During his pastoral visit to Acerra, Italy, Pope Leo XIV addressed mayors and local residents of the town in the 'Land of Fires,' urging everyone to join together to correct course, and saying the principal meaning of his presence there was 'to confirm and encourage that stirring of dignity and responsibility that every honest heart feels when life springs forth and is immediately threatened by death.'

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A four-week conference at the United Nations to review the treaty to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons ends without an agreement.

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Pope Leo XIV, in the southern Italian town of Acerra, encourages the faithful to make room for a prayer that becomes service and for a faith that dares to touch the wounds of society.

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As the Church celebrates the Solemnity of Pentecost, Jenny Kraska offers her thoughts on the day's liturgical readings, reflecting on the theme, "Proof that God enjoys a challenge”.

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While the bishops proposed many possible topics for the meeting, the pontiff emphasized dialogue and peace as priorities. The pope also said migrants must be respected and needed services not denied.

A Washington suit over hospital treatment of employees, a Pennsylvania appeal against abortion funding, and a Maine senator's absence from abortion-related meetings in this week's pro-life roundup.

In addition, the pope will declare four other religious from various countries as venerable.

State officials also agreed to pay $250,000 in attorneys’ fees to the Christian couple who brought the lawsuit.

The 2026 Eucharistic pilgrimage will launch in St. Augustine, Florida, where the first recorded Catholic Mass within the future continental United States was celebrated.

Ahead of the publication of Leo's first encyclical, what do his writings and speeches, both before and after his election, reveal about his thought?