This morning, the Holy Father received in audience:
- Archbishop Filippo Iannone, O. Carm., prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops;
- His Eminence Cardinal Michael Czerny, S.J., prefect of the...
Appointment of coadjutor apostolic vicar of Gambella, Ethiopia
The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Hailemariam Medhin Tesfay, S.D.B., as coadjutor apostolic vicar of Gambella, Ethiopia....
On Tuesday 24 March 2026 , at 11.30 , a press conference will be held at the Holy See Press Office, Via della Conciliazione 54, to present the updated version of the document of the Pontifical...
This morning, in the Vatican Apostolic Palace, the Holy Father Leo XIV received in audience the participants in the General Assembly of the Opera di Maria - Focolare Movement, taking place from 1 to...
The Vatican on Friday launched a campaign to encourage divestment from mining industries, saying the Catholic Church should invest its money in ways that are consistent with its ecological teachings.
Pope Leo XIV issued a special message on Thursday, the Solemnity of St. Joseph and 10th anniversary of Pope Francis’s lighting-rod document on family life, Amoris Laetitia, which marked a decisive...
As global tensions build amid the current war in Iran, which is quickly morphing into a broader global conflict, Israel’s envoy to the Holy See defended their military intervention as necessary for...
The Vatican appeals tribunal declared a mistrial in the Holy See’s big “trial of the century,” a stunning blow to both Pope Francis’s legacy and prosecutors who had put a cardinal and several other...
Pope Leo XIV will accept the Liberty Medal in Philadelphia on the eve of July 4 in a remote broadcast from Rome but won’t travel to the U.S. during its 250th birthday celebrations this year.
“The vow of chastity includes purity of body and soul; this is easily lost … This great treasure is deposited in a castle, which has many portals and openings, and if these are not well guarded and...
Most people do not withdraw from relationships because they are unloving.They withdraw because they are wounded. In families especially, proximity can feel perilous. Wounded history accumulates like...
This reflection is an excerpt from The Liturgical Sense of the Readings at Mass (Year A). Click here to purchase! As Jesus passed by he saw a man blind from birth.His disciples asked him,“Rabbi, who...
Most of our fears as young kids revolve around nighttime. As we grow up, the tools we’re taught stay with us. Whether you’ve got young ones or older ones (or fears yourself), you can keep it simple...
Throughout history, Catholics—both religious and lay—have actively engaged in efforts to end war, poverty, hunger, and injustice. From vastly different disciplines and corners of the world, they have...