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Filipino bishops elect new head as Cardinal David wraps up term

Pope Leo XIV arrives at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, south of Rome, for a six-week vacation, Sunday, July 6, 2025. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV resumes tradition and arrives Castel Gandolfo for vacation to restore ‘body and spirit’

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy — Pope Leo XIV arrived in the papal summer retreat of Castel Gandolfo on Sunday to start a six-week vacation, giving the hilltop town back its most illustrious resident after Pope Francis stayed away during his 12-year pontificate. Leo greeted well-wishers who lined the main road into […]

Jul 7
Dario Artale,
Sylvia Stellacci, Associated Press

Lipa Archbishop Gilbert Garcera greets Pope Leo XIV during the pontiff’s first general audience, May 21, 2025. (Credit: Vatican News screenshot via CBCP News.)

Filipino bishops elect new head as Cardinal David wraps up term

Jul 7
Joseph San Mateo

Cameroon President Paul Biya delivers a speech during a ceremony at the Boulouris National Cemetery in Boulouris-sur-Mer, south eastern France, Aug. 15, 2024. (Credit: Christophe Simon/Pool via AP.)

Catholic leaders in Cameroon call on President Biya to not seek re-election

Jul 7
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Officials comb through the banks of the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area Saturday, July 5, 2025, in Hunt, Texas. (Credit: Julio Cortez/AP.)

Pope Leo offers prayers for victims of Texas flooding

Jul 6
Charles Collins

A view of the Papal Palace in Castel Gandolfo, around 15 miles southeast of Rome May 29, 2021. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

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Pope Leo will have much to ponder during his vacation in Castel Gandolfo

Jul 6
Charles Collins

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Prayer does does not make things easy

Jul 6
Father Jeffrey F. Kirby

Pope Leo XIV meets with Archbishop Thibault Verny in the Vatican. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

French archbishop appointed head of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

Jul 5
Charles Collins

Officials comb through the banks of the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area Saturday, July 5, 2025, in Hunt, Texas. (Credit: Julio Cortez/AP.)

Pope Leo offers prayers for victims of Texas flooding

Jul 6
Charles Collins

A view of the Papal Palace in Castel Gandolfo, around 15 miles southeast of Rome May 29, 2021. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

News Analysis

Pope Leo will have much to ponder during his vacation in Castel Gandolfo

Jul 6
Charles Collins

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Prayer does does not make things easy

Jul 6
Father Jeffrey F. Kirby

Pope Leo XIV meets with Archbishop Thibault Verny in the Vatican. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

French archbishop appointed head of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

Jul 5
Charles Collins

French archbishop appointed head of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

Jul 5
Charles Collins

Pope Leo tells British school teachers they are ‘models in life’

Jul 5
Charles Collins

Cardinal says race to exploit Africa’s resources is the origin of armed conflict

Jul 5
Ngala Killian Chimtom

African bishop slams ‘outdated, biased’ global finance system

Jul 3
Ngala Killian Chimtom

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File photo of San Francisco de Asis Parish in Naga City. (Credit: San Francisco de Asis Parish via CBCP News.)

Filipino parish temporarily closed after teen commits suicide

Jul 3
Joseph San Mateo

The Oxford Botanic Garden in England. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

British Church to shut down Bioethics office

Jul 3
Charles Collins

Nuns stand next to copies of L’Osservatore Romano newspaper with headlines in Latin of Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, Friday, May 9, 2025, a day after he was elected as the first North American pope. (Credit: Francisco Seco/AP.)

Debate over Latin Mass heats up after apparent leak of Vatican documents that undermine Pope Francis

Jul 2
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press

Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Credit: Pixabay.)

Former Liberation Theology leader criticizes ‘excess’ of social issues by Latin American bishops

Jul 2
Eduardo Campos Lima

Peru bishops invite Pope Leo XIV to visit

Jul 1
Elise Ann Allen

A woman sleeps on a blanket next to children playing in a shelter for families displaced by gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on May 12, 2025. (Credit: Odelyn Joseph/AP.)

Hunger should not be used as a weapon of war, Pope Leo says

Jun 30
Charles Collins

Former President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines on June 28, 2017. (Credit: Bullit Marquez/AP.)

