Pope Leo XIV with his friend Father Hugo Gabriel Sánchez on May 12, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Father Hugo Gabriel Sánchez Vatican City, May 13, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).… A priest friend of Pope Leo XIV shares memories of him in Peru

Monument of the Guardian Angel of Portugal apparition to the three little shepherd children of Fátima. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA National Catholic Register, May 13, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA). May 13 is the optional… 9 things to know and share about Fátima

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – Heavy flooding in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) washed away several villages along the shores of Lake Tanganyika, leaving at least 104 dead and 50 others… Caritas urges respect for environmental laws after floods in eastern DRC

Mikal Mahdi. / Credit: Federal Public Defenders (proof), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 12, 2025 / 18:06 pm (CNA). Lawyers who represent the recently executed Mikal Mahdi are alleging that the… Lawyers for Mikal Mahdi allege ‘botched’ firing squad execution in South Carolina

U.S. Navy LSTs and other vessels unloading at low tide at Normandy, soon after the June 1944 invasion. USS LST-55 is in the center, behind the closest barrage balloon. USS LST-61 is at right. /… Pope Leo’s ‘greatest generation’ dad served on D-Day tank landing ship

ROME – In a speech to members of the international media Monday, Pope Leo XIV called for a rhetoric of peace over words of anger or ideology, and issued an appeal for the freedom of… Pope Leo calls for freedom of journos jailed who ‘report the truth’

A Planned Parenthood facility in Indianapolis. / Credit: Jonathan Weiss/Shutterstock Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 12, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). Pro-life organizations are stepping up their campaign to defund “big abortion” as the reconciliation bill… Campaign to defund Planned Parenthood swings into high gear

MUMBAI, India – Japanese Cardinal Isao Kikuchi of Tokyo says Pope Leo XIV’s previous work as a missionary and as a Vatican official were important reasons he will make a good pontiff. Speaking to Crux,… Japanese cardinal explains why Pope Leo XIV was chosen in the conclave

MANILA, Philippines – Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle said he was confident that Pope Leo XIV would continue the programs of the late Pope Francis for the poor and neglected, even if these projects might… Cardinal Tagle says ‘no turning back’ from Francis’s pro-poor programs under Leo XIV

(ZENIT News / Vatican City, 05.11.2025).- On Saturday, May 10, the official photograph of Pope Leo XIV was released, along with his signature, coat of arms, and motto. The official photo was taken shortly after… These are the official photo of the Pope, his coat of arms, motto and his signature