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Month: September 2026
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600,000 sign up for Pope Leo’s Paris Mass as organizers expand route

The French bishops’ conference is still short more than 21 million euros to cover the cost of Pope
Pope Leo blows out his birthday cake candles on his 71st Birthday. Credit: Vatican Media

Vatican: Pope Leo XIV’s Birthday, AI and the Traditional Latin Mass

Pope Leo XIV marked his 71st birthday with his first visit as pope to the Vatican Apostolic Library,
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, answers questions from journalists during a conference at the Vatican Apostolic Library on March 26, 2026. | Credit: Ishmael Adibuah/EWTN News

Cardinal Parolin says nations should work together to face the threats of AI

The Vatican secretary of state expressed his concerns about artificial intelligence at a conference at the Italian Parliament
Bishop Brendan Cahill of the Diocese of Victoria, Texas. | Credit: Diocese of Victoria

Pope Leo XIV appoints Texas bishop to lead Diocese of Joliet, Illinois

The pontiff appointed Bishop Brendan Cahill on Sept. 17 to succeed Ronald Hicks, the former bishop of Joliet
Pope Leo XIV. Credit: Daniel Ibanez | EWTN News. Image made in Canva by Jacob Stein.

Before He Became Pope Leo XIV: The Life of Robert Prevost in Rome

Who was Pope Leo XIV before the world knew him as pope? Before the white cassock, before the
Pope Leo XIV stands with Rector Mohamed Mamoun Al Qasimi at the Great Mosque in Algiers, Monday, April 13, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media

Vatican calls for ‘new ethic of dialogue’ 60 years after Nostra Aetate

A new Vatican note calls for renewed formation in interreligious dialogue while affirming religious differences and Christian identity.
Bishop Daniel Flores, left, vice president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, speaks at the Vatican on Sept. 11, 2026. Also pictured: Emilce Cuda, secretary of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America. | Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News

As AI reshapes the workplace, labor and Church leaders demand a worker voice

They point to collective bargaining, social dialogue, and human oversight as safeguards for jobs, rights, and human dignity.
Pope Leo XIV addresses the participants of the conference “The 21st Century: A New Time of Martyrs?” during a private audience at the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican on Sept. 16, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV: Martyrs are among the Church’s greatest evangelizers

The pontiff held a private audience on Sept. 16 to conclude a conference in Rome on modern Christian
Pope Leo XIV waves to pilgrims while riding in his popemobile at the end of his Wednesday general audience in St. Peter’s Square on Sept. 16, 2026. | Credit: Daniel Ibañez/EWTN News

Pope calls for respect and love toward those who think differently

According to Pope Leo, the message of Gaudium et Spes on “the growing interdependence of men” is especially
Newark, New Jersey, auxiliary bishop Michael Saporito was appointed Sept. 15, 2026, as the new bishop of the Diocese of Metuchen, New Jersey. | Credit: Diocese of Metuchen

Pope Leo XIV names Newark auxiliary bishop to lead Diocese of Metuchen, New Jersey

The pontiff also accepted the resignation of Bishop Francis Malone, 76, of Shreveport, Louisiana. Pope Leo XIV has
Pope Leo XIV celebrate Mass for the commemoration of the martyrs and witnesses of the faith of the 21st century on Sept. 14, 2025, at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome. | Credit: Vatican Media

Church documents 304 martyrs in Latin America so far this century

Historian Andrea Riccardi, founder of the Community of Sant’Egidio, says the Church is truly experiencing a “new era
Cardinal Michael Czerny, SJ, speaks at the press conference on the Pope Leo XIV Sustainability Medal recipient at the Sala San Pio X in Rome on Sept. 14, 2026. | Credit: Daniel Ibanez/EWTN News

Cardinal Czerny announced as first recipient of Pope Leo XIV Sustainability Medal

The recently retired prefect of the Vatican’s human development office will receive the award from the pope on
Pope Leo XIV blows out his birthday candle during the launch of the “AQVA Catastrophe and Wonder” exhibition at the Vatican Apostolic Library on Sept. 14, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV marks 71st birthday with opening of water exhibit at Vatican Library

The pontiff launched the “AQVA Catastrophe and Wonder” exhibit on Sept. 14. Pope Leo XIV marked his 71st
View of St. Peter’s Basilica. | Credit: Bohumil Petrik/EWTN News

Vatican Latin Mass permissions steady across papal transition

Thirty-four dioceses received permission for celebrations in parish churches in 2025 — unchanged from 2024 — with the
A flag of Vatican City State flies outside Piazza Pio XII, the main entrance to St. Peter’s Square, on July 16, 2026. | Credit: Ishmael Adibuah/EWTN News

Pope Leo XIV repeals COVID-era pay cuts to Vatican cardinals

Pope Francis had instituted the cuts as an austerity measure in 2021. Pope Leo XIV has officially repealed
An interview with Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça. Credit: EWTN Vatican.

“Beauty heals the wounds of the heart”

Why does the Catholic Church need contemporary art? Speaking with EWTN Vatican at the Venice Biennale, Cardinal José
Pope Leo XIV addresses pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican for the recitation of the Angelus on Sept. 13, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV remembers 9/11 victims, calls for peace and forgiveness

The pontiff marked the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks with prayers for the dead and
The Vatican vegetable garden, almost a tenth of an acre of cultivable soil, is now maintained with 100% organic agricultural practices. | Credit: Governorate of Vatican City State

Vatican vegetable garden goes 100% organic

The move to biological farming techniques has been underway for several years in response to Pope Francis’ 2015
Pope Leo XIV speaks on Sept. 6, 2026, during the weekly Angelus prayer he leads from a window of the apostolic palace. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV sends greetings to Rome’s Jewish community for new year observances

In a telegram to Rome’s chief rabbi, Riccardo Di Segni, the pontiff wished the community blessings for Rosh
About half of Nigeria’s bishops visit the tomb of St. Paul after celebrating Mass at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome during their ad limina visit on March 4, 2026. | Credit: Ishmael Adibuah/EWTN News

Synod study group proposes broader role for Catholics in bishops’ ad limina visits

Study Group 7 says bishops’ visits to Rome should be instruments of missionary conversion, communal discernment, and greater
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St. Hildegard of Bingen Inspires the Vatican’s Mystical Garden in Venice

Just steps from the crowds and constant movement of Venice’s Santa Lucia railway station, visitors can enter an
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Tintoretto and St. Roch: Inside One of Venice’s Great Catholic Treasures

VENICE — St. Mark the Evangelist may be the patron saint most closely associated with Venice, but throughout
Aerial shot of Venice. Credit: EWTN Vatican

Why the Vatican Brought St. Hildegard of Bingen to the Venice Biennale

VENICE — Known throughout the world for its canals, gondolas, Carnival and cinema, Venice is also home to
Pope Leo meets with Bishops who are friends of the Focolare Movement on Wednesday, September 9. Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV on Freedom, Mary, Middle East Christians and His France Visit

This week at the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV addressed some of the challenges facing Western society, reflected on

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