Ecumenical group opposes Duterte’s request for temporary ICC release

Jun 30
Joseph San Mateo

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Prayer is not easy: It can be a ‘battle’

Jun 29
Father Jeffrey F. Kirby

Pope calls for more unity in the Church on the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul

Jun 29
Charles Collins

Pope Leo say Ukraine has been ‘martyred’ in ‘senseless war’

Jun 28
Charles Collins

U.S. Supreme Court says parents can opt kids out of pro-LGBT books at school

Jun 28
Crux Staff

Congo Christian leaders submit peace plan draft to President amid Security Crisis

Jun 28
Ngala Killian Chimtom

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File photo of San Francisco de Asis Parish in Naga City. (Credit: San Francisco de Asis Parish via CBCP News.)

Filipino parish temporarily closed after teen commits suicide

Jul 3
Joseph San Mateo

The Oxford Botanic Garden in England. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

British Church to shut down Bioethics office

Jul 3
Charles Collins

Nuns stand next to copies of L’Osservatore Romano newspaper with headlines in Latin of Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, Friday, May 9, 2025, a day after he was elected as the first North American pope. (Credit: Francisco Seco/AP.)

Debate over Latin Mass heats up after apparent leak of Vatican documents that undermine Pope Francis

Jul 2
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press

Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Credit: Pixabay.)

Former Liberation Theology leader criticizes ‘excess’ of social issues by Latin American bishops

Jul 2
Eduardo Campos Lima

Peru bishops invite Pope Leo XIV to visit

Jul 1
Elise Ann Allen

A woman sleeps on a blanket next to children playing in a shelter for families displaced by gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on May 12, 2025. (Credit: Odelyn Joseph/AP.)

Hunger should not be used as a weapon of war, Pope Leo says

Jun 30
Charles Collins

Ecumenical group opposes Duterte’s request for temporary ICC release

Jun 30
Joseph San Mateo

Pope calls for more unity in the Church on the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul

Jun 29
Charles Collins

Pope Leo say Ukraine has been ‘martyred’ in ‘senseless war’

Jun 28
Charles Collins

U.S. Supreme Court says parents can opt kids out of pro-LGBT books at school

Jun 28
Crux Staff

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Officials comb through the banks of the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area Saturday, July 5, 2025, in Hunt, Texas. (Credit: Julio Cortez/AP.)

Pope Leo offers prayers for victims of Texas flooding

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A view of the Papal Palace in Castel Gandolfo, around 15 miles southeast of Rome May 29, 2021. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Pope Leo will have much to ponder during his vacation in Castel Gandolfo

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Pope Leo XIV meets with Archbishop Thibault Verny in the Vatican. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

French archbishop appointed head of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

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Pope Leo tells British school teachers they are ‘models in life’

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The Oxford Botanic Garden in England. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

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Pope calls for peace, diplomacy in light of U.S. strikes on Iran

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Pope Leo XIV greets Peruvian journalist Paola Ugaz in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican May 12, 2025, during a meeting with representatives of the media who covered his election. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo delivers fiery defense of freedom of the press, supports Peru journalists

Jun 21
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Israeli Ambassador to the Holy See Yaron Sideman presents his credentials to Pope Francis. (Credit: Israeli Embassy to the Holy See.)

Israeli envoy defends Iran offensive, says pope can make a difference

Jun 17
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Pope Leo urges Chicago youth to be messengers of hope, peace

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A woman holds a picture of Pope Francis reading in Italian “Farewell Francis, thank you His Holiness, today all the people cry for you” in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican after Cardinal Camerlengo Kevin Joseph Farrell announced the death of Pope Francis, Monday, April 21, 2025. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Pope Francis will be remembered for his concern over refugees and immigrants

Apr 21
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Catholic Charities Western Washington CEO: Federal funding uncertainty ‘a big dilemma’

Mar 27
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Parishioners attend Mass at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church in the Queens borough of New York on Sunday, May 8, 2022. According to a report released Thursday, April 13, 2023, by the Pew Research Center, Catholics remain the largest religious group among Latinos in the United States, but the number of Latinos who identify as religiously unaffiliated continues to grow. (Credit: Brittainy Newman/AP.)

20 percent of adults have left their childhood religion in many countries, study shows

Mar 26
John Lavenburg

Religious freedom commission expresses ‘hope’ with Trump, cites Biden IRFA violation

Mar 26
John Lavenburg

Prime Minister Mark Carney meets young members of the crowd during the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade in Montreal, Sunday March 16, 2025. (Credit: Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press via AP.)

Canadian Catholic leaders denounce government budget proposals

Mar 19
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