METZ, France (CNS) — In a French city that changed hands between France and Germany through two world wars, Pope Leo XIV used the final day of his apostolic journey to France to call on Europe to resist a return to nationalism and conflict and recommit itself to cooperation, dialogue and peace. Speaking Sept. 28…
PARIS (CNS) — On the first official papal state visit to France in 18 years, Pope Leo XIV stepped into one of the country’s perpetual underlying tensions: the place of religion in a republic whose modern political identity was partly forged through separation from the Catholic Church. Pope Leo XIV rides in the popemobile from…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Progress in science and technology is not contrary to belief in God, and Christians should be actively involved in shaping that progress so that it serves human dignity and the common good, Pope Leo XIV said. At his Sept. 23 general audience, the pope also pointed to Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen,…
ROME (CNS) — Led by their priests, Catholics need to come together and face the truth about what their local church is doing and why, Pope Leo XIV told clergy and laypeople in his diocese. This process of discernment and “pastoral evaluation does not ask you to do more; on the contrary, it gives you…
WASHINGTON – Pope Leo XIV has appointed Most Reverend Brendan J. Cahill, currently Bishop of Victoria in Texas, as the Bishop of Joliet. The appointment was publicized in Washington, D.C. on September 17, 2026, by Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, apostolic nuncio to the United States. Bishop Cahill’s biography may be found here. The Diocese of Joliet…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In a world of increasing technological dependence and polarization, Pope Leo XIV said there is greater urgency for humanity to see itself as a single “human community.” “The perfection of the human person and the development of society must be regarded as closely interdependent: to set them against one another or…