Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attends a press conference after a meeting of European leaders in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on May 10, 2025. / Credit: GENYA SAVILOV/AFP via Getty Images Vatican City, May 12, 2025 / 12:04 pm (CNA).The Holy See Press Office confirmed on Monday that the two leaders had spoken after the pope expressed concern for Ukraine during his Sunday address.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attends a press conference after a meeting of European leaders in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on May 10, 2025. / Credit: GENYA SAVILOV/AFP via Getty Images
Vatican City, May 12, 2025 / 12:04 pm (CNA).
The Holy See Press Office confirmed on Monday that the two leaders had spoken after the pope expressed concern for Ukraine during his Sunday address.
Bishop Robert Francis Prevost was named prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Bishops on Jan. 30, 2023. / Credit: Frayjhonattan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Rome Newsroom, May 12, 2025 / 14:24 pm (CNA).Here are some of the countries the Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV has visited — or where he has been based for pastoral reasons — outside of the U.S. in the last three decades.
Bishop Robert Francis Prevost was named prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Bishops on Jan. 30, 2023. / Credit: Frayjhonattan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Rome Newsroom, May 12, 2025 / 14:24 pm (CNA).
Here are some of the countries the Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV has visited — or where he has been based for pastoral reasons — outside of the U.S. in the last three decades.
Pope Leo XIV, when he was a bishop, received the Gold Medal of St. Toribio de Mogrovejo from the Peruvian bishops in 2023. / Credit: Peruvian Bishops' Conference YouTube/screenshot Lima Newsroom, May 12, 2025 / 15:36 pm (CNA).In 2023, then-Bishop Robert Prevost recalled his early meetings with Pope Francis when the latter was archbishop of Buenos Aires when they didn't always agree.
Pope Leo XIV, when he was a bishop, received the Gold Medal of St. Toribio de Mogrovejo from the Peruvian bishops in 2023. / Credit: Peruvian Bishops' Conference YouTube/screenshot
Lima Newsroom, May 12, 2025 / 15:36 pm (CNA).
In 2023, then-Bishop Robert Prevost recalled his early meetings with Pope Francis when the latter was archbishop of Buenos Aires when they didn't always agree.
Monument of the Guardian Angel of Portugal apparition to the three little shepherd children of Fátima. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA National Catholic Register, May 13, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA).May 13 is the optional memorial of Our Lady of Fátima, arguably the most prominent approved apparition of the 20th century.
Monument of the Guardian Angel of Portugal apparition to the three little shepherd children of Fátima. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA
National Catholic Register, May 13, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA).
May 13 is the optional memorial of Our Lady of Fátima, arguably the most prominent approved apparition of the 20th century.
Pope Leo XIV with his friend Father Hugo Gabriel Sánchez on May 12, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Father Hugo Gabriel Sánchez Vatican City, May 13, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).On Sunday, May 12, Pope Leo XIV made time in his busy schedule to welcome his friend Father Hugo Sánchez and Sánchez's mother to the Vatican.
Pope Leo XIV with his friend Father Hugo Gabriel Sánchez on May 12, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Father Hugo Gabriel Sánchez
Vatican City, May 13, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).
On Sunday, May 12, Pope Leo XIV made time in his busy schedule to welcome his friend Father Hugo Sánchez and Sánchez's mother to the Vatican.
Delegates at the 2024 Synod on Synodality participate in roundtable meetings on Oct. 10, 2024, in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Vatican City, May 13, 2025 / 11:43 am (CNA).As prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops, the now-Pope Leo XIV participated in both sessions of the assembly of the Synod on Synodality in October 2023 and October 2024.
Delegates at the 2024 Synod on Synodality participate in roundtable meetings on Oct. 10, 2024, in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA
Vatican City, May 13, 2025 / 11:43 am (CNA).
As prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops, the now-Pope Leo XIV participated in both sessions of the assembly of the Synod on Synodality in October 2023 and October 2024.
Jeanne Vath Ory receives her Regina Matrum Award after a special vigil Mass was celebrated by New Orleans Archbishop Gregory Aymond at her home parish, St. Joan of Arc in LaPlace, Louisiana, on May 12, 2025, the day after Mother's Day. / Credit: Kim Roberts CNA Staff, May 13, 2025 / 12:12 pm (CNA).A Catholic mother of 10 and grandmother of 30 was honored by New Orleans' Archbishop Gregory Aymond during a special vigil Mass on May 12.
Jeanne Vath Ory receives her Regina Matrum Award after a special vigil Mass was celebrated by New Orleans Archbishop Gregory Aymond at her home parish, St. Joan of Arc in LaPlace, Louisiana, on May 12, 2025, the day after Mother's Day. / Credit: Kim Roberts
CNA Staff, May 13, 2025 / 12:12 pm (CNA).
A Catholic mother of 10 and grandmother of 30 was honored by New Orleans' Archbishop Gregory Aymond during a special vigil Mass on May 12.
A Planned Parenthood facility in Indianapolis. / Credit: Jonathan Weiss/Shutterstock CNA Staff, May 13, 2025 / 14:18 pm (CNA).The organization provided 402,230 abortions over the year, an increase of nearly 10,000 abortions from the previous year's report and a record high in the abortion giant's history.
A Planned Parenthood facility in Indianapolis. / Credit: Jonathan Weiss/Shutterstock
CNA Staff, May 13, 2025 / 14:18 pm (CNA).
The organization provided 402,230 abortions over the year, an increase of nearly 10,000 abortions from the previous year's report and a record high in the abortion giant's history.
Former United States Ambassador to the Holy See Francis Rooney speaks to "EWTN News Nightly" anchor Catherine Hadro on Monday, May 12, 2025. / Credit: EWTN News Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 13, 2025 / 14:48 pm (CNA).Francis Rooney said Pope Leo XIV will be a "fantastic pope" because he "can communicate with people in a very clear but nonthreatening way."
Former United States Ambassador to the Holy See Francis Rooney speaks to "EWTN News Nightly" anchor Catherine Hadro on Monday, May 12, 2025. / Credit: EWTN News
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 13, 2025 / 14:48 pm (CNA).
Francis Rooney said Pope Leo XIV will be a "fantastic pope" because he "can communicate with people in a very clear but nonthreatening way."
Current Chiclayo Bishop Edinson Farfán at a press conference on Friday, May 9, 2025. / Credit: Diego López Marina/ACI Prensa Lima Newsroom, May 13, 2025 / 15:56 pm (CNA).Bishop Edinson Farfán of Chiclayo, Peru, is publicly defending the actions of his predecessor, now Pope Leo XIV, in the face of accusations that he covered up sexual abuse.
Current Chiclayo Bishop Edinson Farfán at a press conference on Friday, May 9, 2025. / Credit: Diego López Marina/ACI Prensa
Lima Newsroom, May 13, 2025 / 15:56 pm (CNA).
Bishop Edinson Farfán of Chiclayo, Peru, is publicly defending the actions of his predecessor, now Pope Leo XIV, in the face of accusations that he covered up sexual abuse.
