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Pope Leo XIV appears at his studio's window to bless the faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican for the Angelus prayer, Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Leo XIV marvels at ‘huge learning curve’ in an interview released on his 70th birthday

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Israel's President Isaac Herzog, left, meets with Pope Leo XIV in the pope's private library during a private audience at the Vatican, Thursday, Sep. 4, 2025. (Simone Risoluti/Vatican Media via AP)

Pope Leo and Vatican insist on 2-state solution to end Gaza war during meeting with Israel president

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV holds up a baby as he greets faithful during the weekly general audience at the Vatican, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope highlights virtue of listening while accepting award from U.S. Augustinians

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Pope Leo XIV reads his message during the weekly general audience at the Vatican, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope demands end to ‘collective punishment’ and forced displacement of Palestinians in Gaza

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

President of Chagos Refugees Group Louis Olivier Bancoult holds a statue of the Virgin at the Vatican, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025. Mary(Philippe Sands Via AP)

Pope affirms right of people to return home after unjust exile in meeting with Chagos refugees

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV waves as he arrives to hold a Pentecost vigil in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Saturday, June 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)

100 days of Pope Leo XIV: A calm papacy that avoids polemics is coming into focus

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV is greeted by faithful as he arrives at the St. Thomas of Villanova Church to celebrate a mass, in Castel Gandolfo, on the outskirts of Rome, Friday, Aug.15, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Leo XIV prays for peace as U.S.-Russia summit over Ukraine war gets underway

By Andrea Rosa, Nicole Winfield and Derek Gatopoulos - Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV greets faithful at the end of a mass celebrated by Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle in St. Peter's Basilica on the occasion of the Youth Jubilee at the Vatican, Tuesday, July 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Leo XIV gets rock star’s welcome at Catholic influencer festival

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV waves to faithful as he arrives to celebrate a mass inside the St. Thomas of Villanova church in Castel Gandolfo, Sunday, July 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope celebrates Mass in parish church with special ties to his Augustinian order

By Nicole Winfield and Silvia Stellacci - Associated Press

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and Pope Leo XIV wave to journalists during their meeting in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, Wednesday, July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy meets with Pope Leo XIV. Both propose the Vatican as site for peace talks

By Gregorio Borgia - Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV leads the Mass for the Care of Creation, in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, Wednesday, July 9, 2025. (Yara Nardi/Pool Via AP)

Pope prays for world to recognize urgency of climate crisis as he celebrates Mass’ using new rite

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Nuns stand next to copies of L'Osservatore Romano newspaper with headlines in Latin of Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, Friday, May 9, 2025, a day after he was elected as the first North American pope. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, file)

Vatican says leaked documents were only part of information Pope Francis used to restrict Latin Mass

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV gestures as he arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Wednesday, June 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)

Pope speaks about childhood and early mornings as an altar boy in unscripted visit with campers

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Nuns stand next to copies of L'Osservatore Romano newspaper with headlines in Latin of Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, Friday, May 9, 2025, a day after he was elected as the first North American pope. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, file)

Debate over Latin Mass heats up after apparent leak of Vatican documents that undermine Pope Francis

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV look at a pallium, he blessed for the new metropolitan archbishops during a Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Sunday, June 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Leo XIV marks feast day as Vatican launches campaign to help erase its $57-68 million deficit

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV look at a pallium, he blessed for the new metropolitan archbishops during a Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Sunday, June 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Leo XIV marks feast day as Vatican launches campaign to help erase its $57-68 million deficit

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV arrives in St. Peter's Square to hold his weekly general audience, at the Vatican, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Leo XIV affirms celibacy for priests, demands ‘decisive’ action on sex abuse

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV waves during a meditation with the participants into the Jubilee of Seminarists in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Tuesday, May 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Leo XIV offers an uplifting message urging seminarians to be joyful and honest

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, June 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Leo XIV says there should be no tolerance for abuse of any kind in Catholic Church

By Franklin Brinceno - Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, June 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Leo XIV flags AI impact on kids’ intellectual and spiritual development

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press