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PHOTOS: Pope Leo XIV meets with students, visits hospital, holds stadium Mass in Cameroon
Posted on 04/17/2026 14:26 PM (CNA Daily News - Vatican)
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
Posted on 04/17/2026 13:56 PM (CNA Daily News - Vatican)
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
Posted on 04/17/2026 13:26 PM (CNA Daily News - Vatican)
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
Posted on 04/17/2026 12:56 PM (CNA Daily News - Vatican)
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’
Posted on 04/17/2026 12:26 PM (CNA Daily News - Vatican)
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
Posted on 04/17/2026 11:56 AM (CNA Daily News - Vatican)
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
Posted on 04/17/2026 11:26 AM (CNA Daily News - Vatican)
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
Posted on 04/17/2026 10:56 AM (CNA Daily News - Vatican)
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?
Posted on 04/17/2026 10:26 AM (CNA Daily News - Vatican)
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
Posted on 04/17/2026 09:13 AM (CNA Daily News - Vatican)
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.”