In his general audience on Wednesday, Pope Leo XIV explained that cries of pain, like those of Jesus in his final moments on the cross, instead of a sign of weakness, can express desire, surrender, and prayer.

September 14th is a day of great joy in the Vatican: Pope Leo celebrates his 70th birthday—an important milestone honored by millions of faithful around the world.

Pope Leo XIV canonized his first two Saints, St. Carlo Acutis and St. Pier Georgio Frassati. This has been an eagerly anticipated moment this year especially as both of their original canonization dates were postponed. 

A special EWTN interview with the niece of Saint Pier Giorgio Frassati.

Nearly a century after the death of Pier Giorgio Frassati, I set out with friends to hike in his footsteps in northern Italy, hoping to glimpse something of the holiness that marked his ordinary yet extraordinary life.

Pope Leo XIV was at his Castel Gandolfo residence for the day on Tuesday as he brings back regular use of the papal retreat after the estate spent 12 years in the shadows.

Cardinal Raymond Burke will celebrate a special Traditional Latin Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on Oct. 25 in a return to a prior custom, suspended since 2022, of an annual pilgrimage of Catholics devoted to the Latin Mass.

The Catholic Church will commemorate the liturgical memorial of St. Carlo Acutis on Oct. 12 and of St. Pier Giorgio Frassati on July 4. The two young men were canonized Sept. 7 by Pope Leo XIV in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican.

Borgo Laudato Si’ is an environmental project located in Castel Gandolfo and inspired by Pope Francis’ 2015 encyclical “On Care for Our Common Home.”

Pope Leo XIV on Sept. 6 participated in the Vatican’s Festival of Families, where he highlighted the importance of the witness of families in today’s world.

In this Jubilee Year of Hope, the witness of Pope Leo XIV’s patron saint reminds us that true freedom comes through confession and conversion.

New masterpieces of George Capps and Polly Capps Paule are worthy of the Old Masters. They depict beauty, Our Lord, Our Lady and myriad saints.

Italian prelate discusses the moral and ethical issues surrounding artificial intelligence, outer space and world peace.

Vatican experts said on Monday that the two children killed in last month’s shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic church could one day be included on a list they are compiling of “new martyrs and witnesses of the faith.”

Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati have been canonized by Pope Leo XIV, giving the Church two new saints who inspire today’s faithful with lives of holiness, charity, and love for Christ.

The Catholic Church celebrates the birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary on its traditional fixed date of Sept. 8, nine months after the Dec. 8 celebration of her immaculate conception as the child of Sts. Joachim and Anne.

Pope Leo XIV announced a historic partnership between the Vatican and two famous Chicago restaurateurs, Art Smith and Phil Stefani, to open a restaurant at Borgo Laudato Si’, a 135-acre “zero environmental impact” complex in Castel Gandolfo, Italy.

Bishop Francesco Savino, vice president of the Italian Bishops’ Conference, celebrated Mass at the Church of the Gesù on Saturday for LGBT pilgrims in Rome for the Jubilee of Hope.

Pope Leo XIV proclaimed the Italians Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis as saints of the Church on Sunday, decreeing their veneration among the Catholic faithful.

Here are 12 amazing facts about the short but very intense life of Saint Pier Giorgio Frassati.

Cardinal Semeraro reflects on Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati, sharing how their faith, charity, and joy inspire young people and all Catholics to live fully for God and others.

Saint Carlo Acutis, born 1991, used technology to share his deep love for the Eucharist. Dying at 15, he inspired countless young Christians to live with faith, devotion, and joy.

Saint Pier Giorgio Frassati (1901–1925), “the man of the Beatitudes,” lived for faith, charity, and friendship. From Turin to the mountains, his short life still inspires a joyful path to holiness.

Pope Leo XIV on Saturday resumed special jubilee audiences, begun by Pope Francis after the opening of the Church’s Year of Hope, telling Christians that the cross of Christ is a great treasure and source of hope.