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Newly consecrated Bishops, from left, Marc Hanappier, Michel Poinsinet de Sivry, Michael Goldade and Pascal Schreiber wearing their miters and holding their pastoral staffs, stand at the end of their consecration ceremony in a tent set up outside the Society of St. Pius X seminary in Econe, Switzerland, July 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)
July 2, 2026, 9:29 pm
Vatican declares radical sect in schism, excommunicates bishops and priests
Society of St. Pius X, which rejects reforms aimed at mending ties with Jews but denies accusations it teaches antisemitism, punished for appointing bishops without pope’s consent
By Nicole Winfield
Pope Leo XIV attends a meeting with residents and Catholic youths in Piazza del Plebiscito, May 8, 2026 (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
May 8, 2026, 9:26 pm
After Rubio meeting, Pope Leo gives speech asking God to inspire leaders to calm tensions
Pontiff says peace is ‘endangered by international tensions and by an economy that prefers the arms trade to respect for human life,’ praises initiatives to welcome Gazan refugees
By Reuters
Pope Leo XIV appears at his studio's window overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican for the traditional Sunday blessing of the faithful gathered for the noon Angelus prayer, March 8, 2026. (AP/Gregorio Borgia)
March 8, 2026, 2:50 pm
Pope prays that ‘roar of bombs may cease’ across Middle East
Leo says news from region ‘continues to arouse deep dismay,’ expresses concern at ‘violence and devastation and the widespread climate of hatred and fear’
By Agencies
Pope Leo XIV holds his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, January 7, 2026. (AP/Alessandra Tarantino)
January 9, 2026, 2:46 pm
Pope denounces ‘zeal for war,’ laments West Bank violence in foreign policy speech
Palestinian civilian population ‘has the right to live in peace in its own land,’ US-born pontiff says in English, amid annual address to diplomats, the first of his tenure
By Nicole Winfield
Pope Leo XIV looks on as he performs the Christmas mass at St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican on December 25, 2025. (Tiziana FABI / AFP)
December 25, 2025, 3:12 pm
In 1st Christmas mass, Pope Leo laments ‘rain, wind, cold’ facing displaced Gazans
Drawing parallels to the birth of Jesus in a Bethlehem tent, pontiff asks: ‘How, then, can we not think of the tents in Gaza?’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Pope Leo XIV arrives at Beirut's international airport in Lebanon on November 30, 2025. (AP Photo/ Domenico Stinellis)
November 30, 2025, 8:28 pm
Pope calls two states ‘only solution’ to Palestinian conflict as he opens Lebanon visit
Leo XIV arrives in Beirut under tight security, urges Lebanese citizens to remain in country, which has seen waves of emigration due to war and sectarian divisions
By Agencies
From right, Monsignor Rino Fisichella, Rome's Mayor Roberto Gualtieri and Italian government undersecretary Alfredo Mantovano look at the 15th century Borso D'Este Bible, after its unveiling at the Italian Senate as part of the Vatican's Holy Year celebrations in Rome, Nov. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
November 29, 2025, 9:46 pm
‘Mona Lisa of manuscripts’: Rare 15th-century bible on display in Rome
The Borso D’Este Bible, famed for its intricate gold and lapis-lazuli illuminations, is accessible to the public in Italian Senate for first time in decades
By AP
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) shakes hands with Pope Leo XIV during an official welcoming ceremony at the Presidential Complex in Ankara on November 27, 2025. (Handout / TURKISH PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE / AFP)
November 27, 2025, 8:43 pm
On 1st trip abroad, Pope Leo calls for Turkey to be ‘source of stability’ in war-torn world
Erdogan hails new pope’s ‘astute stance’ on Palestinian issue as they meet in Ankara; security cautions in place for Leo’s visit to Lebanon on Sunday, Vatican says
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Swiss Guards march prior to the arrival of Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrive in the St. Damasus Courtyard at the Vatican for a state visit, where they will meet with Pope Leo XIV and pray with him in the Sistine Chapel, October 23, 2025. (AP Photo/ Andrew Medichini)
November 10, 2025, 9:10 pm
Vatican investigates Swiss Guard after alleged antisemitic incident in St. Peter’s Square
Israeli writer and theater director says member of the guard hissed ‘the Jews’ at her, and a colleague made spitting gesture, during a papal audience last month
By Giada Zampano
This photo taken and handout on November 6, 2025 by The Vatican Media shows Pope Leo XIV during a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas in The Vatican. (Photo by Handout / VATICAN MEDIA / AFP)
November 6, 2025, 6:15 pm
Pope Leo meets PA’s Abbas, discusses need for Gaza aid, two-state solution
Thursday’s visit is the first meeting between the Palestinian Authority president and the new pope; Abbas met Leo’s predecessor, Francis, several times
By AP and ToI Staff
Pope Leo XIV delivers his blessing, next to Cardinal Mario Grech (L) and Bishop Luis Marin de San Martin (R) after participating in the Synod Teams and Participatory Bodies in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican on October 24, 2025. (Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP)
October 24, 2025, 11:01 pm
Pope beatifies 11 ‘martyr’ priests killed by Nazi Germany, Communist Czechoslovakia
Proclamation by Leo XIV honors 9 Polish Salesian priests killed at Dachau and Auschwitz during WWII, diocesan pair executed in sham 1951 trial
By AFP
Pope Leo XIV gestures as he attends the Jubilee Mass for the Missionary World and Migrants at St Peter's Square in The Vatican on October 4, 2025. (Andreas SOLARO / AFP)
October 7, 2025, 4:41 pm
Pope Leo to visit Lebanon and Turkey on first overseas trip since becoming pontiff
Pontiff will make first papal visit to Lebanon since Benedict XVI in 2012, after receiving invitation from the country’s Maronite Christian president
By AFP
Pope Leo XIV (R) talks with Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin at the end of the meditation by Sr. Maria Gloria Riva of the Perpetual Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament, part of the Jubilee of the Holy See at the Aula Paolo VI (Paul VI Audience Hall), in The Vatican, on June 9, 2025. (Tiziana FABI / AFP)
October 6, 2025, 11:02 pm
Vatican’s top diplomat says Israel carrying out ‘ongoing massacre’ in Gaza
Cardinal Parolin also urges Hamas to free hostages, calls Oct. 7 ‘indefensible’; top Catholic leader in the Holy Land: Christians should be bridge between Israelis, Palestinians
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Anne Doliwa, a Catholic pilgrim from California, visiting Rome with her family, in St. Peter’s Square on September 15, 2025. (Rossella Tercatin/Times of Israel)
September 18, 2025, 11:40 am
In St. Peter’s Square, pilgrims hail new ‘Millennial’ saint, unaware of anti-Jewish undertones
Chief rabbi of Rome says it’s unsurprising many know little of the Church’s history of antisemitism, but focusing on newly canonized Carlo Acutis’s work is not the right way to address it
By Rossella Tercatin
A nun checks her phone as a portrait of late Italian teenager Carlo Acutis is displayed onto the facade of Saint Peter's Basilica in the background ahead of a Holy Mass and canonization of Blessed Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati in St Peter's Square at the Vatican on September 7, 2025. (Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP)
September 7, 2025, 4:30 pm
‘God’s influencer’: Pope Leo proclaims first millennial saint at Vatican
Carlo Acutis, who died at 15, canonized for documenting miracles and other elements of Catholicism online; Vatican criticized for overlooking antisemitic motifs tied to some of the miracles
By AFP and ToI Staff
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