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"I will do my utmost to achieve this"

Pope Leo XIV offers Vatican as peace mediator

"Peace be with you!" This is how Leo XIV began his first speech as Pope. And he wants to work for peace in the world himself, he said at an audience with representatives of Eastern Catholic churches. Leo also wanted to mediate within the Church.

"First act of charity towards the new pope"

At the election in the conclave: Cardinal Tagle's "sweet" help for Leo XIV

"He has a beautiful timbre"

Rector of the Pontifical Academy of Music: Leo is a great singer

He brought a breath of fresh air to Chiclayo

Where Pope Leo XIV was a bishop

New head of the church had lunch with Augustinians

Where will Leo XIV's first journey take him? Pope signals interest

A shared passion

Archbishop Gänswein: Would love to play tennis with Pope Leo XIV

The new Pope Leo XIV is a passionate tennis player – and the German Archbishop Georg Gänswein also has a soft spot for the felt ball sport. Will there be a duel between the two churchmen?

We look forward with confidence to the direction that Leo XIV will take

Synod Secretariat to the Pope: Desire for a missionary synodal Church

What will happen to the Synod on Synodality project under the new Pope? How will it continue in practical terms and in terms of content? In an unusual letter, the Secretariat of the Synod outlines its hopes and wishes for Leo XIV.

Pope was not elected as a counterweight to Trump

Hollerich: Leo XIV will not revoke the blessing of homosexuals

Is Leo XIV the anti-Trump on the papal throne? Will he reverse his predecessor's decisions on homosexuality or women? Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich gives his opinion.

What is happening on Sunday in the Vatican and who is coming?

Inauguration of Pope Leo XIV – Questions and answers

The new Pope has had a busy schedule since his election. Leo XIV is to be officially inaugurated on Sunday. But how will it all work? And who from politics and the church will be there?

"I wouldn't categorise him on the right or left"

Bishop from Germany dampens reform expectations of Leo XIV.

Neither conservative nor progressive: German-born Bishop Norbert Strotmann knows the new Pope Leo XIV from his time in Peru – and sees him as a pragmatist: "He can be someone who holds the universal church together."

"He can hold a conversation with anyone"

Former employee of Leo XIV: He prefers good wine to Fanta

Football and family: a German priest talks about the interests and preferences of his former boss in the Roman bishop's dicastery – the new pope. And where Leo XIV spent his holidays.

Tears of joy at his first address as Pope

Religious woman on Leo XIV: As a bishop in Peru, he was one of us

Before his appointment to the Roman Curia and his election as the new head of the Church, Leo XIV was a bishop in Peru. One who was close to the people, as a companion from his former diocese reports.

Many appointments until the end of May

These are the next major masses celebrated by Pope Leo XIV.

Mass with the cardinals, first midday prayer, Mass at the papal tombs: since his election, the new Pope Leo XIV has completed a number of liturgical appointments. His calendar is already full until the end of May.

Leo XIV as a candidate for conservatives and progressives?

Speculation about the course of the conclave: How Prevost was elected pope

The conclave participants have sworn sacred oaths that they will not report anything about the election process – otherwise they could face excommunication. Nevertheless, some details are now leaking out. We don't know exactly what happened, but we are learning a lot of interesting things.

End of the "time of arbitrariness"

Gänswein welcomes papal election: Overcoming the confusion

Archbishop Georg Gänswein was secretary to Cardinal Ratzinger/Benedict XVI for decades. He had several conflicts with Pope Francis. He welcomes the election of Pope Leo XIV as a new beginning.

"He sat there alone..."

Cardinal: No one dared to sit at the Pope's table at dinner

After the conclave, there was relief among the cardinals, but also a tense atmosphere – especially at dinner. A cardinal now explains why the Pope sat alone at the table and how he reacted to his election.

Whether he chose him, "the good Lord knows – and I do"

Cardinal Woelki on Pope Leo XIV: I had not reckoned with him

Did Cardinal Woelki vote in favour of the current Pope Leo XIV in the conclave? He comments on this – and also explains why the resignation offer he made to Pope Francis no longer counts.

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