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St. John Henry Newman, soon to be named Doctor of the Church. (photo: Melissa Hartog / Shutterstock/Design)

St. John Henry Newman’s ‘Second Spring’ Reaches Its Full Bloom

COMMENTARY: Once barred from Oxford for his faith, the English convert who preached of a ‘second spring’ now
Pope Leo XIV meets with participants of the fifth World Meeting of Popular Movements on Oct. 23, 2025, in the Vatican’s Paul VI Audience Hall. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV criticizes pharmaceutical industry’s role in scourge of opioid addiction

Pope Leo XIV on Thursday decried the devastating impact of opioid addiction in the U.S., criticizing the pharmaceutical
Pope Leo XIV addresses the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre at the Vatican on Oct. 23, 2025. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV encourages Order of the Holy Sepulchre in its Holy Land mission

In an audience with the Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, Pope Leo XIV thanked them for

Pope Leo XIV Calls for Global Defense of Religious Freedom and Human Dignity

Vatican City – The Vatican this week highlighted urgent global issues surrounding religious freedom, financial ethics, and human
Pope Leo XIV and King Charles III walk together in the Sistine Chapel during a historic meeting that included a prayer service at the Vatican, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV and King Charles III make history since Reformation

History was made in the Sistine Chapel on Thursday as Pope Leo XIV and King Charles III prayed
Pope Leo XIV greets a baby during his general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025 | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV: Sadness in life can be healed through Christ

Pope Leo XIV at his general audience on Wednesday said sadness and disappointments can give rise to unexpected
St. John Henry Newman near the end of his life, in 1887. | Credit: Babouba, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Pope Leo XIV to name St. John Henry Newman a patron saint of Catholic education

Pope Leo XIV will name St. John Henry Newman a patron saint of Catholic education in a document

Fact check: Did the Vatican Library open a prayer room for Muslims?

Reports circulating in media outlets and on social media in October 2025 allege that the Vatican has opened

Aid to the Church in Need: Authoritarian regimes are greatest threat to religious freedom

Authoritarian regimes are among the main drivers of religious discrimination and persecution in 52 countries, according to an

Pope Leo XIV meets clergy abuse survivors at Vatican

Pope Leo XIV on Monday met with members of an international organization of clergy abuse survivors and advocates

Political tensions surface amid celebrations honoring Venezuela’s 2 new saints

Underlying political tensions have surfaced among Venezuelans in Rome celebrating the recent canonization of the country’s first two

Pope Leo XIV condemns usury, a grave sin that speaks to the corruption of the human heart

Pope Leo XIV on Saturday condemned usury, a practice that is sometimes an extremely grave sin that speaks

Pope Leo XIV: Lives of the newly canonized saints are ‘luminous signs of hope’

Pope Leo XIV on Monday highlighted the life testimony of the saints canonized Sunday, Oct. 19, as “luminous

Walking with Mary in the Jubilee Year 

During the Jubilee for Marian Spirituality, pilgrims from around the world gathered in Rome to honor the Blessed

Saint Peter To Rot: Papua New Guinea’s First Martyr Saint

October 19th marked a historic day of joy for the people of Papua New Guinea, as Peter To

Seven New Saints Canonized by Pope Leo XIV

On October 19, 2025, one of the most solemn events of the Jubilee Year unfolded in St. Peter’s
Pope Leo XIV during the Jubilee of Consecrated Life. Credit Vatican Media

Jubilee of Consecrated Life 

Thousands of consecrated men and women from around the world came to Rome for the Jubilee of Consecrated

King Charles and Pope Leo XIV to pray together in historic ecumenical moment at Vatican

For the first time since the Protestant Reformation, a reigning British monarch and a pope will pray together

Pope Leo XIV asks Catholics in Russia to be an example of love, brotherhood, and respect

Pope Leo XIV on Friday asked a group of Catholic pilgrims from Russia, in Rome on a Jubilee

Pope Leo XIV canonizes 7 new saints, including first from Venezuela and Papua New Guinea

Pope Leo XIV proclaimed seven new saints on Sunday before an estimated 70,000 people in St. Peter’s Square,

Pope Leo XIV hails Roma, Sinti, and Travelers’ faith amid marginalization

At the Vatican’s Jubilee of Roma, Sinti, and Travelers, Pope Leo XIV praised pilgrims for their deep trust

Worldwide Catholic population up, vocations down

On the occasion of the 99th World Mission Day, to be celebrated on Sunday, Oct. 19, with the theme

Pope Leo XIV says first canonized couple give example of ‘marriage as a path to holiness’

At a time when the world offers “many counter-examples” of what a healthy marriage should look like, Pope

In second report, Vatican minor commission urges listening, reparations for abuse victims

The Vatican’s Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors on Thursday released its second annual report on the

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