Pope Leo XIV was riding through St. Peter’s Square gracing gatherers with his presence, when he got an unexpected present — a giant Peep doll — and the sweet clip went viral.

Pope Leo XIV delivered a message of peace to 40,000 gathered in St. Peter's Square on New Year's Day, calling for disarmed hearts and an end to all forms of violence in 2026.

Pope Leo XIV celebrated a New Year's Day Mass in St. Peter's Basilica and then delivered a special noontime prayer from his studio overlooking the piazza.

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Pope Leo XIV on Thursday urged Catholics to pray for peace, “first, among nations bloodied by conflict and suffering,” and also “within our homes, in families wounded by violence or pain,” during the Angelus address on the first day of 2026.

Days after the Chicago-born pontiff made his first Christmas message, congregants attending Mass at Holy Name Cathedral for the Feast of the Holy Family said they see parallels in Leo and his predecessor but hope to see some changes in the way Leo leads the church.

The 2025 Jubilee year of Catholic celebrations drew over 33 million pilgrims to Rome, the Vatican said Monday, as the last of the faithful passed through the "Holy Door" of St Peter's Basilica.

Pope Leo isn’t convinced by Donald Trump’s self-anointed nickname, “President of Peace.” The pontiff sharply criticized the president’s invasion of Venezuela and the abduction of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife on Saturday—an operation Trump has hinted could mark the beginning of a broader military campaign.