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Pope Leo XIV in a general audience in May 2026.

Leo XIV: the way of the Ascension is Jesus, the Virgin Mary and the Saints

Leo XIV indicated this Sunday the way to our Ascension: Jesus, the Virgin Mary and the saints. Those whom the Church offers as universal models, and those next to them. On World Communications Day, he encouraged commitment “to forms of communication that respect human truth”.

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Lion France

Leo XIV to visit France in September

This visit will be the first time a Pope has traveled to France on an official state visit since Pope Benedict XVI traveled to Paris and Lourdes in 2008.

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commission IA

Pope approves creation of interdicasterial commission on AI

The rescript was signed by Cardinal Michael Czerny, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Integral Human Development.

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Rerum Novarum

Rerum Novarum« and the defense of the working class

Hoy, hace 135 años se publicó la «Rerum Novarum», un grito que clamaba justicia y que todavía es muy necesario en muchos contextos hoy día.

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Original statue of Our Lady of Fatima in St. Peter's Square, October 2025.

On the feast of Our Lady of Fatima, Pope urges greater love for the Church

On May 13, the day on which the Church celebrates the memorial of the Virgin Mary of Fatima, the Pope urged us to ask Our Lady “for the gift that love for Holy Mother Church may grow in all of us”. On her role in the work of redemption, he recalled the magisterium of the Second Vatican Council.

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Priestly Fraternity of St. Pius X

Vatican warns St. Pius X Priestly Fraternity: episcopal ordinations will amount to «schismatic act»

El Prefecto del Dicasterio para la Doctrina de la Fe advierte a la Fraternidad Sacerdotal San Pío X que las ordenaciones episcopales que pretenden celebrar el 1 de julio de 2026 suponen un «acto cismático» que desemboca en excomunión.

Paloma López Campos
  • Pope's Travels

The day I was a Swiss Guard
Young people carry the World Youth Day Cross in Krakow 2016, Poland.

Saint John of Kety, professor at the University of Krakow and parish priest

Papua New Guinea, second stop on Pope Francis' trip
Mongolia

“You don’t need to be rich or powerful, just have love,” says the Pope in Mongolia
Pope Francis Bahrain

Pope Francis in Marseille, plurality as a resource
Hungary Pope

Hungary: Pope Francis' next destination
Pope Congo's journey

Poverty, tensions and women: challenges ahead of the Pope's visit to Africa
Pope's trip to Congo and Sudan

The Catholic Church in Congo and South Sudan
Congo

The Pope travels to the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan. “Mbote François”, Okay, now, welcome!
Pope Francis Bahrain

Pope Francis and initiatives for dialogue with Islam
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Centenary of Our Lady of Fatima, 2017

Miracles of the Virgin Mary and nature: 'the sun danced', snowfalls, flowers…

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Saint Maximilian Kolbe.

Saints of Auschwitz: Kolbe, Stein, Salesians… The goal: education

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Diane Foley

Diane Foley: "I could not have endured the murder of our son without my faith in God"«

Teresa Aguado Peña

The Tears of Saint Lawrence

The Tears of Saint Lawrence: When the Stars Remember a Martyr

Teresa Aguado Peña

Co-founder of Acutis AI

Acutis AI: This Is How Leo XIV Wants Us to Experience the AI Revolution

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