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At Vatican, Vance meets pope, discusses peace, religious freedom

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Pope Leo XIV met with US Vice President J.D. Vance and his wife Usha Vance in the Apostolic Palace of the Vatican May 19, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

At Vatican, Vance meets pope, discusses peace, religious freedom

May 19
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Leo holds first meeting with Zelenskyy, prays for Ukraine ceasefire

May 18
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Leo XIV blesses the altar before Mass at St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on May 18, 2025. (Credit: Elise Ann Allen/Crux.)

Pope Leo XIV calls for ‘unity’ during his official inauguration

May 18
Charles Collins

Pope Leo XIV meets diplomats at the Vatican on May 16, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Addressing ambassadors, Pope Leo XIV says ‘peace’ is not a ‘negative word’

May 16
Charles Collins

Pope Leo XIV greets people at Jubilee of the Oriental Churches in the Vatican’s Audience Hall on May 14, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo XIV says Eastern Catholics often see violence, calls for peace

May 14
Charles Collins

British envoy to Vatican looks forward to collaborating with new pope

May 14
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Leo calls for freedom of journos jailed who ‘report the truth’

May 12
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Leo XIV recites the Angelus from from the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on May 11, 2025. (Credit: Elise Ann Allen/Crux.)

Pope Leo sings Marian prayer, prays for young people and vocations

May 11
Elise Ann Allen

A screen flags the news of new Pope Leo XIV during the second round match between Fabio Fognini of Italy and Jacob Fearnley at the Italian Open tennis tournament in Rome on May 8, 2025. (Credit: Alfredo Falcone/LaPresse via AP.)

Pope Leo XIV is a tennis player. Tsitsipas would be happy to hit some balls with him

May 11
Andrew Dampf,
Associated Press

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost — now Pope Leo XIV — confirmed the Marymount International School 9th graders, usually 14 or 15 years old, in a Mass on May 11, 2024. (Credit: Marymount International School via AP.)

As cardinal, Pope Leo XIV balanced the sacramental with the personal while confirming teenagers

May 11
Colleen Barry,
Associated Press

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At Vatican, Vance meets pope, discusses peace, religious freedom

May 19
Elise Ann Allen

Leo XIV quotes Leo XIII often, but he reflects Pope Leo X: ‘Let us enjoy the papacy’

May 19
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Pope Leo holds first meeting with Zelenskyy, prays for Ukraine ceasefire

May 18
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Pope Leo XIV calls for ‘unity’ during his official inauguration

May 18
Charles Collins