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Russia strikes targets in Kyiv region as Ukraine holds door open for Easter truce

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Pope Leo XIV at Saint John Lateran Basilica on April 3, 2026. (Credit: Medichini/AP.)

Peacemaking pope has calls with Ukraine, Israel leaders on Good Friday

Apr 3
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Leo XIV at the Papal Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome, Italy, on April 2, 2026.(Credit: Vatican Media.)

On Holy Thursday, Pope Leo urges pastors to stand with the oppressed

Apr 2
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Leo XIV presiding at the Chrism Mass on Holy Thursday in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, at April 2, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

During Holy Week, Pope Leo urges Christians to be prophets of unity

Apr 2
Elise Ann Allen

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, March 31, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV urges an Easter end to the US-Israel war on Iran, calling for dialogue

Apr 1
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Spanish bishops offering top donors chance to meet pope

Mar 30
Fionn Shiner

Pope opens Holy Week condemning war waged in Jesus’s name

Mar 29
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Leo XIV holds Mass during the formal inauguration of his pontificate in St. Peter’s Square attended by heads of state, royalty and ordinary faithful, May 18, 2025. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Pope’s visit to Monaco signals both a message, and a reminder

Mar 27
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Leo XIV greets faithful as he arrives in St. Peter's Square for the weekly general audience at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Pope Leo calls for French bishops to ‘generously include’ those attached to Traditional Latin Mass

Mar 25
Charles Collins

Pope Leo XIV receives a delegation from the "Program for Christian-Muslim Relations in Africa" on March 25, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo calls for peaceful relations between Christians and Muslims

Mar 25
Crux Now Staff

Pope Leo XIV greets faithful as he leaves at the end of the weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV taps an Australian church lawyer as Vatican’s chief legal expert

Mar 25
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