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Pope Leo XIV greets a young mother and her child outside of the Monastery of St. Maron in Annaya, Lebanon, on Dec. 1, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV to Lebanese Youth: Love, Not Retaliation, is the Real Answer to Evil

Dec 1, 2025

Pope Leo XIV met Lebanese youth in the square in front of the Maronite Patriarchate of Antioch in Bkerké on the second day of his apostolic visit to Lebanon.

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Vatican Defends Monogamy against Polygamy, Polyamory

Nov 25, 2025

“One Flesh: In Praise of Monogamy” was published in Italian by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith on Nov. 25.

Pope Leo XIV addresses the steering committee of the Catholic Biblical Federation at the Vatican on Nov. 17, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV Laments Distortion of the Gospel for "particular interests"

Nov 17, 2025

The Catholic Biblical Federation promotes the knowledge, dissemination, and study of sacred Scripture around the world.

Pope Leo XIV gives his apostolic blessing at the end of the general audience in St. Peter’s Square on Nov. 12, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Fraternity "one of the great challenges for contemporary humanity": Pope Leo XIV

Nov 12, 2025

Pope Leo XIV reflected on the world’s need for fraternity — a gift from Christ that frees us from selfishness and division — during the general audience.

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass at Sant’Anselmo Church in Rome on Nov. 11, 2025, for the 125th anniversary of the church’s consecration. Sant’Anselmo Church is part of a residential college and offices of the Benedictine Confederation, the governing body of the Order of St. Benedict. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV Asks Benedictines to Confront Modern Challenges with Prayer, Study, Holiness

Nov 12, 2025

Pope Leo XIV visited the Aventine Hill in Rome to celebrate a Mass for the 125th anniversary of the dedication of Sant’Anselmo Church.

Pope Leo XIV speaks during Mass for the opening of the general chapter of the Order of St. Augustine on Sept. 1, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV Appoints Augustinian from Nigeria to Prefecture of the Papal Household at Vatican

Nov 10, 2025

Father Edward Daniang Daleng, OSA, has been procurator general of the Order of St. Augustine — Pope Leo XIV’s religious order.

Pope Leo XIV speaks with President Mahmoud Abbas of Palestine during a private audience in the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace on Nov. 6, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media.

Pope Leo XIV Discusses Two-state Solution with Palestine’s President Mahmoud Abbas

Nov 6, 2025

The pope and Abbas spoke about “an urgent need to provide assistance to the civilian population in Gaza and to end the conflict by pursuing a two-state solution.”

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, prays before an image of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Child during the rosary vigil for Pope Francis at the Vatican on Feb. 28, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

“Co-Redemptrix” Not Appropriate Way to Describe Blessed Virgin Mary’s Participation in Salvation: Vatican

Nov 4, 2025

The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) released “Mater Populi Fidelis” (“The Mother of the Faithful People of God”) on Nov. 4.

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, presides over a press conference on Friday, May 17, 2024, on the Vatican’s new document on Marian apparitions. / Credit: Rudolf Gehrig/EWTN News

Vatican to Weigh In on Mary’s Role in Salvation with Doctrine Document on November 4

Oct 30, 2025

The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith will release a document on Nov. 4 about titles of Mary that refer to her “cooperation in the work of salvation.”

Pope Leo XIV arrives in St. Peter’s Square for his weekly general audience on Oct. 29, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/EWTN News

Pope Leo XIV: "The Church does not tolerate antisemitism"

Oct 29, 2025

Pope Leo XIV condemned antisemitism during his Wednesday general audience in St. Peter’s Square on Oct. 29 and also prayed for those affected by Hurricane Melissa.

Pope Leo XIV signs his apostolic letter on Catholic education, “Drawing New Maps of Hope,” at the end of a Mass for Rome university students in St. Peter’s Basilica on Oct. 27, 2025. The document was published on Oct. 28, 2025, to mark the 60th anniversary of Gravissimum Educationis, the Second Vatican Council’s declaration on Christian education. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Calls for Renewal of Catholic Education Amid Challenges of Modern Society, Technology

Oct 28, 2025

In “Drawing New Maps of Hope,” Pope Leo XIV reflects on the role of a Catholic education on the 60th anniversary of Gravissimum Educationis.

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/CNA.

Pope Leo XIV: The First Lesson for Every Bishop is Humility

Oct 26, 2025

Pope Leo XIV consecrated Mons. Mirosław Stanisław Wachowski a bishop during a Mass at the Altar of the Chair in St. Peter’s Basilica on Oct. 26, 2025.

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/CNA

Pope Leo: Don’t Let Tension Between Tradition, Novelty Become "harmful polarizations"

Oct 26, 2025

Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass for the closing of the Jubilee of Synodal Teams and Participatory Bodies, part of the Church’s wider Jubilee of Hope in 2025. 

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"

Oct 25, 2025

Pope Leo XIV said the key to living in a difficult time, when the Church’s teachings are often challenged, is to embrace the hope that is “not knowing.” 

Pope Leo XIV sits next to Cardinal Mario Grech, general secretary of the Vatican's synod office, during the jubilee of synod teams and participatory bodies in the Vatican's Paul VI Hall on Oct. 24, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV: There’s No Template for Synodality Across all Countries

Oct 25, 2025

Pope Leo XIV spoke about synodality during the jubilee of synodal teams and participatory bodies Oct. 24-26, part of the Church’s wider Jubilee of Hope in 2025.

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/CNA

Vatican Secretary of State, Journalists Condemn Threat to Free Press after Assaults on Journalists

Oct 22, 2025

Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin and an organization of Vatican-accredited journalists spoke out in support of a free press this week.

A Venezuelan priest who concelebrated the canonization Mass with Pope Leo XIV celebrates his country's first saints in St. Peter's Square on Oct. 19, 2025. / Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN

Pope Leo XIV Canonizes Seven New Saints, Including First From Venezuela and Papua New Guinea

Oct 19, 2025

Pope Leo XIV declared seven new saints before an estimated 70,000 people in St. Peter’s Square at the canonization Mass on Oct. 19. Among the new saints is St. José Gregorio Hernández Cisneros, known as Venezuela's “the doctor of the poor," St. Peter To Rot, a lay catechist martyred in Papua New Guinea, and St. Bartolo Longo, a former Satanist who had a dramatic conversion and built the Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary in Pompeii.

Pope Leo XIV waves from the popemobile during an Oct. 15, 2025 public audience in St. Peter's Square. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA.

Pope Leo XIV Explains Why Christian Hope is Better Than Optimism

Oct 16, 2025

Pope Leo XIV spoke about Christian hope to pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square during his weekly general audience on Oct. 15, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV greets a baby at his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Pope Leo XIV Sends Antibiotics to Children in Gaza

Oct 14, 2025

Pope Leo XIV has sent 5,000 doses of antibiotics to Gaza following the first phase of U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace deal.

Pope Leo XIV meets Italian President Sergio Mattarella during his first state visit to the country that surrounds Vatican City State on Oct. 14, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Pope Leo XIV Meets Italian President Sergio Mattarella in First State Visit to Italy

Oct 14, 2025

Pope Leo XIV met with Italian President Sergio Mattarella at the Quirinal Palace in Rome on Tuesday.