  • April 7, 2026

Pope at Easter: Jesus showed nonviolence is true power over evil

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Appealing to those in power to end all conflicts through dialogue and not domination,...
  • March 31, 2026

“Lay down your weapons,” pope says in Palm Sunday call for peace

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Marking the start of Holy Week, Pope Leo XIV used his first Palm Sunday...
  • March 24, 2026

Childhood classmates from the United States reunite with Pope Leo

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Once a young teenager wearing a cap and gown for his eighth-grade graduation photo...
  • March 17, 2026

Pope Leo calls for ceasefire in Middle East, special prayers for Lebanon

On Feb. 28, the U.S. and Israel launched a series of strikes against Iran with the aim of...
  • March 3, 2026

In the face of the mystery of evil, Christians must be signs of hope, pope says

ROME (CNS) — Life is a journey that requires trust and reliance on Jesus, who sometimes asks his...
  • February 23, 2026

God offers new possibilities, not prohibitions, with his invitation to love, pope says

ROME (CNS) -- While Satan tempts humanity with the lie of gaining unlimited power, God offers the gift...
  • February 10, 2026

Pope: Trafficking, cyber-slavery reflect a world blind to dignity of human life

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Warning against increased cases of "cyber-slavery," Pope Leo XIV said the violence of human...