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Politics & Power: Pope Leo XIV’s playbook maintains same faith, but makes sharper moves

Christopher White, a Senior Fellow at Georgetown University and former Vatican correspondent, joins News4JAX anchor Bruce Hamilton for this week’s episode of “Politics & Power” to talk about Pope Leo ... Read More

Pope Leo XIV breaks silence — presses Europe to act as Ukraine war drags on

TW: Mentions details about a devastating war. Vatican’s Pope Leo XIV has a political opinion, and we are here to listen! Pope has claimed that Europe must play a central role in any Ukraine peace ... Read More

Pope Leo XIV urges mercy, reform as Jubilee of Prisoners closes Holy Year

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday presided over the final major celebration of the Holy Year, calling for renewed commitment to justice, rehabilitation, and hope as he celebrated a Jubilee Mass dedicated to ... Read More

Pope Leo XIV: NCR's Newsmaker of the Year, 2025

The pontiff offers something rare: a pastor-leader urging the church to reclaim the dignity of every person — not as an abstract idea, but as the core of its public witness. Read More

The ‘quiet American’: What should we make of Pope Leo’s improbable first six months?

Leo XIV has governed through pastoral warmth, quiet competence and careful incrementalism. Whether that approach heals the Catholic Church’s deep, perennial divisions is the question that will define ... Read More

JB Pritzker huddles with Chicago-born Pope at Vatican to rip ICE ops

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker was granted an audience with fellow Illini Pope Leo XIV, where the two exchanged gifts and discussed their collective criticisms of President Donald Trump’s "Operation Midway ... Read More

Pope Leo XIV criticizes prison overcrowding during special Mass for inmates, guards and families

Pope Leo XIV criticized prison overcrowding and insufficient inmate rehabilitation programs on Sunday as he celebrated a special Mass for detainees, guards and their families in the final event of ... Read More

EWTN News Poll: 70% of American Catholics View Pope Leo XIV Favorably

More than two-thirds of American Catholic voters have a favorable opinion of Pope Leo XIV during the first year of his pontificate, and only a tiny percentage view him in an unfavorable light, ... Read More

Under glare of world’s media, Pope Leo XIV to visit Turkey and Lebanon on first foreign trip

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV is embarking on his first foreign trip, a pilgrimage to Turkey and Lebanon that would be delicate under any circumstances but is even more fraught given Mideast tensions ... Read More

Pope Leo XIV condemns attack on Sydney’s Jewish community, prays for victims

Pope Leo XIV on Monday condemned a deadly attack on the Jewish community in Sydney and entrusted the victims to God in prayer. Read More