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Pope Leo to meet Anglican primate in Rome
Pope Leo XIV is to receive the Archbishop of Canterbury, Sarah Mullally, in Rome in a visit scheduled to take place from April 25 to 28. The meeting follows a personal message sent by the Pope to Mullally after her installation on March 25, when…
White House pushes back against Pope Leo, says nothing wrong with praying for troops
Pope Leo said during his Palm Sunday homily that Jesus “rejects war” and “does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war but rejects them.” The pope then quoted scripture where Jesus said, “Even though you make many prayers, I will not…
Catholic population continues to grow in Africa
New data from the Annuario Pontificio 2026 and Annuarium Statisticum Ecclesiae 2024 highlight trends in baptized populations across the five continents, with a remarkable increase in the number of Catholics in Africa. The number of Catholics in…
Latin Patriarch’s access to Jerusalem holy sites restored after police stopped entry
Benjamin Netanyahu says the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem will now have “full and immediate access” to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, after police had prevented him from celebrating Palm Sunday Mass there. Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the…
Olympic Committees ban male-to-female ‘transgender’ athletes
“Transgender women” athletes are now excluded from women’s events at the Olympics after the International Olympic Committee agreed to a new eligibility policy that aligns with the U.S. Olympic Committee’s rule and President Trump’s executive…
In Palm Sunday homily, Pope rejects claims that God justifies war
Leo XIV has rejected claims that God justifies war and prayed especially for Christians in the Middle East during a Palm Sunday Mass before tens of thousands of people in St. Peter’s Square. With the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran entering its second…
Report: A quarter of all U.S. radio stations are faith-based
A new Pew Research Center report has found that 25 percent of all AM and FM radio stations in the United States have a faith focus. The report, “Religious Radio Across America,” was conducted by the Pew-Knight Initiative, which supports research…
Pope Leo XIV urges French bishops to heal divisions and foster unity with TLM communities
Pope Leo XIV has written to the Bishops of France encouraging them to find “practical solutions” aimed at healing liturgical divisions and fostering unity with communities attached to the traditional Roman rite (vetus ordo). In a letter sent on…
Pope Leo hosts exorcist summit at the Vatican over fears of worldwide surge in Satanism
Pope Leo XIV has hosted the world’s most senior exorcists at the Vatican, and they reportedly warned him of a terrifying global rise in “occultism, esotericism, and Satanism.” The pope held a private meeting with a delegation of priests from the…
Ven. Fulton J. Sheen to be beatified in September in St. Louis
Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen will be beatified on September 24th in St. Louis, the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints announced yesterday. The beatification will take place with Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, pro-prefect for the Dicastery for…