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St. John Henry Newman is added to the General Roman Calendar: What does it mean?

The English saint, proclaimed a doctor of the Church by Pope Leo XIV in November 2025, is honored

Why is St. Blaise’s Throat Kept in a Church in Rome?

Every February 3rd, the Church celebrates the feast of St. Blaise, the patron saint of throat diseases. What very few know is that part of his own throat is kept as a relic in a church located on one of the most emblematic streets of Rome.

Pope Leo XIV: Prayer is an integral part of evangelization

Leo met with members of the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network, the pontifical organization that publishes the pope’s monthly

Leo urges doctrine office to give clear guidance in face of new challenges

The pope received the participants in the plenary session of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith

Pope Leo XIV urges Regnum Christi to renew charism, embrace servant leadership

The pontiff urged members to clarify their vocation and strengthen communion across the apostolic movement. Pope Leo XIV

What happens when the world’s bishops arrive in Rome for ‘ad limina’ visits

Father Miguel Silvestre explains his role in facilitating the bishops’ ad limina visits to the Holy See and

Pope Leo XIV urges Roman Rota judges to seek balance between truth and charity

Pope Leo XIV received the prelates of the highest appellate tribunal in the Catholic Church at the Vatican

Pope Leo to beatify Guatemalan martyr and Italian religious who founded a new congregation

Pope Leo XIV approved on Jan. 22 the beatification of Guatemalan martyr Friar Augusto Ramírez Monasterio and Maria

Vatican weighing Trump invitation to join Gaza ‘Board of Peace’

The Vatican secretary of state responded to President Donald Trump’s proposal for a body to oversee reconstruction of

Pope Leo XIV highlights ‘valuable contribution’ of Neocatechumenal Way 

Pope Leo recognized how members of the Neocatechumenal Way have “rekindled the fire of the Gospel” and accompany

Archbishop Gallagher: Surrogacy is a ‘new form of colonialism’

Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher spoke at the event “A Common Front for Human Dignity: Preventing the Commodification of

Mosaic bearing Pope Leo XIV’s portrait readied for St. Paul Outside the Walls

A mosaic portrait of Pope Leo XIV for installation in St. Paul Outside the Walls Basilica was presented

The story behind Pope Leo XIV’s new papal staff

Last week during the Jan. 6 closing of the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV proclaims Franciscan Jubilee Year 

Pope Leo XIV has proclaimed a “Special Year of St. Francis” to commemorate the 800th anniversary of the

‘Pray with the Pope’: Leo XIV proposes monthly prayer for the challenges of the world

The Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication has launched a new prayer campaign in which Pope Leo XIV invites Catholics
Pope Leo XIV. Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV mourns for victims of fire in Swiss bar on New Year’s Eve

Pope Leo XIV expressed his closeness and compassion to the families of the victims of a fire that

Courageous witnesses to the faith: 17 missionaries were murdered in 2025

A total of 17 missionaries were killed worldwide during 2025, the Jubilee Year of Hope. With these figures,

Pope Leo XIV warns against gambling, which ‘ruins many families’

Pope Leo XIV warned about the danger that gambling poses to many families during a Dec. 29 audience

More than 3 million people attended Vatican audiences and ceremonies in 2025

During the year 2025, the participation of the faithful in audiences and liturgical celebrations at the Vatican reached

Pope Leo in apostolic letter calls for renewed priestly formation, fraternity, and mission

Pope Leo XIV calls for renewed priestly formation, stronger priestly fraternity, and a more missionary focus in pastoral ministry in an

Pope Leo XIV: The person and families must be at center of labor system

Pope Leo XIV advocated for a labor system that serves individuals and families so that the dignity of

Pope Leo makes surprise visit to children’s Christmas concert at Castel Gandolfo school

Pope Leo XIV enjoyed a special Christmas concert this week dedicated to him by students of the Paul

Vogue magazine includes Pope Leo XIV on its list of best dressed of 2025

Although “papal fashion,” meticulously crafted down to the smallest detail, has evolved over time, the popes’ attire still

With special permission, prisoners travel to Rome for the jubilee

The last major event of the Jubilee of Hope was dedicated to prisonersaround the world, some of whom during

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