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PHOTOS: Unforgettable moments from the 2025 papal transition

2025 began with Catholics around the world uniting in prayer for Pope Francis’ health as he entered the

More than 3 million people attended Vatican audiences and ceremonies in 2025

During the year 2025, the participation of the faithful in audiences and liturgical celebrations at the Vatican reached

6 Catholic public figures who made major headlines in 2025

The year 2025 will be etched in the memory of the Catholic Church for various profoundly significant events,
Pope Francis opens the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica. Credit: Vatican Media

Recap: Pope Francis and the Jubilee

It was Christmas Eve 2024 when Pope Francis, seated in his wheelchair, firmly knocked on the door of
Pope Francis' Funeral in St. Peter's Square. Credit: Daniel Ibanez

Recap: Interregnum after the death of Pope Francis

Pope Francis passed away at the age of 88 on April 21st at 7:35 in the morning in
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

The Most Important Trips of Pope Francis

From the very first months of his pontificate, Pope Francis turned travel into a defining pastoral gesture. His

The Francis Connection: How a Name Shaped a Pontificate

When Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio stepped onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica in 2013, he introduced himself

The First Latin American Pope

When Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected Pope in 2013, the Catholic Church crossed a historic threshold. For

Former Hungarian ambassador reflects on 10-year term at the Vatican

Archduke of Austria Eduard Habsburg, who served as Hungary’s ambassador to the Holy See since 2015, described his

Pope Leo XIV among the most viewed and searched on Wikipedia and Google in 2025

The profile of Pope Leo XIV is among the most viewed pages on the digital encyclopedia Wikipedia, and

Leo XIV eliminates commission for donations to Holy See created by Pope Francis

The Vatican announced on Dec. 4 a new decision by Pope Leo XIV regarding fundraising for the Holy
The main altar of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. | Credit: Jorge Royan (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Pope Leo centralizes oversight of Two Roman Major Basilicas

Pope Leo XIV has issued a new decree revising the financial and administrative norms governing the basilicas of

Synod on Synodality reports reveal continued study on women, but not female diaconate

Reports from the Synod on Synodality published this week reveal that expert groups continue to discuss women’s participation

Pope Leo XIV praises the ‘silent and hidden love’ of cloistered nuns

Pope Leo XIV praised the “silent and hidden love” of cloistered nuns who, he said, are free from

Why 3 Popes Say the Antichrist Novel ‘Lord of the World’ Predicted Our Times

In Benson’s prophetic vision, the Church persists amid a godless world obsessed with progress, pleasure and power. In

Pope Leo XIV discusses 2-state solution with Palestine’s President Mahmoud Abbas

Pope Leo XIV received President Mahmoud Abbas of Palestine for an audience in the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace on

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass in suffrage for deceased prelates

Pope Leo XIV on Monday presided over a Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica in suffrage for the late

The lifesaving miracle that led to St. John Henry Newman’s canonization

The sainthood of John Henry Newman, who will be declared a doctor of the Church on Nov. 1,

Pope Leo XIV to offer All Souls’ Day Mass at Rome’s largest cemetery

Pope Leo XIV will celebrate All Souls’ Day with Mass for the faithful departed at Rome’s largest cemetery as

Longtime Vatican official and Italian archbishop Cardinal Edoardo Menichelli dies at 86

Cardinal Edoardo Menichelli, archbishop emeritus of Ancona-Osimo in the northern Italian region of Marche, has died at the

Pope Leo XIV: Authentic Marian spirituality brings God’s tenderness into the Church

Pope Leo XIV’s Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square was attended by 30,000 pilgrims in Rome for the

Pope Leo XIV, in his first major document, says the poor evangelize us

In the first major document of his pontificate, Pope Leo XIV writes that the poor are not only objects

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