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St. Francis’ Song of Praise for Creation: The Story Behind the Canticle of the Creatures

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Pope Leo XIV waves to the faithful gathered at the Piazza della Libertà at Castel Gandolfo for his Sunday Angelus on Aug. 16, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV: Violence against Palestinians in West Bank must stop

During his Aug. 16 Angelus address at Castel Gandolfo, the pontiff urged a 2-state solution in the
Pope Leo XIV presides at Holy Mass for the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in the Pontifical Parish of Saint Thomas of Villanova at the summer papal estate in Castel Gandolfo, southeast of Rome, Aug. 15, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV: Mary shows that ‘true beauty’ is found in ‘the light of the Risen Lord’

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Assumption of the Virgin Mary fresco painting in San Petronio Basilica in Bologna, Italy. | Credit: Zvonimir Atletic/Shutterstock

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Over the centuries the Catholic Church has formally proclaimed four Marian dogmas: her immaculate conception, divine motherhood,
Pope Leo XIV pays tribute to migrants lost at sea in a ceremony at the port of Arguineguín in Spain’s Canary Islands on June 11, 2026. | Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News

Pope Leo: Child migrants are too easily ignored by society

The pontiff’s message was published ahead of the 112th World Day of Migrants and Refugees, observed on
Chapel of St. Francis' cell in San Francesco a Ripa. Credit: EWTN Vatican.

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Pope Leo at the "Raising Hope" climate conference in Castel Gandolfo. Credit: Vatican Media

St. Francis’ Song of Praise for Creation: The Story Behind the Canticle of the Creatures

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