At his first general audience in St. Peter’s Square on May 21, 2025, Pope Leo XIV appeals for peace and the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza, where, he said, children and elderly are suffering.… Pope Leo XIV appeals for end to hostilities in Gaza in first general audience
Michel LunangaPharmacist Joseph Njer Airo inspects boxes of antiretroviral drugs labeled “USAID,” from the last donation before the funding cuts inside the medical stockroom of Migosi Sub-county Hospital on April 24, 2025 in Kisumu, Kenya.… Getting Foreign Aid Right
ROME – In his first public general audience address, Pope Leo XIV said he would continue his predecessor’s reflection on Jesus Christ as a source of hope during the ongoing Jubilee year, and prayed for… In first general audience, Pope Leo prays for Gaza, continues Francis catechesis
The Catholic Church in South Korea is one of the few voices promoting reconciliation between the two countries. / Credit: Courtesy of South Korean Bishops’ Conference ACI Prensa Staff, May 21, 2025 / 06:00 am… Church in Korea keeps up quest for reconciliation between the peninsula’s two nations
With Speaker of the House Mike Johnson by his side, President Donald Trump speaks to the press following a House Republican meeting at the U.S. Capitol on May 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. / Credit:… UPDATED: President Trump extols Pope Leo XIV, meets brother Louis Prevost
Courtesy photoAs prior of the Augustinians (below, in a white shirt), in 2003 Leo XIV visited the Valley of the Fallen with a group of young people. On Jan. 1, 1938, Bishop Polanco celebrated his… Pope Leo XIV’s Connection to Spanish Civil War Martyrs, Valley of the Fallen
Zosia CzubakDominican Father Thomas Joseph White reads then-Augustinian Father Robert Prevost’s doctoral thesis at the Angelicum. Father Prevost is now Pope Leo XIV. The Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas is the alma mater to… American Pope, Roman Roots: Pope Leo XIV’s Alma Mater Sees Universal Mission
As prior of the Augustinians (below, in a white shirt), in 2003 Leo XIV visited the Valley of the Fallen with a group of young people. / Credit: Courtesy of Israel @profedeprimari on X Madrid,… Pope Leo XIV’s connection to Spanish Civil War martyrs, Valley of the Fallen
Denny HenryBishop Robert Barron addresses graduates and their families at The Catholic University of America on May 17, 2025, for the 2025 commencement address. Bishop Robert Barron challenged the new graduates: ‘Contrive a way to… Bishop Barron Warns Catholic University Graduates: Secularism Is a ‘Poison to the Soul’
Vatican MediaPope Leo XIV meets with representatives of various Churches and religions during a private audience at the Apostolic Palace on the day after the Mass for the Inauguration of his Petrine Ministry on May… How an Augustinian Pope Will Show Us How to Love Christ Together