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In annual speech to curia, Leo challenges ad intra divisions

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Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, arrives to meet with Pope Leo XIV in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Pope criticizes US bid to ‘break apart’ US-Europe alliance, insists on Europe role in Ukraine peace

Dec 10
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Pope Leo XIV wave to journalists during their meeting in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on Dec. 9, 2025. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Zelenskyy meets with Pope Leo for the third time

Dec 9
Paolo Santalucia,
Illia Novikov, Associated Press

En route to Lebanon, Pope Leo XIV talks Gaza, Ukraine, potential Jerusalem visit

Nov 30
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Leo XIV speaks to journalists in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, on Nov. 18, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo XIV talks Thanksgiving, Türkiye and Lebanon, Ukraine, Violence against Women

Nov 26
Crux Staff

Mark Razvozov, left, listens to his mother Yukiia Dvornychenko, during a press conference on the return of Ukrainian children and civilians taken by Russia during the three-and-a-half-year war, at the Embassy of Ukraine in Italy, in Rome, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025. (Credit: Domenico Stinellis/AP.)

Ukraine asks Vatican to formalize mediation role for return of citizens taken by Russia

Nov 20
Nicole Winfield,
Ilia Novikov, Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV appeals for peace in Myanmar

Oct 19
Crux Staff

In this image made from video, Police and Military Police secure parts of a damaged object shot down by Polish authorities at a site in Wohyn, Poland, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (Credit: Rafal Niedzielski/AP.)

Pope Leo says NATO ‘has not started’ conflict with Russia

Sep 17
Charles Collins

In interview with Crux correspondent, Pope talks Ukraine, synodality, polarization, World Cup

Sep 14
Crux Staff

Pope Leo XIV delivers his Angelus address over St. Peter's Square in the Vatican on Aug. 31, 2025. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Pope demands end to the ‘pandemic of arms’ as he prays for victims of Minnesota school shooting

Aug 31
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press

The Independence Monument is pictured as Ukrainian flags blow in the wind in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Aug. 23, 2025. (Credit: Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP.)

Pope Leo calls for peace in Ukraine during his Angelus address

Aug 24
Crux Staff

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In annual speech to curia, Leo challenges ad intra divisions

Dec 22
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Leo’s first consistory to be both a landmark and a challenge

Dec 22
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Dec 22
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130 schoolchildren and staff abducted in Nigeria last month have been released, police say

Dec 22
Dyepkazah Shibayan,
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