Pope Leo XIV at his general audience on Wednesday said sadness and disappointments can give rise to unexpected

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

On October 19, 2025, one of the most solemn events of the Jubilee Year unfolded in St. Peter’s

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

The wife and daughter of imprisoned democracy activist and Catholic Jimmy Lai met Pope Leo XIV in Rome

The most important news from Pope Leo XIV and the Vatican of the week—from declarations on religious freedom

Pope Leo XIV has sent 5,000 doses of antibiotics to the Gaza Strip in a humanitarian gesture aimed

Pope Leo XIV on Thursday said news agencies have the responsibility to uphold principles that protect a person’s

Pope Leo XIV addressed immigration policies and respect for vulnerable migrants in a meeting with Cardinal Blase Cupich

This week, Pope Leo XIV announced major developments in his pontificate — including his first apostolic journey abroad,

For the first time, the body of St. Francis of Assisi will be visible to all, from Feb.

Pope Leo XIV called Hamas’ attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, an act of terrorism that cannot

Applications Closed for 2026 The EWTN Summer Academy 2026 will gather in Rome from June 22 to July

Pope Leo XIV will visit Turkey and Lebanon in the first apostolic journey of his pontificate, to take

A unique rite takes place in St. Peter’s Basilica on the Saturday of the First Week of Lent: the exposition of the Holy Lance of St. Longinus.

The first known Nativity scene figurines are currently on display in one of Rome’s oldest basilicas. The underground

Pope Francis telephoned a young Italian widower who had just lost his wife during the birth of his

The period of the octave of Christmas, or the eight days of festivities that follow the remembrance of

Jesus being born is true peace, and is “the way of peace,” Pope Francis says in his customary

Many might think that the holy cradle of the Child Jesus is in Bethlehem, but it is in

A manger, the Christ Child’s first resting place, can teach us a lot about the meaning of Christmas,

Located at the heart of Italy’s Apennine mountains, surrounded by oak forests, the town of Greccio is perched

Cardinal Mauro Piacenza, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary, wrote a letter addressed to confessors inviting them to

This year,” the Holy Father noted, “will be filled with the multitude of refugees from Ukraine, to whom