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Pope Leo's Meeting with CEI. Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo calls bishops to Rome to discuss families, ‘Amoris laetitia’ in October

Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation on marriage and the family, followed two contentious synods at the Vatican dominated by
Pope Leo XIV meets British journalist and author Gareth Gore

Pope Leo meets author critical of Opus Dei

Gareth Gore is the author of the 2024 book “Opus,” which accuses Opus Dei of financial misdeeds and

The religious sisters in Vatican leadership

The percentage of Vatican employees who are women grew from 19.2% to 23.4% during the first decade of

Pope Leo accepts resignation of arrested Chaldean Catholic bishop

Leo has appointed Bishop Saad Sirop Hanna to oversee the Catholic Eparchy of St. Peter the Apostle of

Trump’s ambassador to the Vatican defends deportation policies criticized by pope, U.S. bishops

In an interview with EWTN News, Ambassador Brian Burch pushed back on widespread criticism of U.S. immigration enforcement

Pope ‘cannot comment’ on Jimmy Lai’s imprisonment

The pontiff spoke to reporters for the first time since Dec. 23. CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy — Pope Leo

Thousands convene in Assisi to pray before bones of St. Francis on first day of historic viewing

Nearly 400,000 people are expected to venerate the saint’s relics while on public display through March 22. Hundreds

Vatican official says Notre Dame controversy shows need for dialogue on abortion

The Church should engage with universities about how to take “an ethical approach” to the dignity of unborn

Pope appoints Catholic Harvard professor to Vatican social sciences academy

Tyler J. VanderWeele, a Catholic, is an epidemiologist and director of the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University.

Pope’s visit brings hope to seaside community challenged by drugs, prostitution

A popular summer destination for tourists, Ostia will be the first of five parishes where the pope, as

Pope Leo XIV: ‘The Church is the rightful home of sacred Scripture’

Pope Leo XIV spoke about sacred Scripture during his weekly audience with pilgrims in the Vatican. Pope Leo

Archbishop Checchio takes helm in New Orleans as pope accepts Archbishop Aymond’s resignation

Pope Leo XIV appointed Archbishop James Checchio coadjutor archbishop of New Orleans in September 2025 to automatically succeed

Clerical sexual abuse victim shares story with Pope Leo XIV: ‘I didn’t hold back’

“I told him about the abuse,” David Ryan said. “I did get a feeling of being listened to

Vatican denies it will open restaurant on terrace of St. Peter’s Basilica

There is already a small café serving coffee, drinks, and gelato on the roof of the historic church.

Pope Leo XIV to visit 5 Rome parishes during Lent

The visits, which will take place on Sundays in February and March, will include the celebration of Mass.
Archbishop Georg Gänswein in an exclusive interview with EWTN News correspondent Rudolf Gehrig. Credit: EWTN Vatican

Archbishop Gänswein: With Pope Leo, ‘normality’ returns to the Vatican

In an exclusive interview with EWTN News, Pope Benedict XVI’s former secretary said “normality is slowly returning” to

Pope Leo XIV receives lambs on feast of St. Agnes

The wool of the blessed lambs will be used to make pallia, narrow white vestments worn by metropolitan

Pope Leo condemns ‘zeal for war,’ weak multilateralism in speech to diplomats

Pope Leo XIV condemned the weakening of international multilateralism and the increased use of force in a speech

Pope Leo XIV on New Year’s Eve: The future is in God’s hands

Pope Leo XIV at a New Year’s Eve prayer service reflected on God’s divine plan of salvation for

Italian family preserves 300-year tradition of handmade Nativity scenes

On a small street in the center of Naples, Italy, artisans like Giovanni Giudice work to preserve the

The story behind Italy’s favorite Christmas carol

If you spend any part of Christmas in Italy, you are sure to hear one of the country’s
Pope Leo XIV celebrates Christmas Mass during the Night in a packed St. Peter's Basilica on Dec. 24, 2025. | Credit: Daniel Ibanez/EWTN News

Pope Leo XIV on Christmas night: Make room for others

Pope Leo XIV, at Christmas Mass during the Night, said Christ’s birth brings light into the world’s darkness

St. Francis and the story of the first Nativity scene

It’s a well-known origin story: how the young and wealthy Francis of Assisi freely abandoned his noble patrimony
Bishop Ronald A. Hicks of Joliet, Illinois. | Credit: Diocese of Joliet YouTube video

BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV to appoint next archbishop of New York

Pope Leo XIV has chosen Bishop Ronald Hicks of the Diocese of Joliet, Illinois, to be the next

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