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New book captures Leo’s three-step approach to predecessor’s controversial legacy

In interview with Crux correspondent, Pope talks Ukraine, synodality, polarization, World Cup

In a lengthy and wide-ranging interview for a new biography of his life by Crux Senior Correspondent Elise Ann Allen, Pope Leo XIV opens up his own background and current global topics such as Ukraine, synodality, and polarization.

Sep 14
Crux Staff

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New book captures Leo’s three-step approach to predecessor’s controversial legacy

Sep 14
John L. Allen Jr.

As Christians, prayer is our life support system

Sep 14
Father Jeffrey F. Kirby

Pope hints at Lampedusa visit in strong echo of Francis on migrants and refugees

Sep 13
Crux Staff

India’s bishops promote Christianity unity in teeth of growing attacks, pressures

Sep 13
Nirmala Carvalho

St Patrick's Cathedral in Karachi, Pakistan. (Credit: Wikipedia.)

Catholic pilgrim murdered in Pakistan

Sep 10
Nirmala Carvalho

A protester wearing flak jacket and carrying a shield snatched from a policeman shouts slogans at the Singha Durbar, the seat of Nepal’s government’s various ministries and offices during a protest against social media ban and corruption in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. (Credit: Niranjan Shrestha/AP.)

Priest said Catholics in Nepal are hoping for an end to violence

Sep 10
Nirmala Carvalho

Pope hints at Lampedusa visit in strong echo of Francis on migrants and refugees

Sep 13
Crux Staff

India’s bishops promote Christianity unity in teeth of growing attacks, pressures

Sep 13
Nirmala Carvalho

St Patrick's Cathedral in Karachi, Pakistan. (Credit: Wikipedia.)

Catholic pilgrim murdered in Pakistan

Sep 10
Nirmala Carvalho

A protester wearing flak jacket and carrying a shield snatched from a policeman shouts slogans at the Singha Durbar, the seat of Nepal’s government’s various ministries and offices during a protest against social media ban and corruption in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. (Credit: Niranjan Shrestha/AP.)

Priest said Catholics in Nepal are hoping for an end to violence

Sep 10
Nirmala Carvalho

Priest said Catholics in Nepal are hoping for an end to violence

Sep 10
Nirmala Carvalho

New Orleans Archdiocese agrees to $230 million settlement in clergy sex abuse case, attorneys say

Sep 9
Jack Brook,
Associated Press

Traditionalists rejoice that top US cardinal allowed to celebrate old Latin Mass at St. Peter’s

Sep 9
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press

Filipino priest who defied Duterte to receive Nobel Prize of Asia

Sep 8
Joseph San Mateo

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Pope Leo XIV leads the Angelus prayer from his window at the Vatican, August 10, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Peruvians to celebrate Leo’s birthday with beloved local devotion

Sep 12
Elise Ann Allen

A Cameroonian policeman and a gendarme patrol in Lysoka, near Buea, in Cameroon’s Anglophone South-West region, October 07, 2018. (Credit: Voice of America.)

Cameroon bishop laments spiraling violence in Anglophone regions

Sep 10
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Smoke rises from an explosion, allegedly caused by an Israeli strike in Doha, Qatar, on Sep. 9, 2025. (Credit: UGC via AP.)

The pope calls Israeli attack on Hamas leadership in Qatar ‘really serious’

Sep 9
Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV and Crux's Elise Ann Allen speak at the Palazzo Sant'Uffizio at the Vatican on Jul 30, 2025. (Credit: CruxNow.com)

Leo gives first exclusive interview to Crux correspondent for new bio

Sep 8
Crux Staff

St. Josephine Bakhita is represented in this statue by Canadian artist Timothy Schmalz in this photo released by the Holy See Press Office Feb. 3, 2022. (Credit: Holy See Press Office.)

Forum in Africa sets faith-centered priorities to eradicate trafficking

Sep 8
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Pope makes saints of youth icons who capture cornerstones of his agenda

Sep 7
Elise Ann Allen

Maybe we should stop waiting for real pope to emerge from under careful facade

Sep 7
John L. Allen Jr.

Cardinal Dolan on Pope Leo: ‘A successor, not a continuator’ of Francis

Sep 7
Christopher R. Altieri

With the Lord Jesus praying for us, the odds are perfectly in our favor

Sep 7
Father Jeffrey F. Kirby

South Sudan bishop warns country faces ‘bombs of youth anger,’ ‘unraveling soul’

Sep 6
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Top Asian cardinal says ‘no one is exempt’ from synodal path for Church

Sep 6
Nirmala Carvalho

Pope Leo inaugurates eco-center in continuity with Francis’s vision in ‘Laudato si”

Sep 6
Elise Ann Allen

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Pope Leo XIV leads the Angelus prayer from his window at the Vatican, August 10, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Peruvians to celebrate Leo’s birthday with beloved local devotion

Sep 12
Elise Ann Allen

A Cameroonian policeman and a gendarme patrol in Lysoka, near Buea, in Cameroon’s Anglophone South-West region, October 07, 2018. (Credit: Voice of America.)

