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Pope Leo XIV appears at the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican where Catholic faithful and pilgrims gathered for the traditional Sunday blessing at the end of the noon Angelus prayer, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)

Pope Leo will visit 4 African countries as part of his packed 2026 travel plan

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Italy's Jannik Sinner, left, shares a light moment with Pope Leo XIV on the occasion of their meeting at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (Vatican Media via AP, File)

Pope Leo, an avid athlete, extols physical and spiritual benefits of sport in Olympic message

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV closes St. Peter's Basilica Holy Door to end the 2025 ordinary Jubilee year, at the Vatican, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2025. (Yara Nardi/Pool photo via AP)

Pope Leo XIV closes 2025 Holy Year with critique of consumerism and xenophobia

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV reads the homily as he celebrates Mass on New Year's Day, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope opens 2026 with plea for peace in countries bloodied by war, families wounded by violence

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Bishop Ronald Hicks speaks during a news conference, Thursday, Dec.18, 2025 in New York. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy)

Pope names fellow Chicagoan, Bishop Ronald Hicks, as new archbishop of New York

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Ribbons representing lives saved from abortion according to Catholic organizations are seen on Nacimiento Gaudium, a nativity scene set in the Paul VI Hall during an audience led by Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope denounces ‘antisemitic violence’ of Sydney attack as he thanks Christmas donors

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Pope Leo XIV delivers his speech as he celebrates a Mass on the occasion of the Jubilee of Prisoners in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope criticizes prison overcrowding during special Mass for inmates, guards and families

By Nicole Winfield and Paolo Santalucia - Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV leaves at the end of his weekly general audience in the St. Peter¥s Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope meets with Italian secret agents and urges them to be ethical

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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Pope Leo XIV wave to journalists during their meeting in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope criticizes U.S. bid to ‘break apart’ Europe alliance, insists on Europe role in Ukraine peace

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV leaves after praying in front of the statue of the Virgin Mary next to the Spanish Steps in Rome, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025, on the Catholic Feast of the Immaculate Conception. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Leo XIV gets into Christmas spirit with prayer for peace at Spanish Steps

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV waves as he boards a flight back to the Vatican after his visit to Lebanon at Beirut International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Pope Leo XIV sends message of support to southern Lebanon as he ends 1st foreign trip

By Nicole Winfield, Kareem Chehayeb and Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV waves as he arrives for a welcoming ceremony at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025.(AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Pope arrives in Lebanon in a bid to bring hope to a war-wracked region

By Nicole Winfield and Abby Sewell - Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV waves as he arrives for a welcoming ceremony at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025.(AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Pope calls on Lebanese leaders to be true peacemakers as he seeks to bring message of hope

By Nicole Winfield and Abby Sewell - Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV talks to reporters aboard an aircraft on his way to Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2025. (Andreas Solaro/Pool Via AP)

Pope Leo XIV doubles down on insistence for 2-state solution to resolve Israeli-Palestinian conflict

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV, center, walking with Muezzin Musa Asgın Tunca, left, Dr. Emrullah Tuncel, second from left, and Imam of Mosque Sultanahmet Fatih Kaya, visits the Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

Pope visits Istanbul’s Blue Mosque at start of day of meetings with Turkey’s religious leaders

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press