Xavier Ruiz Arregui

Editor-in-Chief, Church Gazette

Xavier Ruiz Arregui is a young journalist committed to truth, faith, and service to the community. He reports for Church Gazette.

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Pope Leo XIV speaking to pilgrims during the Sunday Angelus, with St. Peter's Square below

Pope Leo XIV says he will have surgery to remove a lung nodule

October 11, 2026

Pope Leo XIV preaching during Mass in St. Peter's Basilica

Pope Leo XIV warns Rome students against radical readings of the faith

October 9, 2026

Pope Leo XIV in white papal cassock speaking at a lectern

Pope Leo XIV to open international congress on fertility and Christian ethics in Rome

October 9, 2026

María García, president of the Observatory for Religious Freedom and Freedom of Conscience, speaking at the Warsaw Human Dimension Conference 2026

Christians targeted in 70 percent of religious attacks in Spain, observatory tells OSCE

October 8, 2026

Pope Leo XIV speaking to the camera while recording his video message for the centenary of World Mission Sunday

Pope Leo XIV says World Mission Sunday helped shape his missionary vocation

October 7, 2026

A celebration in honor of St. Carlo Acutis

Brazil's bishops move the memorial of St. Carlo Acutis to October 13

October 7, 2026

Pilgrims walking along a road toward the Basilica of Our Lady of Luján in Argentina, many wearing plastic ponchos in the rain

Buenos Aires archbishop says Pope Leo XIV will find a wounded, divided Argentina

October 7, 2026

The two missionary bishops seated at a table during the panel discussion at the Aula San Pablo in Vitoria

Two Spanish bishops serving in Latin America recount their vocations in Vitoria

October 7, 2026

Pope Francis in a white cassock, in a photograph used to illustrate his personal diary

Vatican to publish Pope Francis's personal diary

October 6, 2026

Pope Leo XIV addressing representatives of consecrated life from South Korea in the Clementine Hall at the Vatican

Pope Leo XIV tells South Korean religious to be peacemakers on a divided peninsula

October 6, 2026

A Catholic couple at their wedding before a priest, with an image of the pope

Pope Leo XIV urges young people to choose marriage in new YouCat preface

October 6, 2026

Pope Leo XIV speaking to Korean priests, religious sisters and brothers in the Clementine Hall of the Apostolic Palace

Pope Leo XIV holds up Korean martyrs as an example for World Youth Day 2027

October 6, 2026

Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller holding a rosary

Cardinal Müller calls for a return to the daily rosary

October 5, 2026

Pope Leo XIV surrounded by children holding rosaries in the Vatican Gardens

Pope Leo XIV prays the rosary for peace with more than 700 children in the Vatican Gardens

October 2, 2026

Promotional graphic for the official website of Pope Leo XIV's visit to Argentina, November 8 to 11

Argentine bishops launch official website for Pope Leo XIV's November visit

October 2, 2026

Cardinal José Cobo Cano, archbishop of Madrid, who will preside at the solemn Mass for the 75th anniversary of the Fatima parish in Madrid

Madrid's Fatima parish marks 75 years with Marian octave and processions

October 2, 2026

Bishops seated around a conference table during the standing committee meeting of the Spanish Bishops' Conference in Madrid

Spanish bishops to fold Pope Leo XIV's visit into 2026-2030 pastoral plan

October 1, 2026

Artwork for Pope Leo XIV's October prayer intention on mental health

Pope Leo XIV asks Catholics to pray for a mental health ministry in the Church

October 1, 2026

Pope Leo XIV speaking during the general audience in St. Peter's Square

Pope Leo XIV points to young people as a sign of hope for France

September 30, 2026

Seven Spanish missionaries gathered together in Lome, Togo, during filming of the Domund 2026 campaign video

Seven Spanish missionaries in Togo feature in the Domund 2026 campaign video

September 30, 2026