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Vatican Confirms Pope Leone XIV’s 2026 Italy Tour, With Lampedusa on July 4 and Rimini Meeting on Aug. 22

The Lampedusa stop is framed as a consolatory gesture in continuity with Francis on migration.

Pope Leo XIV Opens New Year With Call for a Disarming Epoch of Peace

Treccani Names Pope Leone XIV 2025 Person of the Year

Pope León XIV Holds First-Ever Audience With Global Clergy-Abuse Survivors’ Coalition

Orsi Says Pope León XIV Intends 2026 Visit to Uruguay, Possibly Argentina

Pope Leone XIV Signs First Apostolic Exhortation 'Dilexi te' Centering the Poor

Cardinal Says Pope León XIV Plans Lebanon Visit by December, Vatican Declines to Confirm

Pope Leo XIV Marks 100 Days of Calm Bridge-Building and Quiet Reforms

Pope Leo XIV Revives Castel Gandolfo Summer Retreat With Call for Compassion

Pope Leo XIV Balances Tradition and Reform During Castel Gandolfo Retreat

Pope Leo XIV Begins Two-Week Retreat at Renovated Villa Barberini

Pope Leo XIV Resumes Papal Summer Retreat at Castel Gandolfo

Pope Leo XIV's Dual Citizenship Raises Legal Questions in the U.S.

Pope Leo XIV Begins Pontificate with Vision for Justice and Global Unity

Pope Leo XIV Prepares for Inauguration with Calls for Peace and Diplomacy

JD Vance to Lead U.S. Delegation at Pope Leo XIV’s Inaugural Mass

Pope Leo XIV Prepares for Historic Inauguration

Pope Leo XIV Calls for Global Peace and Press Freedom in Early Pontificate

Pope Leo XIV Calls for Journalist Freedom and Accepts Invitation to Ukraine

Leo High School Honors Chicago-Born Pope Leo XIV with Prayer Service