File photo: Robert F. Prevost (now Pope Leo XIV), 30 September 2023; not the Uruguay visit / Ricardo Perna (AIIC) / public domain, as marked on Commons; resized and letterboxed / Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cardinal_Robert_F._Prevost_at_the_Consistory_on_30_September_2023_(cropped_portrait).jpg
NEW World · 06:11
Pope Leo XIV arrived in Montevideo on 6 November to open a 12-day visit to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru, his first major overseas trip since lung cancer surgery about three weeks earlier, Vatican News and AP reported.
Source: Vatican News; AP
Photo: Bob Dylan in concert in Toronto, Piedmontstyle at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, cropped and resized / Source: Wikimedia Commons
NEW Culture · 07:38
Pope Leo XIV welcomed Bob Dylan to his official residence, the Apostolic Palace, on Wednesday, during the Rome stop of the singer-songwriter's Italian tour. The brief meeting between the two Americans saw the pope give Dylan a rosary and Dylan present a copy of his autobiography, Chronicles: Volume One.
Source: BBC News / Vatican News
Photo: Sergio López Prieto, CC BY-SA 4.0, resized (file image: Pope Leo XIV at Montserrat, Spain, 10 June 2026) / Source: Wikimedia Commons
NEW World · 15:31
Pope Leo XIV has become the first pope in history to vote in a United States election. The Holy See Press Office confirmed on Friday, 30 October, that the Chicago-born pontiff had submitted a mail-in ballot in Chicago ahead of the 3 November midterm elections, saying he has voted as a US citizen whenever he was eligible.
Source: Holy See Press Office; AP; Chicago Sun-Times; CBS News; NBC News