Pope Leo XIV declared St. John Henry Newman a doctor of the church, also declaring the saint co-patron with St. Thomas Aquinas of the church’s educational mission. The post Pope Leo declares St. John Henry Newman a doctor of the church and co-patron of Catholic education appeared first on America Magazine.| America Magazine
On Tuesday evening, Oct. 28, Pope Leo made a forceful appeal for peace at Rome’s Colosseum and in the presence of representatives of the world’s main religions. The post Pope Leo at interfaith peace meeting: ‘War is never holy’ appeared first on America Magazine.| America Magazine
For the first time in history, a British monarch and a pope prayed together in the Sistine Chapel in an event of great ecumenical significance. The post Pope Leo and King Charles make history with first-ever joint prayer service in Sistine Chapel appeared first on America Magazine.| America Magazine
Almost two-thirds of humanity—more than five billion people—live in countries where serious violations of religious freedom are taking place, according to the 2025 “Religious Freedom in the World Report.” The post Pope Leo says religious freedom is ‘not optional but essential’ as new report documents global persecution appeared first on America Magazine.| America Magazine
Pope Leo XIV spoke about the central importance of faith in today’s world as he declared that the Catholic Church has seven new saints—two from Venezuela, one from Papua New Guinea, one Armenian and three from Italy—on Sunday, Oct. 19. The post Pope Leo declares seven new saints, including first from Venezuela and Papua New Guinea appeared first on America Magazine.| America Magazine
Pope Leo XIV will receive King Charles III and Queen Camilla in a private audience on Oct. 23 and, afterward, for the first time, a British monarch and a pope will pray together in the Sistine Chapel. The post King Charles to visit Pope Leo: here’s what to expect appeared first on America Magazine.| America Magazine
In a forceful speech on Oct. 16 to the general assembly of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome, Pope Leo XIV called out the failure of the international community to eliminate hunger in today’s world and strongly denounced “the use of hunger as a weapon of war.” The post Pope Leo says global hunger is a sign of ‘soulless economy’ and a ‘collective failure’ appeared first on America Magazine.| America Magazine
Today’s appointment is seen in Rome as a sign of the esteem that Pope Leo has for the cardinal archbishop of Chicago, who recently came under fire from a number of U.S. bishops for giving a lifetime achievement award to Illinois’s Senator Dick Durbin. The post Pope Leo appoints Cardinal Cupich to commission for Vatican City State appeared first on America Magazine.| America Magazine
“I often wonder, even though the teaching of Sacred Scripture is so clear about the poor, why many people continue to think that they can safely disregard the poor,” Pope Leo XIV states in his first magisterial document, known by its Latin title, “Dilexi Te.”| America Magazine
Speaking in English, Pope Leo XIV asked people “to plead with God to stop the pandemic of arms, large and small, which infects our world” as he prayed for “the victims of the tragic shooting during a school Mass” in Minnesota last week.| America Magazine
Pope Leo XIV marked the 34th anniversary of Ukraine’s independence day—Aug. 24—by sending a message to the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, and by Pope Leo XIV marked the 34th anniversary of Ukraine’s independence day—Aug. 24—by sending a message to the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky.| America Magazine
