Pope Leo XIV will not travel to the United States in 2026

Pope Leo XIV will not travel to the United States in 2026, Vatican says The pontiff is expected to travel to Africa in April, visit Peru later this year, and make a summer stop in Spain. University student from England being considered for canonization Vatican representatives are in the process of reviewing the life of Pedro Ballester, a British university student who died of cancer in 2018, to gauge whether his canonization cause should be opened.

The story of the 4-year-old whose faith led to lowering the age of first Communion “Little Nellie” was a 4-year-old child from Cork, Ireland, whose piety and closeness to God led in part to the lowering of the age at which children could receive their first holy Communion.