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Pope Leo XIV arrives for an audience with the Vatican diplomatic corps in the Apostolic Palace's Clemetine Hall at the Vatican May 16, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Leo XIV told the ambassadors that as pope he intended “to strengthen understanding and dialogue” with their respective countries.
Both Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio will attend the inaugural Mass of Pope Leo XIV on May 18, the vice president’s office said.
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DOGE is attempting to undermine a congressional check on presidential power. It is rewriting the Constitution.
A U.S. Border Patrol agent walks past four men being detained after crossing the border through a gap in the walls separating Mexico and the United States on Jan. 23, 2025, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
An early signal that Leo XIV will build upon Pope Francis’ advocacy for immigrants could show that the church’s efforts are not tied to one pope but to 2,000 years of Catholic teaching.
A confessional is seen in a file photo at the Memorial Church of the Holy Sepulcher on the grounds of the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in Washington. The Department of Justice announced May 5, 2025, it was opening a civil rights investigation into a Washington state mandatory reporter bill that it called an "anti-Catholic law" for having no exception for the seal of the confessional. (OSV News photo/Nancy Phelan Wiechec)
Washington State's new law mandating priests to divulge abuse revealed in confessions is the latest salvo in a larger dispute between the Catholic Church and multiple U.S. states.
When Pope Leo XIV will celebrate his inaugural Mass in St. Peter’s Square and what else to look for next week
Now that the 133 cardinal electors are ensconced in the Sistine Chapel to elect a successor to Pope Francis, some potential candidates have come to the fore.
“He owes an apology,” Bishop Thomas Paprocki said after President Trump posted an image that appeared to be created by A.I. depicting himself as pope.
“In a time when the globalized economic and political order is crumbling—especially exposed during the Trump era—the church may well be one of the last stubborn institutions that still holds a truly global character.”
A Reflection for Wednesday of the Second Week of Easter, by Heather Trotta