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- PHOTOS: Pope Leo XIV Visits Paris and Lourdes on Second Day of France Trip
  
  Pope Leo waves to the crowds in Paris on Sept. 26, 2026. Pope Leo XIV visited the Maison Bakhita Center and celebrated an open-air Mass at Place de la...
- Pope Leo Prays at Lourdes Shrine
  
  Pope Leo prays at the Lourdes grotto Sept. 26, 2026, during his trip to France. ‘We pray to you, our Mother.’
- Illinois Bishop Announces First-Ever Parish to Be Named After Blessed Fulton Sheen
  
  St. Mary Catholic Church in El Paso, Illinois, where Blessed Fulton Sheen was baptized. The combined parish of St. Mary in El Paso, Illinois, and St. John in...
News from the Vatican
- Pope Leo XIV affirms need for media to cover public figures when asked about Trump ban
  
  Pope Leo XIV told journalists they were welcome to report on him, as he responded to the Trump administration’s attempt to bar U.S. media from the White House and affirmed the importance of...
- Pope heads to secular France with an appeal to respect the dignity of every human life
  
  Pope Leo XIV is taking his call to respect the dignity of every human life on the road with a weekend visit to France, where the Catholic Church has lost ground on influencing ethical issues as the...
- Fulton J. Sheen declared Blessed in St. Louis
  
  The beatification Mass was a celebration of Catholicism in the United States as much as of it was of Sheen, a titan of Catholic evangelism in the 20th century.