A century after the patron saint of priests, St. John Vianney, died on Aug. 4, 1859, Pope John XXIII reflected on the life of the saint and what it means to be a holy priest.
With more than a million followers across Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and other platforms, Father Cosimo Schena has become one of the most recognizable faces of the so-called “digital missionary” phenomenon in Italy.
“We're not tourists in faith—we're pilgrims seeking meaning, carrying doubts, wounds, songs, hope, and one certainty: Christ lives and calls us.” — from the Young Christians of Europe Manifesto.
Pope Leo XIV addressed the largest crowd of his pontificate in Rome’s outskirts on Saturday, telling an estimated 1 million young adults to “study, work, and love according to the example of Jesus” and to pray: “Stay with us, Lord.”
Just steps from selfie-snapping Gen Z pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square, sisters in white saris kneel barefoot in silent adoration before the Blessed Sacrament.
Twenty-five years ago, young pilgrims from around the world gathered at Rome's Tor Vergata for an overnight vigil during the 15th World Youth Day, led by St. John Paul II.
This is how you get to Tor Vergata in Rome, the location for the Pope's first official meeting with youth since the start of his pontificate, taking place during the Jubilee of Youth.
Bishop Robert Barron in Rome this week urged young people to follow God and reject worldly goods, calling on youth to “find their mission” and pursue the Lord “into the depths.”
The Vatican has seen a boom in requests for blessings from the new pope, with at least a 30% increase during Leo XIV’s first month reflecting enthusiasm over the start of a new pontificate.
Mikhail Ajjan fled war-torn Syria and the terrors of ISIS with his family when he was 10. Now a university student in Sweden, the 21-year-old Catholic faces a vastly different challenge of living his faith in a secular environment.
Pope Leo XIV made a surprise appearance in St. Peter’s Square on Tuesday evening to greet the thousands of participants at the welcoming Mass for the Jubilee of Youth.
Before a packed St. Peter’s Square filled with young people who had come from all over the world for the Jubilee of Youth, Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday gave his first general audience after his vacation in Castel Gandolfo.
Caritas Internationalis President Cardinal Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi, SVD, praised young Church humanitarians this week as hopeful witnesses who combat the world’s greatest problem—selfishness—through their generous service to the poor.
This week, Pope Leo XIV welcomed journalism students to Rome who have traveled from across the globe to take part in the fourth annual EWTN Summer Academy.