Vatican & World News

-   Pope Leo’s first encyclical will be published next week. -   Mary’s Meals’ Country Director in Malawi recounts the reality facing children in the country today and the opportunities the program continues to offer young girls and boys. -   The Pope praises the work of The Catholic Extension Society, encouraging their continued support for poor and isolated Catholic...

-   Pope Leo will travel to France from September 25-28 this year. -   One Pakistani bishop shares his hopes for the future and the hardships the Church faces in the country following the bishops’ ad limina visit with Pope Leo. -   Ahead of WYD 2027, volunteers in Seoul are creating a special 'Cross of Peace' made up of barbed wire from the demilitarized zone between...

-   The Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith issues a new warning to the Society of St. Pius X against carrying out episcopal ordinations without a pontifical mandate. -   At least 380 Lebanese have been killed in Israeli strikes despite an April 16 temporary cessation of hostilities agreed between the two countries. -   On the feast day of Our Lady...

-   Students of the Sapienza University of Rome are preparing to welcome Pope Leo on Thursday. -   Over 200 Ethiopians are reportedly at risk of being executed in Saudi Arabia. -   A look-back on the day, forty-five years ago, when Pope John Paul II was attacked in St. Peter’s Square.

-   Pope Leo calls religions to work together toward peace and warns against instrumentalising God for military, economic or political gain -   The Pope also appeals for renewed commitment to peace and development in the Sahel region -   Negotiations for an agreement between the U.S and Iran are at a standstill as both sides claim continuing clashes and violations in...

-   Pope Leo begins his series of pastoral visits around Italy with a visit to Pompei and Naples -   On the first anniversary of the Pope’s election, we reflect on his appeals for peace and his dedication to the Second Vatican Council -   We speak to the President of St Jerome’s University in Ontario, Canada, which has just opened the world’s first Pope Francis Instit...

-   The Holy See releases the schedule for Pope Leo XIV’s next international apostolic journey that will take him to Spain in June -   Israeli strikes in Lebanon continue to wreak death and devastation -   At the weekly General Audience, Pope Leo says the Church has a mission to speak out against all that mortifies life

-   The southern Italian city of Pompeii is preparing to welcome the Pope on Friday -   The U.S. military says it is escorting stranded cargo ships through the Strait of Hormuz -   Father Paolo Benanti, an expert on artificial intelligence, talks about the Church and Pope Leo’s contribution to this topic

-   Pope says care for the poor is an integral part of Christian life in a meeting with Catholic Charities USA -   A Palestinian Christian activist speaks about the escalating violence in the West Bank -   Church leaders in Mozambique condemn a new wave of violence after the destruction of a Catholic mission

-   The Pope encourages the Church in all countries to help one another and to bear witness to the truth in charity -   Christian leaders gather in Dubai to participate in the National Ecumenical Prayer for Peace -   During the month of May, Pope Leo urges Catholics to pray that everyone might have food

-   Pope Leo XIV and the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury agree on the need to continue working to overcome differences -   The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem reflects on how Christians should respond to the ongoing conflict in the Israel-Palestine war -   The apostolic nuncio to Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea looks back on the legacy of Pope Leo’s visit to the African...