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Year One of the Leonine era was in many ways a “January” year. How Leo chose to enter Year Two says much about the way he will govern the Church.

Cardinal Isao Kikuchi spoke with Crux Now to share his impressions of Pope Leo XIV's first year and his outlook on what is to come.

In a message shared with Crux Now, the Archbishop of Hyderabad and president of India's bishops' conference offers prayerful best wishes on behalf of all the country's prelates for the occasion and for the future.

Pope Leo XIV praised the city and its people while warning against spiritual neglect and civic apathy born of discouragement.

An Islamic State-affiliated group attacked villages in Congo near the border with Uganda, killing at least 40 people and burning and looting homes, a local civil society group said Friday.

Pope Leo XIV marked the first anniversary of his election with a pastoral visit to the southern Italian cities of Pompeii and Naples.

ROME — Unlike Pope Francis, who shook things up early on with a flurry of reforms, appointments and new structures, Pope Leo XIV has sought to find his footing and take a longer view of his pontificate. Leo has made some significant decisions so far, and has several challenges looming. […]

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio made a fence-mending visit to the Vatican on Thursday to underscore strong bilateral ties, after U.S. President Donald Trump’s broadsides against Pope Leo XIV for his opposition to the Iran war.

The Catholic Church in Saxony-Anhalt has launched a campaign ahead of September’s crucial elections in the eastern German state, where polling suggests that the far-right could emerge as the strongest party.

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