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Pope Leo's first Christmas Urbi et Orbi Blessing. Credit: Vatican Media

Full text: Pope Leo’s Christmas “Urbi et Orbi” Blessing 2025

Pope Leo delivers his first Christmas “Urbi et Orbi” Blessing as Bishop of Rome, to which is attached
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
Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican for the recitation of the Angelus on Dec. 21, 2025. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV revives tradition during first Christmas of his pontificate

Pope Leo XIV celebrates his first Christmas at the Vatican by reviving the tradition of offering Christmas Mass
Pope Leo XIV venerates a statue of the Child Jesus during the celebration of Christmas Mass during the Night in St. Peter's Basilica on Dec. 24, 2025. | Credit: Daniel Ibanez/EWTN News

Full text: Pope Leo XIV’s Christmas night homily

Pope Leo XIV celebrated Christmas Mass during the Night in St. Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday. The Mass was

Where does the ‘Feast of the 7 Fishes’ Christmas Eve tradition come from?

There are numerous Christmas Eve traditions families around the world take part in, whether it’s watching a certain

UPDATED: Pope asked Illinois governor to veto assisted suicide bill

Pope Leo XIV appealed to Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker to veto a bill legalizing assisted suicide during a

Trafficking victims rise worldwide as experts, survivors call for stronger action

Fifty million people are currently being trafficked around the world, according to the 2023 Global Slavery Index, driving

Christ at the Center: How Tradition Anchors the Development of Doctrine

COMMENTARY: The only true metric for the authentic exercise of ecclesial authority is Christological — grounded in the

Lessons From the Christmas Gospels

COMMENTARY: The first witnesses to the messianic birth are not the great and the good but the lowly

Pope Leo in apostolic letter calls for renewed priestly formation, fraternity, and mission

Pope Leo XIV calls for renewed priestly formation, stronger priestly fraternity, and a more missionary focus in pastoral ministry in an

Pope Leo XIV tells Vatican employees doing work well gives glory to God

Pope Leo XIV told Vatican and Holy See employees to see their daily work as part of the Church’s mission, saying

FULL TEXT of Pope Leo’s Apostolic Letter “A fidelity that generates the future”

The PDF version of the Apostolic Letter A fidelity that generates the future by Pope Leo XIV can be downloaded here.

These are Pope Leo XIV’s prayer intentions for 2026

The pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network has released Pope Leo XIV’s list of prayer intentions for the year 2026. Every month,

The ‘most valuable’ gift to give this Christmas, according to Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV told the young people of Italian Catholic Action that they can perform a simple gesture

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

Pope Leo XIV writes preface to book that shaped his spiritual life

Pope Leo XIV has written the preface to a new Vatican edition of the book “The Practice of

Pope Leo XIV: The person and families must be at center of labor system

Pope Leo XIV advocated for a labor system that serves individuals and families so that the dignity of

Pope Leo XIV strengthens legal protections for employees of the Vatican and Holy See

Pope Leo XIV approved new labor regulations at the Office of Labor of the Apostolic See (ULSA, by its Italian

Pope Leo XIV highlights key virtues for final days of Advent

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday highlighted four virtues of St. Joseph — “piety and charity, mercy and trust”

Pope Leo XIV warns against destructive spiral of autonomous weapons and escalation

Pope Leo XIV warned against the destructive spiral fueled by the arms race and the development of autonomous

Pope Leo makes surprise visit to children’s Christmas concert at Castel Gandolfo school

Pope Leo XIV enjoyed a special Christmas concert this week dedicated to him by students of the Paul
Pope Leo visits the Nativity Scene in Paul VI Audience Hall. Credit: Vatican Media

Updates: Final Jubilee Events and Pro-Life Christmas

Welcome to this week’s Vaticano Updates, bringing you the most important news from Pope Leo XIV and the
Pope Leo XIV passes through the Holy Door carrying the jubilee cross as he leads the pilgrimage of the Holy See on June 9, 2025. | Credit: Vatican Media

End of the Jubilee: When will the Holy Doors in Rome close?

Just a few weeks remain until the closing of the holy year, which was inaugurated by Pope Francis

Here’s Some Good News: The Jubilee of Hope Isn’t Over Yet

EDITORIAL: Just how desperately we need hope in today’s troubled world was made apparent though the darkness of

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