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Pope Leo XIV leads the recitation of the Angelus prayer with visitors gathered in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Aug. 24, 2025.

Pope marks Ukraine’s Independence Day with prayers for peace

OSV News August 25, 2025

Marking Ukraine's Independence Day, Pope Leo XIV pledged his prayers for the Ukrainian people in a message to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and encouraged Catholics to respond to Ukrainian religious leaders' request for prayers for peace Aug. 24.

A photo of Pope Leo XIV taken on the night of his election is seen next to a fake quotation attributed to him that began making the rounds on social media May 14, 2025.

Vatican warns about fake pope quotes, videos

OSV News May 23, 2025

All the speeches and messages Pope Leo XIV has given since becoming pope May 8 are available on the Vatican website, which should be checked before sharing supposed quotes and videos, Vatican News said.

Rock formations are seen along Lake Powell in Page, Ariz., Nov. 23, 2024. Pope Francis released his landmark environmental encyclical "Laudato Si'" 10 years ago May 24, 2015.

As ‘Laudato Si” turns 10, experts urge greater response to pope’s urgent message on climate

OSV News May 22, 2025

With the 10th anniversary of the late pope's "Laudato Si'" approaching May 24, experts wonder: Have we been listening?

Venezuelan migrants arrive on a deportation flight from the U.S. at Simon Bolivar International airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, Feb. 10, 2025.

High court’s decision to allow 350,000 Venezuelans to lose TPS disturbs Catholic advocates

OSV News May 21, 2025

Catholic immigration advocates said they were "disturbed" by a Supreme Court order allowing the Trump administration to end legal protections from deportation for about 350,000 Venezuelan immigrants.

A tribute to Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, is displayed inside the Rate Field baseball stadium in Chicago, May 9, 2025, before a game between the Chicago White Sox and the Miami Marlins.

Chicago Archdiocese, White Sox team up to celebrate Pope Leo and his ‘message of peace’

OSV News May 20, 2025

The Archdiocese of Chicago has scheduled a Mass and a special program June 14 to celebrate the election and inauguration of Pope Leo XIV, a native son of the Windy City.

Pope Leo XIV poses for a photograph with U.S. Vice President JD Vance and his wife, Usha Vance, and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his wife, Jeanette Dousdebes Rubio, in the library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican May 19, 2025.

Pope Leo meets with US Vice President Vance, Secretary of State Rubio

OSV News May 19, 2025

The day after his inauguration Mass, Pope Leo XIV had a closed-door meeting with U.S. Vice President JD Vance at the Vatican.

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer looks on as a bus transporting detained people leaves the Department of Homeland Security field office in Nashville, where multiple immigrant rights groups gathered to protest what they believe to be a multi-agency operation to detain-noncitizens overnight in Nashville, Tenn., May 4, 2025. (OSV News photo/Seth Herald, Reuters)

Tennessee diocese clarifies Mass obligations amid immigration crackdown

OSV News May 16, 2025

Amid an immigration enforcement operation in Nashville, Tennessee, the Diocese of Nashville is reminding faithful that they are not required to attend Sunday Mass.