From weeping tears of joy to blessing babies from aboard the popemobile, here are five of the blessed moments we have witnessed thus far in this Leonine papacy.

Dapper indeed he was, and yet his fashion choices point to something deeper.

Pope Leo XIV celebrated Sunday Mass at the Shrine of Santa Maria della Rotonda together with the poor and Caritas workers, saying Christ’s “fire of love” is what can create peace in society.

Pope Leo XIV celebrated the Assumption Mass Friday at Castel Gandolfo’s Church of St. Thomas of Villanova, urging Catholics to make the Magnificat their own.

The Vatican has included a pilgrimage by the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) on its official calendar for the 2025 Jubilee Year, despite the traditionalist Catholic group’s historically fraught relationship with the Holy See.

Since his May 8 election as the first pope born and raised in the United States, the 69-year-old Chicago native has already left his mark on a jubilee year filled with papal liturgies and a surge in pilgrim enthusiasm.

Here are some of the best moments of Pope Leo meeting pilgrims, visitors, and dignitaries during his first 100 days.

The feast of the Assumption marks the anniversary of the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN).

EWTN Global Catholic Network will be the exclusive media partner for Pope Leo XIV’s first digital visit with American Catholic youth at the 2025 National Catholic Youth Conference, providing news coverage, broadcast, and streaming.

COMMENTARY: When technology serves power instead of the person, the result is not progress but oppression.

COMMENTARY: In proclaiming Jesus Christ as the answer to the question that is every human life, Catholicism is, was, and always will be a culture-reforming counterculture.

COMMENTARY: Since taking office in May, the Holy Father has served the Church more as a stabilizer than a disruptor.

EWTN’s “Crushed by the Woman” — set to air on the Aug. 15 solemnity of the Assumption at 5:30 p.m. ET — aims to answer common questions Protestants ask regarding the Blessed Virgin Mary.

The Vatican issued an update to its public procurement regulations to streamline steps in the Holy See’s contracting processes while maintaining integrity and transparency.

Today, Catholics and many other Christians celebrate the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Pope Leo XIV during his Wednesday general audience on Aug. 13 said the Gospel does not teach people to deny evil but to recognize its reality as an opportunity for conversion.

The French bishops’ conference has issued a statement addressed to the archbishop of Toulouse, Guy de Kerimel, asking him to rescind the promotion of a priest who served time in prison for the rape of a minor boy.

A religious institute in New Zealand has lost its appeal to the Vatican to continue public ministry in the Diocese of Christchurch

Here’s a roundup of some of the latest Catholic education news:

Almost three months since Pope Leo’s election, he has appeared about as rarely in the news as a new pope can.

In his Angelus address on Sunday, Pope Leo XIV urged the faithful to share not only material possessions but also their skills, time, and compassion for the good of others.

When the cynical Alphonse Ratisbonne accepted a dare to wear a Miraculous Medal, he didn’t expect to meet the Blessed Mother herself.

As England shows signs of a Catholic revival, Newman’s voice is being recognized as one the modern world needs to hear.

EDITORIAL: They came by the million — not for a concert or protest, but to adore Christ and hear the Pope’s call to greatness. The next generation of Catholic witnesses is already here.