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Vatican News: Pope Leo XIV Clarifies Marian Doctrine and Announces Upcoming Document on Polygamy

This week’s Vatican developments centered on theological clarity, pastoral care, and hope. From Marian doctrine to the issue

Pope Leo XIV asks Rupnik accusers to be patient

Pope Leo XIV asked accusers of Father Marko Rupnik to have patience as a trial on the priest’s
Credit: Jacek Dłużewski's Annunciation.

Reimagining Catholic Art

A beautiful artistic event set in the stunning interiors of the Museums of San Salvatore in Lauro in
Father DJ Guilherme, a priest who also spins electronic tracks as a DJ, performs at Vitae Festival.

Vitae Festival in Rome

The Vitae Fest 2025 took place in Rome, gathering young people, artists and communities all under one theme:
St. John Henry Newman and the Basilica of St. George in Velabro, Newman's titular church.

Along the Footsteps of Cardinal Newman in Rome

The Church has welcomed a new Doctor of the Church. On November 1st, Pope Leo XIV declared St
EWTN European Pilgrimage and Conference: St. Peter's Basilica and an EWTN microphone.

EWTN European Pilgrimage and Conference

As part of a four-day series of meetings and activities, on October 24th, colleagues and supporters from across
The latest news from the Vatican.

Vatican News: Martyrs Recognized, Women Honored, and a Call to Renew Education

This is the latest news from the Vatican — straight from the heart of the Church. Pope Leo

Pope Leo XIV: ‘The Church does not tolerate antisemitism’

Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday strongly condemned antisemitism during his general audience in St. Peter’s Square marking the
Approximately 300 representatives of world religions and cultures joined the Holy Father for an evening ecumenical prayer service for peace, organized by the Community of Sant’Egidio, on Oct. 28, 2025, at the Colosseum in Rome. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV commemorates Nostra Aetate anniversary

Pope Leo XIV joined faith leaders on Tuesday to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Nostra aetate, the Church’s declaration
Pope Leo in prayer in St. Peter's Square. Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo’s First Apostolic Journey

On Monday of this week, the Vatican announced the much anticipated program for Pope Leo’s first international Apostolic Journey

One Year After Synod on Synodality

After a three-year journey, the Synod on Synodality reached its culmination with the publication of the final document
Pope Leo XIV addresses the audience in his homily at a Mass on Oct. 27, 2025, marking both the start of the academic year at Rome’s pontifical universities and the opening day of the Jubilee of the World of Education. | Credit: Daniel Ibañez/EWTN

Pope Leo XIV urges university students to feed ‘hunger for truth and meaning’

Pope Leo XIV urged university students on Monday to feed their “hunger for truth and meaning,” lamenting that
Pope Leo XIV meets with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Oct. 27, 2025, at the Vatican. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV meets with Viktor Orbán at the Vatican

In separate audiences on Monday, Pope Leo XIV received two political leaders with very different views on the
Pope Leo XIV claps with pilgrims during an audience for the Jubilee of Hope in St. Peter's Square on Oct. 25, 2025. | Credit: Vatican Media.

Pope Leo XIV gives advice for living with hope in a ‘troubled era’

Pope Leo XIV on Saturday said the key to living in a difficult time, when the Church’s teachings
Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke celebrates a Pontifical Mass in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite, at the Papal Basilica of Saint Peter, the Vatican, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN

PHOTOS: Cardinal Burke celebrates Latin Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica

Cardinal Raymond Burke celebrated a special Traditional Latin Mass for hundreds of pilgrims in St. Peter’s Basilica on
Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica for the Jubilee of Synodal Teams and Participatory Bodies on the 30th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Oct. 26, 2025. | Credit: Daniel Ibanez/EWTN

Pope Leo: Don’t let tension between tradition, novelty become ‘harmful polarizations’

Pope Leo XIV said at a Mass on Sunday that no one in the Church “should impose his
Pope Leo XIV celebrates a Mass of episcopal consecration at the Altar of the Chair in St. Peter's Basilica on Oct. 26, 2025. | Credit: Daniel Ibanez/EWTN

Pope Leo XIV: The first lesson for every bishop is humility

Bishops should be humble servants and men of prayer — not possession, Pope Leo XIV said at a
The sun rises over the main gate with the renowned sign “Arbeit Macht Frei” (“Work makes you free”) of the Museum of Auschwitz/Birkenau German Nazi concentration and extermination camp on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the camp, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. | Credit: Dominika Zarzycka/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images

Pope Leo XIV approves decrees for 11 martyrs killed by Nazi Germany, communists

Pope Leo XIV on Friday authorized decrees recognizing 11 new martyrs as well as four new venerables to
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
Cardinal Pietro Parolin celebrates a Mass for peace in Ukraine on Nov. 17, 2022, in the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome. | Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN

Cardinal, Vatican journalists condemn threat to free press after assaults on journalists

Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin and an organization of Vatican-accredited journalists have spoken out in support

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