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The Sistine Hall of the Vatican Library. the library of the Holy See, currently located in Vatican City, is one of the oldest libraries in the world. / Credit: Checco2/Shutterstock

More than 80,000 Manuscripts from Vatican Library to Be Restored and Digitized

May 30, 2025

More than 80,000 ancient manuscripts from the Vatican Library will be restored and digitized thanks to an agreement with the Colnaghi Foundation.

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More than 60,000 pilgrims expected in Rome for Jubilee of Families, Children, and the Elderly

May 29, 2025

More than 60,000 pilgrims from 120 countries will be in Rome this weekend to participate in the Jubilee of Families, Children, Grandparents, and the Elderly.

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Vatican, Caritas: Global Economic Reforms Needed to Alleviate Poor Nations’ Debt Crisis

May 29, 2025

The Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and Caritas Internationalis joined forces this week to address the impact of an “unjust global system.”

Pope Leo XIV waves to pilgrims during his general audience on Wednesday, May 28, 2025, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

Pope Leo XIV Signals Focus on AI with Nod to Leo XIII’s Social Teaching Legacy

May 29, 2025

The new pontiff has signaled the direction he intends to take his papacy in handling certain social questions that need moral guidance, including artificial intelligence.

Cardinal Wilfrid Napier speaks to EWTN News in Rome on Monday, May 26, 2025. / Credit: EWTN News

Church in Africa must “bring people together” to Overcome Racism, Reverse “structures of apartheid”: Cardinal Napier

May 28, 2025

South African Cardinal Wilfrid Napier told EWTN this week that the Catholic Church in South Africa can lead in helping overcome decades of apartheid and racial divide.

Pope Leo XIV addresses pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican for his general audience on Wednesday, May 28, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

Pope Leo XIV: Before Being Believers, We are Called to Be Human

May 28, 2025

Pope Leo XIV held the second general audience of his pontificate today in which he reflected on the parable of the good Samaritan.

Pope Leo XIV meets employees of the Holy See and their families in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican on Saturday, May 24, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV to Give 500-euro "conclave bonus" to 5,000 Vatican Workers

May 28, 2025

Pope Leo XIV has reinstated the “conclave bonus” given to Vatican employees for their service during the sede vacante period. 

Pope Leo XIV prays with pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican for his general audience on Wednesday, May 28, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

Pope Leo XIV Decries Severe Suffering in Gaza and Ukraine, “serious new attacks” against Civilians, Infrastructure

May 28, 2025

At the end of Wednesday’s general audience, Pope Leo XIV turned his attention to the people suffering the devastating consequences of war.

Pope Leo XIV speaks in front of the famous icon at the Shrine of the Mother of Good Counsel in Genazzano, Italy, on Saturday, May 10, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

A Practical Guide to Obtaining an Apostolic Blessing from Pope Leo XIV

May 28, 2025

Pope Leo XIV is now granting apostolic blessings, a spiritual gesture that can be officially requested through the Vatican’s Apostolic Almoner’s Office.

The Servant of God Matthew Makil (center) appears in this 1896 photo flanked by apostolic vicars Aloysius Pazheparambil (left) and John Menachery (right). / Credit: kirchlicher Fotograf, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Pope Leo XIV Approves First Decrees Recognizing Three New Venerables

May 27, 2025

Leo XIV has authorized the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints to promulgate the decrees recognizing three new venerables, including two missionaries and an Indian bishop.

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Vatican Refreshes Official Website for First Time in Nearly 30 Years

May 27, 2025

A banner image of a waving Pope Leo XIV against a simple light blue background can now be found spread across the top half of the revamped Holy See website’s homepage.

Pope Leo XIV prays the Regina Caeli from the window of the Apostolic Palace for the first time on May 25, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

"I ask you to sustain me with your prayer and closeness": Pope Leo XIV at Queen of Heaven Prayer

May 25, 2025

In his first Regina Caeli from the window of the Apostolic Palace, Pope Leo XIV thanked the faithful for their affection and asked them to pray for him. 

Pope Leo XIV addresses members of the Pontifical Missions Societies on May 22, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV Thanks Pontifical Mission Societies for Devotion to Communion, Universality

May 24, 2025

The pope asked his listeners to be inspired and renewed in their vocation to “be a leaven of missionary zeal within the people of God.”

Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

Pope Leo XIV Inviting Catholics to Rediscover Centrality of Christ: Italian Cardinal

May 23, 2025

Pope Leo XIV’s emphasis on faith in the risen Christ is fundamental for the Church, particularly in Europe, Italian Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco said.  

Cardinal William Goh, the archbishop of Singapore. / Credit: Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 4.0

Singapore's Cardinal Says He expects clarity in teaching from Pope Leo XIV

May 23, 2025

In an interview on Thursday, Cardinal William Goh, the archbishop of Singapore, said he hopes for greater doctrinal clarity from Pope Leo XIV.

From the popemobile, Pope Leo XIV greets thousands of people lined up along Via della Conciliazione on the morning of his inaugural Mass, Sunday, May 18, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV Appoints Franciscan Sister of the Poor as Secretary of Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life

May 22, 2025

Pope Leo XIV has appointed Sister Tiziana Merletti as secretary of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life.  

Pope Leo XIV smiles during his first general audience in St. Peter's Square on May 21, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Pope Leo XIV to Meet Cardinals at Consistory to Approve Canonizations

May 21, 2025

Pope Francis had called for the consistory in late February, when he was in the hospital, but the date was never set.

Pope Leo XIV at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls on May 20, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News

Pope Leo XIV: "Salvation does not come about by magic but by grace and faith"

May 21, 2025

At St. Paul Outside the Walls Basilica, Pope Leo XIV entrusted the beginning of his pontificate to the intercession of the apostle to the Gentiles.

At his first general audience in St. Peter's Square on May 21, 2025, Pope Leo XIV appeals for peace and the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza, where, he said, children and elderly are suffering. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Pope Leo XIV Appeals for End to Hostilities in Gaza in First General Audience

May 21, 2025

Pope Leo XIV in the first general audience of his pontificate appealed for an end to hostilities in the Gaza Strip and for the entry of humanitarian aid.

Pope Leo XIV speaks to participants in the Jubilee of Eastern Churches on May 14, 2025, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

Fact Check: Did Pope Leo XIV Give a 36-minute Speech Praising Burkina Faso's Interim President Ibrahim Traoré?

May 20, 2025

A video purporting to show Pope Leo XIV reading a statement denouncing colonialism and praising the leader of Burkina Faso has garnered nearly a million views.