A new biography of Pope Leo XIV, the first pope from the United States, will be available May 28 from EWTN and is now available for preorder. “Leo XIV: Portrait of the First American Pope,” written by Matthew Bunson, vice president and editorial director at EWTN News, is the first authoritative biographical portrait of Cardinal […]
VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV is expected to move into the official papal residence, an apartment on the top floor of the Apostolic Palace, departing from the living arrangements used by Pope Francis for 12 years. The papal apartment, which is a series of rooms wrapping around the Vatican’s Sixtus V Courtyard, was the […]
LIMA, Peru — The current bishop of Chiclayo, Peru, Most Rev. Edinson Farfán, is publicly defending the actions of his predecessor, Bishop Robert Prevost – now Pope Leo XIV – in the face of accusations that he covered up sexual abuse in the diocese. Responding to a question at a press conference about the issue, […]
VATICAN CITY — Father Hugo Gabriel Sánchez of Chiclayo, Peru, had been planning a trip with his mother for months to visit various Marian shrines in Europe, such as Fátima, Medjugorje and Lourdes, with of course a final stop in Rome. What this diocesan priest could never have imagined was that his arrival in Rome […]
Pope Leo XIV on Saturday visited and prayed at a Marian shrine outside of Rome, greeting the community there and urging them to “be faithful to the Mother.” The Holy Father visited the Shrine of the Mother of Good Counsel in Genazzano on Saturday afternoon. The sanctuary, located about an hour east of Rome, is […]
Newly elected Pope Leo XIV will be inaugurated Sunday, May 18, the fifth Sunday of Easter, as part of a busy schedule announced Friday, May 9 by the Vatican Press Office. Pope Leo’s immediate appointments, occurring this weekend, include a meeting with cardinals Saturday, May 10, followed by the Regina Caeli prayer from the central […]
On May 8, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected Pope Leo XIV by the College of Cardinals as the 266th successor of St. Peter, making him the 267th pope and the first from the United States. Here are 14 things to know about Pope Leo XIV: 1. Robert Francis Prevost was born on Sept. 14, […]
For the first time in the more than 2,000-year history of the Roman Catholic Church, a cardinal from the United States has been elected pope. Robert Prevost, born in Chicago, was introduced to the world as Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican in the early evening hours of Thursday, May 8, 2025. His immediate predecessor, […]
