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Pope Leo XIV waves after a moment of prayer in front of the nativity scene that adorns St.Peter’s Square at the Vatican, on December 31, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Pope Leo XIV closed out 2025 on Wednesday (December 31, 2025) with a prayer that the city of Rome might be a welcoming place for…
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Pope Leo XIV delivers the traditional Christmas Day Urbi et Orbi speech to the city and the world from the main balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, December 25, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Pope Leo decried conditions for Palestinians in Gaza in his Christmas sermon on Thursday (December 25, 2025), in an…
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Pope Leo XIV greets faithful from the popemobile on the day of a general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, on November 5, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Pope Leo XIV called for “deep reflection” in the United States about the treatment of migrants held in detention, saying that “many people who have…
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Pope Leo XIV delivers his blessing as he recites the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Pope Leo on Sunday (November 2, 2025) appealed for an immediate ceasefire and the opening of humanitarian corridors in Sudan, saying he…
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Pope Leo XIV holds an audience for the Jubilee of Migrants at the Vatican, October 4, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Pope Leo will publish the first document of his tenure on October 9, the Vatican said on Saturday (October 4, 2025), with a text that is likely to offer hints about the new pontiff’s…
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A file image of King Charles III. Photo: Pool via REUTERS Britain’s King Charles III and Queen Camilla are set to make a state visit to the Vatican in late October, six months after the trip was postponed due to the illness of the late Pope Francis. While the king and queen delayed their formal…