Cardinal Matteo Zuppi visited Russia as Pope Leo XIV’s peace envoy to urge the release of Ukrainian prisoners and repatriate children.
Cardinal Pietro Parolin told the UN that self-defense cannot justify an arms race, urging nations to replace power with genuine dialogue.
Celebrating Mass in Metz Cathedral, Pope Leo XIV urged Europe to let past wounds become openings of light to build a future of harmony.
The Vatican eyes its first-ever Oscar nod with ‘Green Lava,’ a documentary on Giacomo Mattivi’s inspiring battle with muscular dystrophy.
Pope Leo XIV’s pilgrimage to Lourdes highlights how approved private apparitions point believers back to Christ without adding new dogma.
In Lourdes, Pope Leo XIV denounced euthanasia as ‘false compassion,’ stating that what is legal is not necessarily moral for human life.
Aboard the papal flight, Pope Leo XIV said he takes AI risks seriously but is not in panic mode, also addressing euthanasia and abuse.
In Lourdes, Pope Leo issued a firm call to conversion from sin and error in the Church, and invited all to repent and do penance.
In Lourdes, Pope Leo XIV met with seven French clerical abuse victims, expressing solidarity and pledging vigilance against future harm.
In Metz, Pope Leo XIV confronts Europe’s deep divide on migration, balancing the call to welcome strangers with the rights of nations.
An estimated 800,000 people attended the pontiff’s open-air Mass in Paris before his journey to the Lourdes' Grotto of Mary's Apparition.
At least 80,000 young Catholics joined Pope Leo XIV at the Stade de France for an evening of prayer, veneration, and missionary renewal.