The rest of the 17 members were elected to the council last October, including Bishop Daniel E. Flores of Brownsville, Texas. The pope is considered the council’s chairman.

Pope Leo XIV greets journalists during an audience with media representatives in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican, on May 12, 2025. isabella Bonotto/Anadolu via Getty Images ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Monday called for the release of imprisoned journalists and affirmed the “precious gift of free speech and the press” in an audience with some of the ...

Pope Leo XIV said on Sunday that unity in the Catholic Church “is nourished by forgiveness and mutual trust,” after bestowing the pallium on 54 new metropolitan archbishops on the Solemnity of ...

Pope Leo XIV pledged to work to “pursue the path of unity and fraternal charity” in a meeting in Castel Gandolfo with Orthodox and Catholic clergy from the United States.

Pope Leo XIV greets Buddhist monks who present him with gifts during a meeting with religious leaders at the Vatican May 19, 2025. The leaders were in Rome for the pope’s inauguration Mass. (CNS ...

Pope Leo XIV condemns war and the "allure of powerful and sophisticated weapons" in an appeal for peace at the conclusion of his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican June 18, 2025.

Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from Matthew Bunson’s new book, Leo XIV: Portrait of the First American Pope, from EWTN Publishing and available at EWTNRC.com.

Pope Leo XIV will hold his inaugural Mass on Sunday in a ceremony expected to draw a uniquely large number of world leaders, dignitaries and religious figures to St. Peter's Square.