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Pope Leo shares meal with vulnerable guests at Castel Gandolfo

Under the Italian sun of Lake Albano and the shade of Castel Gandolfo’s Borgo Laudato si’ trees, Pope Leo XIV enjoyed lunch with people experiencing social vulnerability. Around 200 people from the Diocese of Rome took part in the event on July 11.

• Vatican declares SSPX in schism

  

  By PAULINA GUSIK, OSV News
  Published July 2, 2026

  The Vatican has declared the Society of St. Pius X to be “in schism” after the traditionalist group consecrated four bishops without the papal mandate.

• Eucharist transforms believers into Christ’s body and counters division, pope says

  

  By JOSEPHINE PETERSON, Catholic News Service
  Published June 24, 2026

  Participation in the Eucharist transforms believers into the Body of Christ and offers a remedy to the divisions affecting families and communities, Pope Leo XIV said during his weekly general audience,

• Pope urges humanity to build civilization of love in digital world

  

  By CAROL GLATZ, Catholic News Service
  Published May 25, 2026

  Pope Leo XIV released his first encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas,” the day after Pentecost. In the 82-page document, the pope looked at the consequences of the digital revolution in the 21st-century and safeguarding “the human person in the time of artificial intelligence.”