Pope Leo appoints new Vatican ambassador to the US as Trump tensions mount over policies
Pope Leo XIII has appointed Italian Archbishop Gabriele Caccia as the new Vatican ambassador to the US, amidst ongoing tensions between the Vatican and the Trump administration over several policies.
Pope Leo XIII appoints new archbishop of Aparecida
Pope Leo XIII has appointed Dom Mário Antônio da Silva as the new archbishop of Aparecida, São Paulo, replacing Dom Orlando Brandes.
Maria Machado in the Vatican, days before meeting Trump
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was received by Pope Leo XIII in the Vatican just days before her meeting with Donald Trump, following her marginalization by Washington after the U.S. intervention that ousted Nicolas Maduro.
The first American pope against Trump – The first crack: Venezuela and "national sovereignty"
The article discusses the tension between Pope Leo XIII and Donald Trump over U.S. intervention in Venezuela, where the Pope emphasized the importance of respecting the country's sovereignty.
Pope Leo: "War has come back in fashion and a warlike zeal is spreading"
Pope Leo XIII expressed deep concern about the weakening of international cooperation during a speech to the diplomatic corps, lamenting that war is becoming fashionable again.
China and South America, the geopolitics of Leo (and the changes in the Curia)
The closing of the Jubilee of Hope symbolically marked a second end to Pope Francis's pontificate, as Leo XIII convened his first extraordinary Consistory the following day, hinting at a shift in cardinal advisory roles and reflecting on the international dynamics of the sacred college.