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Pope Leo XIV greets participants of an international congress on pastoral ministry in schools and universities during an audience in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall on Oct. 22, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope urges educators to help young people encounter Christ amid ‘merciless’ treatment by culture

A gathering organized by the Vatican’s Dicastery for Culture and Education brought together 1,200 participants from 60 countries.
A child is held up for Pope Leo XIV to bless when he passes by in the popemobile during the general audience in St. Peter’s Square on Oct. 21, 2026. | Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News

New Vatican document considers the difficulties of passing on the faith today

The document is presented as a set of “considerations,” drawing on the input and contributions of several national
Pope Leo XIV, with St. Peter’s Basilica behind him, waves to pilgrims during his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square on Sept. 23, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope invites young Catholics to Seoul as registration opens for World Youth Day 2027

The Vatican released the pontiff’s message on the feast of St. John Paul II, who established World Youth
Pope Leo XIV holds a framed copy of a paragraph of “Nostra Aetate,” the Second Vatican Council’s Declaration on the Relation of the Church with Non-Christian Religions, in Latin and Hebrew, as he poses with members of the American Jewish Committee in the Apostolic Palace of the Vatican on Oct. 22, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV: Following St. John Paul II, the Church’s dialogue with Jews must continue

The pontiff met with a delegation of the American Jewish Committee at the Vatican on Thursday. Pope Leo
Pope Leo XIV concludes his stay at the Gemelli Hospital on Oct. 17, 2026. | Credit Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV needs no further treatment after lung cancer surgery, Vatican says

Final histological examinations and molecular biology tests on tissue removed during the Holy Fatherʼs surgery were completed. VATICAN
Hundreds of Chaldean Catholics from Iraq and diaspora communities around the world gather at the Vatican, joining Patriarch Paul III Nona for Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on Oct. 15, 2026. | Credit: Romy Haber

Chaldean Catholics from around the world gather with patriarch at the Vatican

Chaldean Catholics from around the world gathered with their patriarch at the Vatican Faith, Reunion and the Hope
Pope Leo XIV delivers remarks during a private audience at the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican with participants in the “Holiness in History” conference on Oct. 21, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV: The world is poorer without saints

The pontiff met with participants of the “Holiness in History” conference at the Vatican on Wednesday. Pope Leo
Pope Leo XIV takes his first ride in the popemobile post-lung surgery during the weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square on Oct. 21, 2026. | Credit: Daniel Ibañez/EWTN News

Pope Leo affirms the ‘unbreakable oneness’ of marriage at first general audience post-surgery

The pope stressed that the commitment to protect families is “more urgent than ever before.” VATICAN CITY —
Pope Leo looks out at the crowd gathered for his Sunday Angelus address on Oct. 18, 2026, the day after he left the hospital following lung surgery. (Photo: Matteo Pernaselci / Vatican Media)

Will Pope Leo Reshape His Pontificate?

ANALYSIS: Could his cancer diagnosis change how Pope Leo governs the Vatican going forward? Until the announcement of
Statue of St. Peter in the Vatican Gardens overlooking St. Peter's Basilica | Credit: Ishmael Adibuah/EWTN News

Pope Leo XIV tasks theologians with clarifying meaning of Church tradition

The pope has appointed 24 new members to the International Theological Commission, which will examine the nature of
Sister Mary Barron, OLA, president of the Pontifical Mission Societies and adjunct secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization starting Jan. 4, 2027, speaks to EWTN News in Rome on Oct. 19, 2026. | Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News

New Vatican official says men and women are ‘in this together as witnesses to God’

In an interview with EWTN News, Sister Mary Teresa Barron, OLA, spoke about her new role supporting the
Young volunteers distribute hot tea to the homeless near St. Peter’s Square in Rome on Oct. 13, 2026. | Credit: Patricia Ocando/EWTN News

Young members of the Order of Malta help the homeless in St. Peter’s Square

Every Tuesday, volunteers gather near St. Peter’s Square to provide food to the homeless. In a society of
Pope Leo XIV greets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Castel Gandolfo on July 9, 2025. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV speaks with Zelenskyy about humanitarian ceasefire in Ukraine

The pontiff raised the humanitarian crisis in the Kherson region and reiterated the Holy See’s commitment to dialogue
Statue of St. Peter in the Vatican Gardens overlooking St. Peter's Basilica | Credit: Ishmael Adibuah/EWTN News

Notre Dame, Boston College professors among new members of Vatican theological commission

The Vatican announced 24 new members to the International Theological Commission on Monday. Pope Leo XIV named 24
From left to right: Pope Leo XIV and actor Chris Pratt. | Credit: Vatican Media; Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan, via Wikimedia Commons

Pope Leo XIV, Chris Pratt come together for new documentary about the tomb of St. Peter

“Pétros Ení — Discovering the Origins” is scheduled to be released in theaters in February 2027. A new
Pope Leo XIV smiles and waves to crowds at his general audience on Sept. 2, 2026, in St. Peter’s Square. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV to resume Wednesday general audience this week, skips Castel Gandolfo

Louis Prevost, the pope’s brother, expressed surprise in an interview that the South American trip would proceed. Pope
Pope Leo XIV addresses pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, one day after leaving the hospital for cancer surgery, on Oct. 18, 2026. | Credit: Zofia Czubak/EWTN News

Pope leads pilgrims in prayer one day after leaving hospital

The pontiff, five days after undergoing surgery for cancer, said he would “gradually resume my activities.” Pope Leo
Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, dean of the College of Cardinals and pro-prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, leads an international rosary at the Pontifical Urban College in Rome on Oct. 17, 2026, to mark the 100th anniversary of World Mission Sunday. | Credit: Ishmael Adibuah/EWTN News

International rosary in Rome held in advance of 100th World Mission Sunday

The rosary, recited in 13 languages, also marked the 75th anniversary of the World Mission Rosary by Blessed

For the first time in 5 years, the number of priests worldwide rose

The Catholic Church has 407,421 priests, 425 more than the previous year. Africa and Asia are driving this
Pope Leo XIV waves as he leaves Gemelli Hospital on Oct. 17, 2026. | Credit: Veronica Giacometti/EWTN News

Pope Leo XIV leaves Gemelli Hospital, returns to Vatican

The 71-year-old pope had been admitted last Tuesday and underwent surgery to remove the lower lobe of his

Pope Leo speaks with Russian President Putin by phone

The hospitalized pontiff initiated the call to the Russian president, according to the Vatican secretary of state. Pope
A statue of St. John Paul II stands outside Gemelli Hospital in Rome. | Credit: Daniel Ibañez/EWTN News

Pope Leo XIV recovers after lung surgery as Vatican announces new appointments

Pope Leo XIV continues his recovery following surgery for lung adenocarcinoma, while the Vatican has shared a message
Andreas Thonhauser, vice president and chief global officer at EWTN, speaks at the conference “Communicating Truth in an Age of AI,” organized by the Acton Institute, on Oct. 15, 2026, in Rome. | Credit: Ishmael Adibuah/EWTN News

‘Do we understand truth anymore?’: Conference in Rome discusses distrust in age of AI

The Acton Institute held a discussion on “Communicating Truth in an Age of AI.” A dinner conference in
Gemelli Hospital in Rome, also known as the “hospital of the popes,” has hosted popes from St. John Paul II to Pope Leo XIV on its 10th floor during periods of hospitalization. | Credit: Daniel Ibanez/EWTN News

Doctors confirm Pope Leo XIV’s operated lung is recovering well

The Vatican has not yet announced whether the pope will lead the public Angelus prayer from Gemelli Hospital

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