Pope Leo XIV arrives to celebrate a Mass on the occasion of the Jubilee of Prisoners in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Sunday, December 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) ROME ...

On Gaudete Sunday, Pope Leo XIV celebrated Holy Mass in St Peter's Basilica. In his homily, the Holy Father reflected on the word "Gaudete". He explained the "joy" of this Sunday reminds us of "the ...

Pope Leo XIV has criticized prison overcrowding during a special Mass for detainees, guards and their families.

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday presided over the final major celebration of the Holy Year, calling for renewed commitment to justice, ...

Speaking to about 1,000 people taking part in the “Living Nativity” tradition at the Basilica of St. Mary Major, Pope Leo ...

A Swedish youth choir marked the feast of St. Lucy by singing at a Mass at the Vatican on Thursday, Dec. 11. Students from ...

A Vatican report on women deacons published last week said that women could not be admitted to the diaconate “understood as a ...

For the world's 1.4 billion Catholics and for millions of other people as well, the Catholic Church's 2025 was primarily ...

Pope Leo XIV marked the popular Marian feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe by asking that Mary to intercede in the effort to ...

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines’ ministry for migrants has appointed a former chaplain of Filipinos in Rome as its new executive ...

Catholics celebrate the birth of the Virgin Mary, with the caption “Happy birthday, Mary!” I wish I could say Guadalupe is ...

Pope Leo prayed for peace at the statue of the Madonna near the Spanish Steps in Rome, kicking off the Christmas season.