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Church leaders in Africa reflect on papal leadership in Leonine era

Pope Leo XIV signs the FAO Golden Book register of honor as he attends a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of World Food Day at the FAO headquarters in Rome, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

A year in, what’s on Pope Leo XIV’s to-do list? And what has he done so far?

May 8
Nicole Winfield

Pope Leo XIV arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Sept. 10, 2025. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Premium article: Card. Kikuchi on what’s coming in the Leonine pontificate

May 9
Nirmala Carvalho

(Credit: Voice of the Faithful.)

Premium article: Questions about the Neocatechumenal Way persist in New Mexico diocese

May 10
Charles Collins

Premium article: Leo XIV makes anniversary visit to Pompeii, Naples in footsteps of sainted local hero

May 8
Christopher R. Altieri

Church leaders in Africa reflect on papal leadership in Leonine era

May 10
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Passengers are disembarked from the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius at the port of Granadilla in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Sunday, May 10, 2026. (Credit: Manu Fernandez/AP.)

Pope Leo thanks Spain for letting hantavirus-stricken MV Hondius cruise ship get to Canary Islands

May 10
Iain Sullivan,
Suman Naishadham

Serie A champion Inter Milan gave Pope Leo XIV on May 9, 2026 at the Vatican. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope blesses Serie A champion Inter Milan and reminds them to be responsible ‘heroes’

May 10
Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV waves over St. Peter's Square at the Vatican during the Regina Coeli address on May 10, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo prays for peace in Africa’s Sahel region as it faces Jihadist violence

May 10
Crux Now Staff

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Louis Sako, patriarch of Iraq's Chaldean Catholic Church, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Baghdad, Iraq, April 21, 2025. (Credit: Hadi Mizban/AP.)

Cardinal Sako, head of Chaldean Church in Iraq, retires as war engulfs the region

Mar 11
Nicole Winfield,
Abby Sewell

People attend the lighting of a Christmas tree at the Greek Orthodox Mar Elias Church, months after the church was the site of a deadly suicide bombing, in the Dweila neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025.(Credit: Omar Sanadiki/AP.)

Syrian church marks Christmas and reaffirms faith months after deadly attack

Dec 25, 2025
Abby Sewell,
Associated Press

A billboard displays an image of Pope Leo XIV, ahead of his upcoming visit to Lebanon, near the grain silos at Beirut's port that were heavily damaged in the massive 2020 explosion as a graffiti in Arabic reading "Victims of the Beirut port explosion" is seen in the foreground, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Pope Leo XIV’s visit rekindles hope in war- and crisis-battered Lebanon

Nov 25, 2025
Kareem Chehayeb,
Abby Sewell, Associated Press