Jesus will still love you as you age, even if you have a few wrinkles on your face, according to a Vatican document issued on Wednesday.
Breakaway Catholic group rejects Vatican talks, indicating collision course for pope
A breakaway Catholic traditionalist group on Thursday rejected the Vatican’s offer of talks, suggesting a collision course with Pope Leo XIV over its planned consecrations of new bishops without his consent.
Vatican extends olive branch to breakaway SSPX society
In a bid to stop members of a breakaway traditionalist society from incurring excommunications through the illicit ordination of new bishops, the Vatican has offered a path forward based on theological dialogue.
Vatican again OKs Archbishop Fulton Sheen beatification after 2019 ceremony derailed at last minute
The Vatican has given the green light, again, to beatify Archbishop Fulton Sheen, the popular U.S. radio and TV preacher whose path to sainthood was derailed first by a lengthy court battle over his remains and then by concerns about how he…
Pope Leo pulls back from the press in messaging shift
After a furious start to 2026 which saw Pope Leo XIV close the Holy Year opened by his predecessor, convene the world’s cardinals in Rome and deliver perhaps the most pointed speech of his pontificate yet on the urgency of peace, the pope has since grown…
Pope convenes cardinals and asks their priorities for 2 years, with Latin Mass off the agenda
Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday opened a new phase of his pontificate by gathering the world’s cardinals to Rome and asking them to advise him on key priorities for the next two years. They responded by indicating continuity with Pope…
Pope Leo summons world’s cardinals for a key assembly to help him govern the church
Pope Leo XIV has summoned the world’s cardinals for two days of meetings to help him govern the church, the Vatican said Saturday, in the clearest sign yet that the new year will signal the unofficial start of his pontificate.
Church altar featuring homeless man goes on display a stone’s throw from his grave at the Vatican
In 2018, German artist Michael Triegel asked a homeless man in Rome to pose for a drawing, thinking that he would make an ideal model for St. Peter if he ever needed to paint the first pope.
Pope Leo’s first Vatican Christmas crèche carries message of peace
Pope Leo XIV unveiled his first crèches, or Nativity scenes, as pope on Monday (Dec. 15), a longtime tradition signaling the start of Christmas festivities at the Vatican.
Pope Leo XIV’s changes to labor code adapt to new brand of Vatican staffers
Before leaving for his first apostolic trip to Turkey and Lebanon in November, Pope Leo XIV issued reforms to the Vatican’s labor laws. Both recognize the rapid changes in the makeup of the Catholic Church’s workforce and hope to bring…
Vatican report says church teaching bars women deacons, but stops short of final ruling
The Vatican released a document Thursday (Dec. 4) stating that current church teaching does not permit women to be ordained as deacons, while emphasizing that the opinion is not a final ruling.
With Hollywood A-listers at the Vatican, Pope Leo extols human value of movies
Before some of the biggest names on the silver screen, Pope Leo XIV, a noted film aficionado, praised the prophetic power of cinema and lamented what he called the “troubling decline” of movie theaters in cities and neighborhoods worldwide.