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Pope Leo XIV Says Debate With Trump Is ‘Not in My Interest at All’

Simone Risoluti
Pope Leo XIV speaks to journalists aboard the papal plane en route to Quatro de Fevereiro Airport in Luanda, Angola, Saturday, April 18, 2026.

En route from Cameroon to Angola, the Pope said his mission in Africa is pastoral and rejected suggestions that his recent remarks were aimed at President Donald Trump.

Dancing the Theology of the Body

Couples dance as instructor Sharon Boies looks on.

Accompanying couples with the teachings of John Paul II, one class at a time.

‘That Baby Was Me’: Bishop Cozzens Moves Crowd With True Pro-Life Story

Roxane Salonen
Bishop Andrew Cozzens of the Diocese of Crookston speaks at the closing of a 40 Days for Life campaign in Moorhead, Minnesota, on March 29.

At a 40 Days for Life closing in Minnesota, the Crookston bishop recounts how his mother refused an abortion recommendation — and how that decision shaped his lifelong pro-life witness.

Trump, Pope Leo and the Catholic Divide

Mandel Ngan
This photo illustration shows President Donald Trump with an AI-generated image he posted Sunday on Truth Social following his criticism of Pope Leo XIV.

COMMENTARY: President Trump’s attack on Pope Leo XIV has brought a simmering tension into the open.

Vatican Halts Sainthood Cause of Jesuit Priest, Gulag Survivor Walter Ciszek

A copy of ‘He Leadeth Me’ by Jesuit Father Walter Ciszek is pictured April 17, 2026. The canonization cause for Father Ciszek has ended.

After the Vatican halted the sainthood cause of Father Walter Ciszek, a proponent of his cause said the suspension ‘does not diminish the enduring spiritual value’ of Father Ciszek’s witness.