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Pope Leo XIV’s travel plans are no longer just Vatican “maybes.” In the past few weeks, multiple local churches — and the Holy See itself — have begun sketching an emerging 2026 (and beyond) map that points decisively away from a “homecoming” narrative and toward the Church’s fast-growing and often fragile frontiers. The clearest headline Read More…

Pope Leo’s travel calendar comes into focus

Over the past decade, Nigeria has endured a relentless wave of terror targeting Catholic clergy and Christian communities, with at least 212 Catholic priests kidnapped between 2015 and 2025, according to an ongoing study shared by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria with the pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN). This figure, Read More…

Another priest kidnapped in Nigeria’s decade of terror

The president of Peru’s conference of bishops said a late 2026 papal visit to the country has a probability of approximately 80%. [...]

During his years as Prior General of the Order of St. Augustine (2001–2013), then-Father Robert Prevost — now our beloved Pope Leo XIV — made six pastoral visits to Australia between 2002 and 2010. Those journeys immersed him in the warmth, humor, and distinctive spirit of the Australian Catholic community. In Father David Austin’s recent Read More…

5 Australian encounters Pope Leo carries with him

I can understand why one might want to associate the Church with the glories of the Roman Empire, but such associations, though they may be historically important, are not essential for her. 

Sometimes it can take decades or even centuries for the Catholic Church to acknowledge that a holy man or woman should be considered a saint. While Pope Saint John Paul II made the promotion of [...]

As a practicing Catholic who church hopped for so many years only to make his peace with the church up the street, I would suggest a third option, which lies somewhere in the middle.

The human rights advocate has been convicted and sentenced multiple times since 2020. [...]

The pontiff is expected to travel to Africa in April, visit Peru later this year, and make a summer stop in Spain. [...]

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