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Pope Leo XIV issued a categorical condemnation of Iran’s Islamist regime engaging in the widespread massacre of protesters on Thursday, urging the parties involved in the conflict in that country to seek peace, but stating “obviously” he hoped for an end to the execution of dissidents.

Pope Leo XIV urged young men in Cameroon not to take the dangerous migration route to Europe and instead develop their own country.

Portuguese Catholic priest and DJ Guilherme Peixoto, also known as Father Guilherme, performed a remixed version of a song by Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny with altered lyrics promoting prayer at a weekend show in Argentina honoring the late Pope Francis.

Tens of thousands of people attended a giant open-air mass by Pope Leo XIV outside the Angolan capital Sunday, where he delivered a message of hope to the resource-rich country marked by poverty and inequality.

Leo XIV will become the first pope to visit Algeria on Monday, taking a message of dialogue with Islam on a trip that also represents a personal pilgrimage for the American pontiff.

Brian Burch, the U.S. Amb. to the Holy See, said on Thursday that Cardinal Christophe Pierre denied that the Pentagon threatened the Vatican.

Former “Saturday Night Live” cast member Siobhan Fallon Hogan, perhaps best known for her role as Beatrice in “Men in Black,” explained why Catholicism is growing in the U.S. today and also recalled attending Mass with “SNL” legend Chris Farley.

Pope Leo XIV made history this Good Friday by being the first pontiff in decades to carry a wooden cross for all 14 Stations of the Cross.

Ruben Enaje, a Filipino carpenter and billboard maker, announced on Friday that he would retire from playing Jesus in a famous ceremony in Pampanga, the Philippines, after being crucified for the 37th time.

Catholic communities nationwide, from some of America’s largest cities to more rural areas, have documented a marked increase in converts this year as they approach the massive initiation ceremonies that coincide with the Easter holiday.

Rome law enforcement officers are on high alert ahead of Good Friday’s highly-anticipated Way of the Cross led by Pope Leo XIV and other Easter-related events.

Nicaraguan Catholics were once again prohibited from freely celebrating Holy Week this year after the communist regime, led by dictatorial husband-and-wife couple Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, banned all Catholic processions in the country for the third year in a row.

The Vatican announced on Tuesday that Pope Leo XIV will carry a cross for the entirety of the Via Crucis, or Way of the Cross, procession celebrated on Good Friday.

Ahead of Easter, Vice President JD Vance announced a new book set for release in June, tracing his return to Christianity and conversion to Catholicism, following his bestselling 2016 memoir, Hillbilly Elegy.

Israeli Police and Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa announced they had agreed to allow Holy Week observances in the Old City of Jerusalem.

The number of people, primarily young adults, converting to Catholicism is on the rise across the United States, and one church leader said it is because there is a longing for something only faith can answer. 

Israeli police officers sparked a diplomatic and religious row on Sunday after they stopped two top clergymen from going to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem to celebrate the Palm Sunday Mass.

Pope Leo XIV urged residents of the cosmopolitan Mediterranean principality of Monaco on Saturday to use their wealth, influence and Catholic faith for good, especially to uphold Catholic teaching on protecting the sanctity of life.

Scientists are shocked after finding a “miracle” imprint on a 16th-century cactus-fiber cloak bearing an image of the Virgin Mary that reveals a hidden detail they are unable to explain.

Pope Leo XIV welcomed the highest-ranked Catholic authority in Iran, Archbishop of Tehran-Isfahan Cardinal Dominique Mathieu, for an in-person meeting at the Vatican on Thursday.

Pope Leo XIV on Saturday named a veteran Vatican diplomat as his new ambassador to the United States to manage one of the Holy See’s most important bilateral relationships at a crucial time, with ties strained over the Trump administration’s war in Iran and immigration crackdown.

Pope Leo XIV warned priests in a recent engagement in Rome to beware of artificial intelligence (AI) and not rely on it to prepare homilies, as AI “will never be able to share faith.

Border chief Tom Homan rebuked Pope Leo XIV for failing to understand that President Donald Trump’s border policies are saving the lives of thousands of migrants each year. 

Nicaragua’s communist regime prohibited 406 Via Crucis (Stations of the Cross) Catholic processions during the first week of Lent, the newspaper La Prensa reported this week.

Catholic priests in Jalisco, Mexico, took to the rooftops on Sunday to display the Blessed Sacrament and pray for peace in their country as a terror campaign in response to the elimination of a top cartel boss plunged much of the country into chaos.

The bones of St. Francis of Assisi, the medieval friar who inspired Pope Francis and generations of Christians before him, are going on public display for the first time, giving his hilltop Umbrian hometown yet another reason to welcome pilgrims.

When we are reminded that civilization is worth fighting for—and must be fought for—Archbishop Fulton Sheen resonates. 

The cause for beloved Catholic American evangelist Archbishop Fulton Sheen’s sainthood took one step forward this week when the Vatican approved his beatification for later this year.

The controversial alleged likeness of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni featured on a recently restored image of an angel in a church in Rome has been scrubbed off pending a decision for its replacement.

The alleged likeness of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni featured on a recently-restored image of an angel in a church in Rome will be removed at the request of the Vatican, the Italian newspaper La Repubblica reported on Tuesday morning.

The Seahawks secured for themselves a spot in the upcoming Super Bowl, but a wild internet theory suggests it may be divine intervention. 

Nicaragua’s communist regime banned the Catholic dioceses of León and Chinandega from carrying out door-to-door evangelization, newspaper La Prensa reported on Thursday.

Nearly 4 million Venezuelans participated in this year’s La Divina Pastora (“Divine Shepherdess”) Catholic procession in the city of Barquisimeto, Lara, the Venezuelan newspaper El Nacional reported on Thursday.

The Vatican announced on Monday that Pope Leo XIV held a surprise in-person meeting with Nobel Peace Prize winner and anti-socialist Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado shortly before she is expected to meet with President Donald Trump.

Pope Leo XIV on Monday delivered a fierce condemnation of gambling, denouncing the activity as a “scourge” that ruins families and must be combated.