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Pope Leo replaces New York's Cardinal Dolan

Pope Leo XIV has replaced Cardinal Timothy Dolan as leader of the Catholic Church in New York, the Vatican announced, sidelining a prominent US Church figure in a major shake-up of the country's Catholic leadership.

US • 18 Dec 25

The vote maintains the Church's practice of an all-male clergy

Vatican commission votes against women deacons

A high-level Vatican commission has voted against allowing women to serve as deacons, maintaining the Church's practice of all-male clergy, according to report given to Pope Leo XIV.

World • 04 Dec 25

Pope urges crowds in Lebanon to fix troubled country

Pope Leo XIV made a fervent appeal to Lebanon's diverse communities to unite to solve the crisis-hit country's myriad problems at a mass attended by tens of thousands which wrapped up his first overseas trip as Catholic leader.

World • 02 Dec 25

Pope Leo XIV is welcomed by Lebanese President Joseph Aoun upon arrival at Beirut International Airport

Pope takes message of peace to Lebanon

Pope Leo XIV has arrived in Lebanon for a two-day trip where he is expected to bring a message of peace.

World • 30 Nov 25

Pope Leo XIV at the centre of a group of people being led around a mosque

Pope visits Istanbul's Blue Mosque

Pope Leo XIV has visited Istanbul's Blue Mosque on the third day of his trip to Turkey.

World • 29 Nov 25

Pope Leo XIV greets Cate Blanchett during an audience with the Film Industry at the Clementine Hall of the Apostolic Palace on November 15, 2025 in Vatican Che ity, Vatican. The Vatican’s Apostolic Palace was filled with actors, actresses, filmmakers, and

Watch: Pope Leo XIV hosts Hollywood stars at Vatican

Pope Leo XIV has told a group of leading Hollywood actors and filmmakers at an audience in the Vatican that cinemas are struggling to survive and that more should be done to protect them and preserve the shared experience of watching movies.

World • 15 Nov 25

Pope Leo XIV gestures as he leads mass in Rome

Pope bestows significant honour on St John Henry Newman

Pope Leo XIV has proclaimed Saint John Henry Newman a Doctor of the Church during mass celebrated in Saint Peter's Square in the Vatican, on the Feast of All Saints.

Ireland • 01 Nov 25

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky shook hands with US Vice President JD Vance ahead of this morning's mass led by Pope Leo XIV

Zelensky meets US Vice President Vance in Rome

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky had a 30 minute meeting with US Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the sidelines of Pope Leo XIV's inauguration.

World • 18 May 25

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