Pope Leo XIV on Thursday entrusted the Vatican’s charity works to a fellow Augustinian, signaling a line of continuity with Pope Francis who had elevated the centuries-old job to a position of action and prominence that helped define his legacy.

Pope Leo XIV has indicated growing concern with the next frontier in combatting abuses in the Catholic Church.

Italian Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, a veteran diplomat, has been named new Vatican ambassador to United States, replacing the retiring Cardinal Pierre.

The Vatican has highlighted the carnage of the Minab strike, running an aerial photo of the mass grave being dug for the young victims on the March 6 front page of its official newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, under the headline “The Face of War.”

Peter Thiel, the MAGA-friendly tech billionaire and devout Christian, began a run of religious meetings close to the Vatican on Sunday, raising concerns among Catholics. Thiel, 58, has brought his series of lectures on the Antichrist to Rome.

Pope Leo’s choice to live in the Apostolic Palace marks a change from his immediate predecessor and a return to more than 100 years of tradition. Pope Francis lived his entire pontificate in a suite in the Vatican guesthouse, formally known as the Domus Sanctae Marthae, preferring to be residing within a larger community.

"Do those Christians who bear responsibility in armed conflicts have the humility and courage to undertake a serious examination of conscience and confess?"

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