Posted on 05/7/2026 02:12 AM ()
Pope Leo XIV meets with members of the Pontifical Swiss Guards and their families, expressing his hopes that their years of service to the Holy See may bear spiritual riches as they build an atmosphere of harmony and joy.
Posted on 05/7/2026 01:27 AM ()
Pope Leo XIV receives the Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland, Donald Tusk, in the Vatican on Thursday.
Posted on 05/7/2026 01:07 AM ()
The Diocese of Springfield, Illinois, in the United States, announces plans to build a shrine to Venerable Father Augustine Tolton, whose story of overcoming racial discrimination and divisions in his time continues to be a source of inspiration to promote peace and unity.
Posted on 05/6/2026 09:00 AM ()
The book “Free under Grace,” which brings together speeches, homilies, messages, and letters of Father Robert Francis Prevost when he was Prior General of the Order of Saint Augustine, published by the Vatican Publishing House, was presented at the Patristic Institute Augustinianum in Rome. It was presented to Pope Leo XIV on the eve of its release in Italian, and will be released in English and many other languages in the months to come.
Posted on 05/6/2026 07:30 AM ()
Cardinal Pietro Parolin responds to questions on U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio's visit to the Vatican, dialogue with U.S. President Donald Trump, and on German Bishops.
Posted on 05/6/2026 07:24 AM ()
Pope Leo attends the swearing-in ceremony for the Swiss Guard’s 28 new recruits, and expresses his "esteem and gratitude" for their work.
Posted on 05/6/2026 04:18 AM ()
During his audience with the Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon, Archbishop Paolo Borgia, Pope Leo video-calls about ten priests from the southern regions of Lebanon and encourages them and assures them of his prayers.
Posted on 05/6/2026 04:06 AM ()
Father Gabriel Romanelli, the pastor of the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza, speaks to Vatican News about the message of closeness he received from Pope Leo XIV, saying that Holy Father’s words are always an encouragement 'to keep moving forward and doing good.'
Posted on 05/6/2026 03:55 AM ()
A month ahead of Pope Leo XIV’s departure for Spain, the Holy See Press Office releases the full schedule for the journey, which will take him to Madrid, Barcelona, and the Canary islands, and see him bless the tallest tower of the Sagrada Familia basilica.
Posted on 05/6/2026 03:38 AM ()
The Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, explains that the November 2024 letter also applies to the text of the current vademecum, which does not have the Dicastery’s approval.
