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Pope Leo XIV appears at the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican where Catholic faithful and pilgrims gathered for the traditional Sunday blessing at the end of the noon Angelus prayer, Sunday, March 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope highlights plight of vulnerable adults in abuse and meets with top Opus Dei critic

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV holds his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)

Pope Leo will accept the Liberty Medal in a remote broadcast from Rome

By Maryclaire Dale - Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV appears at the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican where Catholic faithful and pilgrims gathered for the traditional Sunday blessing at the end of the noon Angelus prayer, Sunday, March 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope escalates call for ceasefire in Iran by addressing those responsible for the war

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV waves as he arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

After a renovation, Pope Leo XIV moves into the papal apartment eschewed by Pope Francis

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Cardinal Konrad Krajewski walks after being elected in a consistory in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, June 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)

Pope appoints trusted fellow Augustinian to run Vatican’s charity office

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The head of Vatican Security, Gianluca Gauzzi Broccoletti, center, follows Pope Leo XIV as he visits the parish complex of Santa Maria della Presentazione on the outskirts of Rome, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope announces resignation of U.S. bishop accused of embezzling $270K from California parish

Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV waves as he boards a flight back to the Vatican after his visit to Lebanon at Beirut International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Pope Leo XIV sends message of support to southern Lebanon as he ends 1st foreign trip

By Nicole Winfield, Kareem Chehayeb and Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Priest Maurice El Khoury, left, leads Sunday Mass inside a room usually used as a residence for visiting bishops next to St. George Melkite Catholic Church, which was destroyed in an Israeli airstrike, in the town of Dardghaya, southern Lebanon, Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Pope’s visit rekindles hope in war- and crisis-battered Lebanon

By Kareem Chehayeb and Abby Sewell - 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)

Can Pope Leo XIV heal the wounds left by Pope Francis?

By Taylor R. Marshall

Pope Leo XIV leads a meditation with the participants into the Jubilee of Bishops inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Leo tells bishops to embrace celibacy, confront abuse without compromise

By Emma Ayers - The Washington Times

Artificial intelligence (AI) illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Pope Leo, AI and the coming battle for human dignity

By Tom Basile

A Chicago Sun-Times newspaper front page shows "DA POPE!" at a grocery store in Mount Prospect, Ill., Thursday, May 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

There’s an American pope, and he’s just like us. At least, we really, really want him to be

By Ted Anthony - Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV meets members of the international media in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

Pope Leo XIV links AI revolution to Catholic Church’s social mission

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV concelebrates Mass with the College of Cardinals inside the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican the day after his election as 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, Friday, May 9, 2025. (Vatican Media via AP)

A day of firsts; Pope Leo XIV sets a new tone, but follows Francis on key issues

By Eric J. Lyman - Special to The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in front of the West Wing of the White House, Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Trump White House sidesteps backlash over American pope’s anti-MAGA posts

By Emma Ayers - The Washington Times

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, appears on the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican shortly after his election as the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

New pope led Order of St. Augustine dedicated to the poor and service

By Peter Smith - Associated Press

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV concelebrates Mass with the College of Cardinals inside the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican the day after his election as 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, Friday, May 9, 2025. (Vatican Media via AP)

Trump, Biden, U.S. Catholics hail first American pope

By Emma Ayers - The Washington Times