Pope Leo is preparing to publish the first high-level document of his four-month papacy, which is expected to signal continuity with his predecessor Pope Francis and focus on the needs of the world's poor,

In order to create the new diocese, in the province of Hebei, northwest of Beijing, Pope Leo XIV suppressed two existing dioceses established by Pope Pius XII in 1946. The new diocese conforms with China’s administrative jurisdictions and is contained within Hebei,

Pope Leo XIV emphasized that, in that final moment, Jesus experiences silence, absence, and the abyss. However, according to the pontiff, “it is not a crisis of faith but the final stage of a love that is given up to the very end.”

Several months into the papacy of Leo XIV, we have an opportunity to examine the way his young papacy is embracing a Marian face.

Pope Leo XIV has declared a 15-year-old computer whiz the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint. Carlo Acutis, who died in 2006, was canonized during an open-air Mass in St. Peter’s Square.

"Jesus teaches us not to be afraid to cry out, as long as it is sincere, humble, addressed to the Father," he said.

"With a desire to promote the pastoral care of the Lord's flock and to attend more effectively to its spiritual well-being," Pope Leo decided to suppress the dioceses of Xuanhua and Xiwanzi and to erect the new diocese of Zhangjiakou,

The Catholic Church needs the theological study and model of Mary, Pope Leo XIV said, calling for a great promotion of Mariology in parishes, religious life and educational centers.