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Patients from Vatican children’s hospital make drawing for Pope Leo
Posted on 04/13/2026 03:01 AM ()
On the papal flight to Algeria, journalists present Pope Leo with a drawing from young patients at the Bambino Gesù hospital in Rome.
Pope Leo embarks on his longest-yet Apostolic Journey, headed to Algeria
Posted on 04/13/2026 01:07 AM ()
Pope Leo XIV departs from Rome’s Fiumicino Airport as he begins his third and longest-yet Apostolic Journey, which takes him to four countries on the African continent: Algeria, Cameroon, Angola, and Equatorial Guinea.
Jesuit priest Fr. Melwin J. Pinto, SJ, passes away
Posted on 04/12/2026 10:38 AM ()
Jesuit priest Fr. Melwin J. Pinto, SJ, who served Vatican Radio for many years, passed away at the age of 63 due to cardiac complications in Mangaluru, India, on April 10th.
Archbishop Nona elected new Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church
Posted on 04/12/2026 10:31 AM ()
Archbishop Amel Nona has been elected as the new Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church on Sunday, April 12, following the resignation of his predecessor, Cardinal Luis Raphaël Sako, announced on March 10. The new leader has chosen the name Paul III and will request ecclesiastical communion from the Pope.
Iran- US talks end without agreement
Posted on 04/12/2026 07:39 AM ()
US and Iranian delegations have failed to reach a deal following lengthy peace talks in Islamabad.
James K. A. Smith on St Augustine, existentialism, and love
Posted on 04/12/2026 07:32 AM ()
The philosopher and Augustine scholar James K. A. Smith speaks to Vatican News about St Augustine’s “deep sense of interiority and subjectivity”, and the way his political writings are used and abused today.
CRS Cameroon: Faith in action
Posted on 04/12/2026 05:00 AM ()
Pope Leo XIV will travel to Cameroon from 15 to 18 April as a “messenger of peace” for the faithful. For decades humanitarian organizations like Catholic Relief Services have helped turn bring that message to life.
Pope: We have moral obligation to protect civilians from horrific effects of war
Posted on 04/12/2026 04:29 AM ()
Following the recitation of the Regina Caeli, Pope Leo recalls the three years since the beginning of the conflict in Sudan, renewing his appeal to stop “this fratricidal war as soon as possible.” He then offers wishes of peace to the Eastern Churches that celebrate Easter according to the Julian calendar and urges people not to forget the Ukrainian and Lebanese peoples. Finally, he asks for prayers for his apostolic journey to Africa that starts tomorrow April 13.
Pope at Regina Caeli: Sunday Eucharist “indispensable” for Christian life
Posted on 04/12/2026 04:10 AM ()
On Divine Mercy Sunday, Pope Leo XIV highlights the Eucharist as essential for sustaining faith.
Cardinal McElroy: War in Iran 'morally illegitimate;' Let's pray ceasefire holds
Posted on 04/12/2026 03:00 AM ()
During his Vigil Mass for Peace, Cardinal Robert McElroy, Archbishop of Washington D.C., says that under Catholic just war principles, the initiation of the war in Iran and any continuation of it is "morally illegitimate" and calls on faithful to "pray that the ceasefire holds and that it leads to a substantive foundation for the emergence of peace in the Middle East."