Ukraine’s Zelenskyy meets with Pope Leo XIV. Both propose the Vatican as site for peace talks

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (AP) — Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday and thanked him for the Vatican’s efforts to help return children taken by Russia. Both he and Leo suggested the Vatican could host peace talks...

Pope Leo and Zelensky agree that Vatican could host Ukraine-Russia peace talks

Latest Appointments to Vatican Dicasteries “encouragement to Africa’s Church”: SECAM President

The five ministering in Africa included Cristóbal Cardinal López Romero of the Catholic Archdiocese of Rabat in Morocco and member of the Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB); Archbishop Jude Thaddaeus Ruwa’ichi of Tanzania’s Catholic Archdiocese of...

Vatican spokesman: ‘Traditionis custodes’ leak ‘very partial’

Zelensky meets with Pope at Vatican

Photo: https://www.president.gov.ua Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meet with the Pope on Wednesday, July 9, during his visit to Italy. "This morning, the Holy Father received in audience: Mr. Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, and...

Pope Leo XIV Adds Gaming Lore To Vatican History By Autographing A Reverse-Holo Popplio Pokémon Card For Pilgrim

Pope Leo XIV added an unlikely footnote to papal history this month when he blessed a Pokémon card and autographed a second copy for a Danish pilgrim who produced the trading card during a July 5 audience at the Vatican. What Happened: Reddit user...

Vatican offers new guide for implementation phase of Synod

The opening session of the Synod on Synodality in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall in October 2024 (CNA/Daniel Ibanez) A new document from the Synod of Bishops released yesterday is intended “to provide an interpretive key” for bishops to implement...

Vatican’s synod office postpones reports on controversial issues

Vatican City, Jul 7, 2025 / 13:15 pm The Vatican’s synod office has said that final reports from Synod on Synodality study groups — including opinions on women deacons and controversial doctrinal issues such as LGBT inclusion — have been postponed...

Vatican offers new guidance for Synod’s implementation phase

The General Secretariat of the Synod releases “Pathways for the Implementation of the Synod”, which provides “an interpretive key for understanding the implementation phase of the Synod on Synodality.” By Christopher Wells A new document from the...

The Vatican is shaping the ethics of artificial intelligence

Vatican accepts investigation into ‘Little Cajun Saint’ Charlene Richard

Richard Richard The Advocate The Vatican has officially accepted and approved the investigation into the life of Charlene Richard, “the Little Cajun Saint,” according to the Charlene Richard Foundation. Charlene, a Richard native, died from acute...

VATICAN/ANGELUS - Pope Leo: we must ask the “Lord of the harvest” to send out “joyful laborers” to the “mission field”

VaticanMedia Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Church and the world “do not need people who fulfill their religious duties as if the faith were merely an external label”. Instead, we need “laborers who are eager to work in the mission field,...

Vatican Follies

By Jirair Tutunjian In the past year or two Armenians and possibly odars have been baffled and repelled by the late Pope Francis’ inexplicable warm relations with the Azerbaijan dictatorship. There are fewer than 600 Catholics in Azerbaijan. Now...

Vatican Announces Pope Leo XIV’s Public Mass Schedule for August and September

On Sunday, Sept. 7, the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, he will celebrate the eagerly awaited Mass for the canonization of Blesseds Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis. The Office for Liturgical Celebrations at the Vatican has announced Pope Leo...

Pope Leo appoints new head of Vatican commission on clergy abuse

Pope Leo on Saturday appointed French Archbishop Thibault Verny as the new head of the Vatican’s commission on clergy sexual abuse, marking his first public move to address a crisis that has severely damaged the credibility of the Roman Catholic...

Con el apoyo del Papa, el Vaticano publicará un documento sobre la fase final del Sínodo

Por Justin McLellan, Catholic News Service CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (CNS) — Casi cuatro años después de que el Papa Francisco abriera el camino de la Iglesia Católica hacia la sinodalidad — un término que muchos en la Iglesia desconocían — , su sucesor...

Vatican Assembles Independent Tribunal to Try Former Jesuit Marko Rupnik

(ZENIT News / Rome, 07.06.2025).- In a move that underscores the Vatican’s stated commitment to transparency and justice in the face of clerical abuse allegations, the Holy See has formally constituted a canonical tribunal to adjudicate the case...

Iranian Ambassador to the Vatican asks Pope Leo XIV in letter to defend Khamenei against USA and Israel

(ZENIT News / Rome, 07.07.2025).- In a striking appeal that merges geopolitical tension with interreligious diplomacy, the Islamic Republic of Iran’s ambassador to the Holy See, Ayatollah Mohammad Hossein Mokhtari, has written directly to Pope Leo...

Limerick Bishop honoured to be appointed to key Vatican position

All Live95 News [Via Bishop Leahy] He was chosen for his experience in interreligious engagement. A Limerick Bishop has been appointed to a role in the Vatican. In a significant announcement from the Vatican, Pope Leo has appointed Bishop Brendan...

Catholics in Congo honor an anti-corruption martyr newly beatified by the Vatican

GOMA, Congo (AP) — The remains of a Congolese customs worker who was killed for resisting a bribe and recently… GOMA, Congo (AP) — The remains of a Congolese customs worker who was killed for resisting a bribe and recently beatified by the Vatican...