Pope Leo XIV accepted the resignation of Archbishop Jean-Marie Speich, 70, from the office of apostolic nuncio to the Netherlands, ten months after Pope Francis appointed him to the post.

In a February 21 meeting with the prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, Pope Leo XIV approved decrees that advanced five beatification causes.

Pope Leo XIV recalled the late Cardinal Polycarp Pengo of Tanzania as a “wise and gentle pastor,” in a telegram of condolence to his successor, Archbishop Jude Thaddaeus Ruwa’ichi of …

President Tamás Sulyok of Hungary met with Pope Leo XIV and hailed the Vatican’s advocacy for peace.

The Vatican newspaper decried “four years of bombs, rubble, death, pain, and oppression” as it marked the fourth anniversary of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine with a special section.

Pope Leo XIV told members of two religious institutes that a “sincere and generous” family spirit comes from the altar and the tabernacle.