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Patti Smith meeting Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican on July 31, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

A giddy Patti Smith meets fellow Chicago legend, Pope Leo XIV, and says ‘Hi’

Jul 31
Nicole Winfield

Pope Leo XIV greets people in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on July 5, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope begins his summer break after decisive flexing of muscle on international and church stage

Jul 6
Nicole Winfield

Pope Leo XIV pays tribute at the cemetery and on little Joussef's grave, in Lampedusa, Sicily, southern Italy, Saturday, July 4, 2026, during a one-day pastoral visit to an island that has become a symbol of the risks faced by migrants trying to reach Europe by sea.(Credit: Pool Photo/Ciro Fusco, Via AP.)

Pope marks July 4 by praying in Lampedusa for migrants who died seeking freedom and prosperity

Jul 4
Nicole Winfield,
Andrea Rosa

Pope Leo XIV waves during the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Monday, June 29, 2026. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Pope urges US to recommit to founding ideas of protecting life, human dignity on 250th anniversary

Jul 4
Nicole Winfield

Newly consecrated bishops, from left, Pascal Schreiber, Michael Goldade, Michel Poinsinet de Sivry and Marc Hanappier, wearing their miters and holding their pastoral staffs, pray at the end of their consecration ceremony in a tent set up outside the Society of St. Pius X seminary in Econe, Switzerland, Wednesday, July 1, 2026. (Credit: Baz Ratner/AP.)

Catholic group that defied pope and caused schism defends its actions and casts itself as the victim

Jul 4
Nicole Winfield

Defying Pope Leo XIV, traditionalists go ahead with bishop consecrations in Switzerland

Jul 1
Jamey Keaten,
Nicole Winfield

Pope issues plea to breakaway traditionalist group to back off bishop consecrations

Jun 30
Nicole Winfield

Pope Leo XIV talks to journalists as he leaves his residence in Castel Gandolfo, on the outskirts of Rome, to return to the Vatican, Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

These traditionalist Catholics are defying Pope Leo XIV, and embracing their outsider status

Jun 24
Nicole Winfield

Pope Leo XIV is greeted as he arrives at Pavia, northern Italy, Saturday, June 20, 2026. (Credit: Luca Bruno/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV urges Italians to rediscover their faith during prayer before remains of St. Augustine

Jun 20
Nicole Winfield,
Brian Hendrie

Pope Leo XIV will visit Uruguay, Argentina and Peru in his first Latin American trip as pontiff

Aug 5
Associated Press

Church in Venezuela seeks donor support for rebuilding phase of quake relief

Aug 5
Eduardo Campos Lima

Premium article: Catholic priest, renowned writer expose death threats after denouncing ‘cult’ denomination in Philippines

Aug 5
Paterno R. Esmaquel II

The organ of the John Cage organ project is illuminated prior to a ‘sound change’ at the Buchardi Church in Halberstadt, Germany, Sept. 5, 2020. (Credit: Markus Schreiber/AP.)

This cathedral organ will play one composition until 2640

Aug 5
Stefanie Dazio,
David Keyton, Associated Press

EU holds ‘constructive’ emergency meeting over Ceuta crisis as Spain’s bishops left reeling

Aug 4
Fionn Shiner

Interview: Cardinal Kikuchi sharply critical of Japanese rearmament

Aug 4
Nirmala Carvalho

A cross is silhouetted against a stained glass window inside a Catholic Church in New Orleans on Dec. 1, 2012. (Credit: Gerald Herbert/AP.)

Judge allows clergy abuse claimants to sue for parish assets in Vermont Catholic bankruptcy case

Aug 5
Kevin O'Connor/ VTDigger,
Associated Press

The organ of the John Cage organ project is illuminated prior to a ‘sound change’ at the Buchardi Church in Halberstadt, Germany, Sept. 5, 2020. (Credit: Markus Schreiber/AP.)

This cathedral organ will play one composition until 2640

Aug 5
Stefanie Dazio,
David Keyton, Associated Press

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Pope Leo XIV will visit Uruguay, Argentina and Peru in his first Latin American trip as pontiff