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Cardinal Michael Czerny, SJ, speaks at the press conference on the Pope Leo XIV Sustainability Medal recipient at the Sala San Pio X in Rome on Sept. 14, 2026. | Credit: Daniel Ibanez/EWTN News

Cardinal Czerny announced as first recipient of Pope Leo XIV Sustainability Medal

The recently retired prefect of the Vatican’s human development office will receive the award from the pope on
Pope Leo XIV blows out his birthday candle during the launch of the “AQVA Catastrophe and Wonder” exhibition at the Vatican Apostolic Library on Sept. 14, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV marks 71st birthday with opening of water exhibit at Vatican Library

The pontiff launched the “AQVA Catastrophe and Wonder” exhibit on Sept. 14. Pope Leo XIV marked his 71st
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
A flag of Vatican City State flies outside Piazza Pio XII, the main entrance to St. Peter’s Square, on July 16, 2026. | Credit: Ishmael Adibuah/EWTN News

Pope Leo XIV repeals COVID-era pay cuts to Vatican cardinals

Pope Francis had instituted the cuts as an austerity measure in 2021. Pope Leo XIV has officially repealed
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
The Vatican vegetable garden, almost a tenth of an acre of cultivable soil, is now maintained with 100% organic agricultural practices. | Credit: Governorate of Vatican City State

Vatican vegetable garden goes 100% organic

The move to biological farming techniques has been underway for several years in response to Pope Francis’ 2015
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
About half of Nigeria’s bishops visit the tomb of St. Paul after celebrating Mass at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome during their ad limina visit on March 4, 2026. | Credit: Ishmael Adibuah/EWTN News

Synod study group proposes broader role for Catholics in bishops’ ad limina visits

Study Group 7 says bishops’ visits to Rome should be instruments of missionary conversion, communal discernment, and greater
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
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 appoints coadjutor bishop for Puerto Rico’s youngest diocese

A coadjutor bishop serves alongside the current diocesan bishop and succeeds him after his retirement. Pope Leo XIV
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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
A painting of St. Joachim, the little Virgin Mary, and St. Anne in the Church of San Francesco in Reggio Emilia, Italy. | Credit: Renata Sedmakova/Shutterstock

Mary’s birthday: The Church celebrates the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

The Catholic Church celebrates the birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Sept. 8, nine months after the
Pope Leo XIV venerates an image of the Virgin Mary at the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Counsel in Genazzano, Italy, on Sept. 7, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media

Leo XIV: Mary’s simple presence — and her Son within her — moves all of history

The pope celebrated Mass at the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Counsel in Genazzano, Italy. ROME —
Pope Leo XIV addresses pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican for the recitation of the Angelus on Sept. 6, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV calls for peace in Ukraine after Russian attacks

The pontiff also reflected on the importance of fraternal correction among members of the Church. Pope Leo XIV
From left to right: Stained glass depictions of St. James the Lesser, St. Bartholomew, and St. Matthias. | Credit: jorisvo/Shutterstock / Joan Sutter/Shutterstock / Renata Sedmakova/Shutterstock

7 lesser-known apostles and where Catholics can encounter them today

Not many details are known about some of Jesus’ closest followers — here are some of their names
Pope Leo XIV meets in the Vatican with members of the Latin Bishops' Conference in the Arab Regions on Sept. 3, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV to Arab-region churches: ‘Do not be afraid of your smallness’

The pope met with members of the Council of Latin Bishops of the Arab Regions on Thursday in
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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Abuse prevention, liturgy central to Vatican courses for new bishops

The program has been a fixture of the Church calendar since 2000, when it was launched by St.
Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation on Sept. 1, 2026, in the Madonnina Garden of the Borgo Laudato Si’ within the pontifical gardens of Castel Gandolfo. | Credit: Vatican Media

True ecological conversion passes through the Eucharist

An International Theological Commission document sets out a Christian vision of humanity’s relationship with creation. VATICAN CITY —

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