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Pope Leo XIV to visit five parishes in Rome during Lent
Posted on 01/23/2026 05:08 AM ()
Pope Leo XIV will visit five parishes of the Diocese of Rome, meeting with parish groups and celebrating Mass each Sunday during Lent.
Pope Leo XIV receives Grand Duke and Duchess of Luxembourg
Posted on 01/23/2026 04:22 AM ()
Pope Leo XIV receives Grand Duke Guillaume of Luxembourg with his wife, Grand Duchess Stéphanie, in the Vatican on Friday.
Pope: Catholic Social Teaching shows path to peaceful coexistence
Posted on 01/23/2026 02:43 AM ()
In a message to the 2026 European Conference organized by the Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice Foundation in Luxembourg, Pope Leo XIV upholds the Church’s Social Teaching as showing societies a path to authentic respect and peaceful coexistence.
John Allen, the journalist who explained the Vatican with expertise and wit
Posted on 01/23/2026 01:59 AM ()
John Allen, editor and founder of Crux, died in Rome after a long illness. The Vatican expert analyzed and recounted the events of the last quarter century in the life of the Catholic Church.
Pope to US March for Life: Healthy societies protect human life
Posted on 01/22/2026 15:00 PM ()
Pope Leo XIV sends a message to participants in the 2026 March for Life in Washington, D.C., encouraging young people “to continue striving to ensure that life is respected in all of its stages.”
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity: Unity means support, not inferiority
Posted on 01/22/2026 09:24 AM ()
During the week dedicated to praying for Christian unity, the director of the Ecumenical Department of the Mother of Holy Mary in the Armenian Apostolic Church speaks about how true unity means "there is no sense of inferiority."
Vatican Labour Office: We work so that employees’ rights are never violated
Posted on 01/22/2026 09:13 AM ()
Monsignor Marco Sprizzi, president of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See (ULSA), explains the entity's work and comments on the recent survey conducted by the Association of Vatican Lay Employees, which reports discontent among employees.
Ecumenism and its lasting ripple effect
Posted on 01/22/2026 08:58 AM ()
From India to Rome, a young Christian studying at Bossey Ecumenical Institute reflects on unity and justice, as well as what Christian Unity means in a fractured world
Holy Land Co-ordination: Stand with people of Holy Land, help foster dialogue
Posted on 01/22/2026 05:42 AM ()
At the end of their annual pilgrimage to the Holy Land, the Co-ordination of Bishops' Conferences in Support of the Church in the Holy Land release a statement calling for the recognition of human dignity, praying that peace may prevail over violence.
Pope approves decrees for 2 new Blesseds and 4 Venerables
Posted on 01/22/2026 05:26 AM ()
Pope Leo XIV approves decrees for the causes of saints and recognizes the martyrdom of Guatemalan Fr. Augusto Rafael Ramírez Monasterio and Mother Maria Ignazia Isacchi, clearing the way for their beatification.