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"Women are already better": Pope Leo XIV on Gifts of Women and Synodality
Pope Leo XIV drew laughter and applause when he recalled asking his mother in the 1970s whether she wanted equality with men. “No,” she replied, “because we’re already better.”
Pope Leo XIV Urges University Students to Feed "hunger for truth and meaning"
Pope Leo XIV urged university students to feed their “hunger for truth and meaning,” lamenting that modern education often loses sight of the “big picture.”
Pope Leo to Pray at Tomb of St. Charbel During First Apostolic Journey to Turkey, Lebanon
The trip will center on two key moments: a pilgrimage to mark the 1,700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea and a visit to the tomb of St. Charbel Makhlouf.
Pope Leo XIV: The First Lesson for Every Bishop is Humility
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: Don’t Let Tension Between Tradition, Novelty Become "harmful polarizations"
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 Gives Advice for Living with Hope in a "troubled era"
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: There’s No Template for Synodality Across all Countries
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.
Pope Leo XIV to John Paul II Institute: Your Mission is to Speak and Live the Truth
“Your specific mission concerns the search for and common witness to the truth,” Pope Leo XIV said Oct. 24 at the Vatican.
Pope Leo XIV and King Charles III Make History With First Joint Prayer Since Reformation
History was made in the Sistine Chapel on Thursday as Pope Leo XIV and King Charles III prayed side by side, the first such meeting since the Protestant Reformation.
Pope Leo XIV Criticizes Pharmaceutical Industry’s Role in Scourge of Opioid Addiction
In a meeting with participants of the fifth World Meeting of Popular Movements, the pope directly spoke out against “unbridled consumerism” and its negative impacts.
Pope Leo XIV: Sadness in Life Can Be Healed Through Christ
Continuing his jubilee catechesis on “Jesus Christ Our Hope,” the Holy Father said the mystery of Christ’s resurrection can “change one’s outlook on the world.”
Vatican Secretary of State, Journalists Condemn Threat to Free Press after Assaults on Journalists
Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin and an organization of Vatican-accredited journalists spoke out in support of a free press this week.
Five Ways St. John Paul II Changed the Catholic Church Forever
St. John Paul II was the second-longest-serving pope in modern history with 27 years of pontificate. He was the first non-Italian pontiff since Pope Adrian VI in 1523.
Pope Leo XIV to Name St. John Henry Newman a Patron Saint of Catholic Education
The Holy Father will designate Newman as an official co-patron saint of education, together with St. Thomas Aquinas.
Fact Check: Did the Vatican Library Open a Prayer Room for Muslims?
Reports circulating in media outlets and on social media in October 2025 allege that the Vatican has opened a prayer room for Muslims in the Apostolic Library.
Aid to the Church in Need: Authoritarian Regimes Are Greatest Threat to Religious Freedom
Authoritarian regimes are among the main drivers of religious discrimination and persecution in 52 countries, according to an Aid to the Church in Need report.
Pope Leo XIV Meets Clergy Abuse Survivors at Vatican
Four victims and two advocates from Ending Clergy Abuse had an hourlong conversation with Pope Leo XIV on Oct. 20.
Pope Leo XIV: Lives of the Newly Canonized Saints are "luminous signs of hope"
Pope Leo XIV on Monday highlighted the life testimony of the saints canonized Sunday, Oct. 19, as “luminous signs of hope” for today’s Catholics.
Pope Leo XIV Condemns Usury, A Grave Sin That Speaks to the Corruption of the Human Heart
On Oct. 18, the Holy Father received the National Anti-Usury Council of Italy in the Vatican Apostolic Palace.
Pope Leo XIV Canonizes Seven New Saints, Including First From Venezuela and Papua New Guinea
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.
