This Is the Official Portrait of Leo XIV Presented to the Pope by the Artist Himself

Feb 22, 2026 11:48

ZENIT Staff

Roberto Ferri personally presented Pope Leo XIV with the official portrait he had painted. Photo: Andrea Giorgio

Pope Leo XIV

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

Address of the Pope to the members of the Pro Petri Sede Association

Feb 18, 2026 16:33

ZENIT Staff

Local Church•Pope Leo XIV

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

ZENIT Staff

Amid the polarization between Trump and Leo XIV, U.S. police respond to a bomb threat at the home of the Pope’s brother

Police in New Lenox, a suburban community outside Chicago, responded on the evening of April 15 at approximately 6:30 p.m. to reports of a bomb threat at the home of John Prevost, one of the Pope’s two older brothers

Leo XIV on TIME magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people

Pope Benedict XVI appeared three times, while Francis was featured on six occasions, reflecting different phases in the Church’s engagement with global issues

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This Is the Official Portrait of Leo XIV Presented to the Pope by the Artist Himself

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