Cameroon bishop laments spiraling violence in Anglophone regions

Sep 10
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Smoke rises from an explosion, allegedly caused by an Israeli strike in Doha, Qatar, on Sep. 9, 2025. (Credit: UGC via AP.)

The pope calls Israeli attack on Hamas leadership in Qatar ‘really serious’

Sep 9
Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV and Crux's Elise Ann Allen speak at the Palazzo Sant'Uffizio at the Vatican on Jul 30, 2025. (Credit: CruxNow.com)

Leo gives first exclusive interview to Crux correspondent for new bio

Sep 8
Crux Staff

St. Josephine Bakhita is represented in this statue by Canadian artist Timothy Schmalz in this photo released by the Holy See Press Office Feb. 3, 2022. (Credit: Holy See Press Office.)

Forum in Africa sets faith-centered priorities to eradicate trafficking

Sep 8
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Pope makes saints of youth icons who capture cornerstones of his agenda

Sep 7
Elise Ann Allen

South Sudan bishop warns country faces ‘bombs of youth anger,’ ‘unraveling soul’

Sep 6
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Top Asian cardinal says ‘no one is exempt’ from synodal path for Church

Sep 6
Nirmala Carvalho

Pope Leo inaugurates eco-center in continuity with Francis’s vision in ‘Laudato si”

Sep 6
Elise Ann Allen

Producers promote crowdfunding campaign for movie about Our Lady of Aparecida

Sep 5
Eduardo Campos Lima

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John L. Allen, Jr.

New book captures Leo’s three-step approach to predecessor’s controversial legacy

Sep 14
John L. Allen Jr.

Maybe we should stop waiting for real pope to emerge from under careful facade

Sep 7
John L. Allen Jr.

Reviving tradition, Pope Leo to spend July break at Castel Gandolfo

Jun 17
John L. Allen Jr.

The deep structural reform awaiting Leo XIV beneath the Becciu soap opera

Jun 1
John L. Allen Jr.

Guess who’s coming to dinner? The future pope!

May 9
John L. Allen Jr.

Charles Collins

Pope Leo XIV meets with elected officials from France in the Vatican on Aug 28, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo tells French politicians they cannot separate faith from their duties

Aug 28
Charles Collins

Pope Leo XIV blesses pilgrims at the weekly General Audience in the Paul VI Audience Hall in the Vatican on Aug. 27, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo laments ‘terror, destruction, and death’ in Gaza

Aug 27
Charles Collins

Palestinians struggle to get donated food at a community kitchen in Gaza City, northern Gaza Strip, July 14, 2025. (Credit: Jehad Alshrafi/AP.)

British MP says Catholic Church has role to play for Palestine

Aug 26
Charles Collins

Ma'ale Adumim municipality in the West Bank. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

British bishops condemn Israeli plan to expand settlement in West Bank

Aug 23
Charles Collins

Humanitarian aid is airdropped to Palestinians over Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. (Credit: Abdel Kareem Hana/AP.)

Catholic Church holds day of prayer and fasting for peace in Gaza

Aug 22
Charles Collins

Elise Ann Allen

Pope Leo XIV leads the Angelus prayer from his window at the Vatican, August 10, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Peruvians to celebrate Leo’s birthday with beloved local devotion

Sep 12
Elise Ann Allen

Pope makes saints of youth icons who capture cornerstones of his agenda

Sep 7
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Leo inaugurates eco-center in continuity with Francis’s vision in ‘Laudato si”

Sep 6
Elise Ann Allen

Pope, Israeli president discuss war in Gaza and potential paths to peace

Sep 4
Elise Ann Allen

Palestine envoy hopes Leo can succeed ‘when others fail’ at ending war

Sep 4
Elise Ann Allen

Christopher R. Altieri

Cardinal Dolan on Pope Leo: ‘A successor, not a continuator’ of Francis

Sep 7
Christopher R. Altieri

Leo XIV: Leveraging the Church’s ‘expertise in humanity’

Sep 1
Christopher R. Altieri

Pope Leo XIV blesses members of the St. Andrew School of Evangelization on August 29, 2025 (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo is showing his Augustinian roots when speaking politics

Aug 31
Christopher R. Altieri

New book finds strong reason for hope despite Church’s receding footprint

Aug 30
Christopher R. Altieri

Pope Leo XIV at General Audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on June 4, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Leo XIV: A pope ‘of the heart’

Aug 21
Christopher R. Altieri

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