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PHOTOS: Pope Leo XIV meets with students, visits hospital, holds stadium Mass in Cameroon

The Holy Father will stay in Cameroon one more night before traveling to Angola on April 18.

U.S. Ambassador Burch pledges to focus on common ground between Trump and Pope Leo XIV

The ambassador said he seeks to focus on what unites Trump and Leo as bishops continue to call for peace.

Pope Leo XIV calls for the ‘safeguarding’ and ‘accompanying’ of minors and vulnerable adults

The pope said the protection of the vulnerable “challenges the conscience of the Church and measures its ability to express authentic care.”

Jury dismisses copyright claim brought by Catholic composer over 1980 hymn

Vincent Ambrosetti had accused songwriter Bernadette Farrell and Oregon Catholic Press of copyright infringement against his 1980 hymn “Emmanuel.”

Pope tells Catholic university students in Cameroon to ‘search for truth’

Leo also addressed artificial intelligence and invited the students to be pioneers of “a new humanism in the context of the digital revolution.”

Popes’ alma mater in Rome celebrates 25 years of Eucharistic adoration

St. John Paul II and Pope Leo XIV both studied at the University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome.

Coast Guard agrees to ‘structural protections’ for religious personnel

The military branch will commit to “individualized reviews” of service members and mandate religious accommodation training for leadership roles.

U.S. Embassy to the Vatican: Nigerian Christians are being targeted

Ambassador Brian Burch described the situation in Nigeria as a “conflict between radical Islamic groups and Christians because of their faith.”

EWTN News explains: Why does the pope visit mosques on papal trips?

Why do popes make visits to Islamic mosques, courting controversy and criticism by taking part in events at holy sites of another religion?

Catholic theologians explain why war is a ‘matter of morality’ after Vance comments on Pope Leo XIV

Vice President JD Vance asked the Vatican to “stick to matters of morality” amid Pope Leo XIV’s Iran war concerns. Catholic theologians say war and other public policies are “matters of morality.”