PHOTO GALLERY: Pope Leo XIV begins spiritual exercises

Feb 22, 2026 11:42

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV and the senior leadership of the Roman Curia entered into the silence of Lent Photo: Vatican Media

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Pope Leo XIV to Equatorial Guinea: video captures the Holy Father’s travel coordinator visiting the country ahead of a papal trip

If Malabo’s walk-through on 9 February is any indication, the new pontificate intends to move early and visibly. For the Vatican, apostolic travel has never been mere movement; it is a pastoral act staged in public space

Feb 17, 2026 18:01

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Pope Leo XIV•Pro Life

Health for all: a speech by Leo XIV on health and human life

Address of the Pope to participants in the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Academy for Life

Feb 16, 2026 17:16

ZENIT Staff

Pope Leo XIV

Opus Dei before the Pope: what was said about the new statutes and some controversies in Argentina

In addition, they discussed the situation of vocations in the Church and, particularly, the contrast between the situation in Africa and in Europe.

Feb 16, 2026 17:05

ZENIT Staff

Angelus•Pope Leo XIV

What is true justice in love? Pope Leo XIV answers

Address on the occasion of the Angelus prayer on Sunday, February 15, 2026

Feb 15, 2026 18:59

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Dicasteries•Pope Leo XIV•Woman

Another Woman Appointed to the Dicastery for Bishops. Leo XIV Confirms Other Members

She is Sister Simona Brambilla, M.C., Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life

Feb 15, 2026 18:33

ZENIT Staff

Under the agreement with China, Leo XIV appoints a new bishop

Chang Yanfeng, 42, was ordained bishop today under the Sino-Holy See agreement to a diocese that has been without its own pastor for 20 years. Just three weeks ago, the new prelate had to publicly commit the local Church to a controversial law designed to eliminate minorities.

Leo XIV encourages religious to view community life as a source of inspiration and sanctification

Message from Leo XIV to the Conference of Major Superiors of Men’s Religious Orders in the United States

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PHOTO GALLERY: Pope Leo XIV begins spiritual exercises

This is what Pope Leo XIV’s tour of Italy will look like: these are the seven different cities he will visit in four months

Three Areas Where the Fire of Pastoral Ministry Can Be Rekindled, According to Pope Leo XIV

The 4 tasks Pope Leo XIV gave to the Legionaries of Christ: charism, authority, missionary unity, and synodality

“The missionary scope of Lent”: Pope Leo XIV’s Ash Wednesday homily, with which he opens his first Lent

What does it mean that the Church is the mystery made perceptible? Pope Leo XIV explains it

“May the Pope retain his complete freedom to speak the truth and proclaim Jesus Christ,” asks Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV to Equatorial Guinea: video captures the Holy Father’s travel coordinator visiting the country ahead of a papal trip

Health for all: a speech by Leo XIV on health and human life

Opus Dei before the Pope: what was said about the new statutes and some controversies in Argentina

What is true justice in love? Pope Leo XIV answers

Another Woman Appointed to the Dicastery for Bishops. Leo XIV Confirms Other Members