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Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims at his weekly general audience at the Vatican on Sept. 30, 2026. | Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News

Pope Leo XIV says ‘rebirth’ is key to understanding France trip

Reflecting on his four-day pastoral visit, the pope highlighted Notre-Dame’s restoration, rising baptisms, youthful faith, care for abuse
Stock image of a young man holding a crucifix. | Credit: Francesco Sgura/Shutterstock

Vatican confirms abuse by founder of Institute of the Incarnate Word, orders renewal

The congregation must undertake a process of institutional purification after a canonical process determined that its founder, Carlos
Giacomo Mattivi is hoisted up by his friends in a still from the documentary “Green Lava.” | Credit: Photo courtesy of “Green Lava”

Vatican aims for an Oscar with the story of Giacomo Mattivi

If the short documentary gets in the running for an Oscar, the Vatican hopes it will inspire many
Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar presents Pope Leo XIV with a book of memoirs by the late Cardinal József Mindszenty at the Vatican on Sept. 24, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo, Hungarian prime minister discuss Ukraine, Middle East, and AI

The pontiff also met Portugal’s president to discuss conflicts, migration, multilateralism, and international law. VATICAN CITY — Pope
Pope Leo XIV addresses members of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences at the Vatican on Sept. 24, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo calls for climate action before disaster strikes

Addressing the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, the pontiff linked climate preparedness to justice for vulnerable communities. Pope Leo
Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims from the popemobile during his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square on Sept. 23, 2026. | Credit: Daniel Ibañez/EWTN News

Pope calls for protection of migrant minors: It is everyone’s responsibility

The pope’s appeal followed a reflection on how human progress finds full truth and freedom in an encounter
One of the fragments of the sixth-century manuscript venerated as a relic, attributed to the authorship of the Evangelist St. Mark. | Credit: Courtesy of Tseng Kuang Yi

Fragments of medieval Gospel of St. Mark-turned-relic reunited after 7 centuries

The exhibition, “The Gospel of Mark: Seven Centuries. Three Fragments. One European Story,” has made it possible to
Pope Leo XIV prays with a simple, wooden rosary during a prayer at the Abbey of Our Lady of Montserrat, northwest of Barcelona, Spain, on June 10, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope to pray rosary for peace with more than 700 children at the Vatican

Coming from schools and parishes throughout Rome, the children will join the pontiff in the “One Million Children
Pope Leo XIV addresses pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square for the recitation of the Angelus on Sept. 20, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV appeals for international aid as Somalia crisis deepens

In his Sunday Angelus catechesis, the pontiff reflected on the parable of the vineyard workers, saying God’s generosity
The pope with His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia, one of the most prominent figures in Eastern Christianity. | Credit: Daniel Ibañez/EWTN News

The 23 Eastern Catholic Churches: Ancient traditions in communion with Rome

While the Catholic Church is often viewed from a Latin rite prism, it also includes 23 Eastern Churches
Pope Leo XIV addresses members of the Leo XIV International Study Center at the Vatican on Sept. 18, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV praises Catholics who led Church in ‘new directions’

The pope highlighted the role of laypeople and religious in shaping Catholic social teaching and called for formation
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
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
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
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
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
Pope Leo XVI addresses a group of new bishops, participants in a formation course in Rome, during an audience on Sept. 10, 2026, in the Synod Hall of the Vatican. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope to new bishops: The most important mission is to ‘remain with Jesus’

The Holy Father received 147 bishops from five continents, participants in a formation course in Rome for new
Participants of the Synod on Synodality in the Paul VI Audience Hall. | Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News

Synod group calls for gender-equality mechanisms in Church workplaces

The final report also proposes a greater role for women religious in selecting bishops who oversee consecrated life
Pope Leo XIV greets couples gathered in St. Peter’s Square during the Sept. 9, 2026, general audience. | Credit: Vatican Media

Love is not a feeling but a decision, Pope Leo XIV tells couples

In the foreword to a new edition of the youth catechism YouCat, on the subject of love and
Pope Leo XIV addresses a group of bishops who are friends of the Focolare Movement on Sept. 9, 2026, at the Vatican. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV warns of Western ‘paradox’ on individual freedom

The pontiff said people can feel less free to be themselves even as autonomy is increasingly treated as
Pope Leo XIV blesses a small baby during his weekly general audience on Sept. 9, 2026, in St. Peter’s Square. | Credit: Daniel Ibanez/EWTN News

Pope Leo XIV: Respect for human dignity ‘excludes self-centered isolation’

Addressing pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square, the pope continued his catechetical cycle dedicated to the Second Vatican Council’s
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China ordains 18th bishop under Vatican agreement

Archbishop Andrew Ding Yang’s episcopal ordination is the eighth held during Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate, though not all
Pope Leo XIV addresses a delegation of pilgrims from Oriel College, Oxford, at the Vatican on Sept. 4, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV points to St. John Henry Newman as a model for education today

The pontiff urged Oxford scholars to seek truth courageously and promote an education rooted in human dignity, justice
On Sept. 3, the pope received a group of seminarians from two Italian seminaries: the Pius XI Pontifical Regional Seminary of Apulia (in Molfetta) and the Interdiocesan Seminary of Aversa. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV to seminarians: ‘As I look at each of you, I see the marvelousness of God’

The pope told the seminarians that the call of God is gratuitous and not based on any merit

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