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Pope Leo: Shared humanity is antidote to war and polarization
Posted on 05/30/2026 02:40 AM ()
Meeting with the Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice Foundation, Pope Leo XIV highlights the importance of the Church’s Social Doctrine in a divided world, saying freedom must be lived as self-giving and dialogue grounded in truth.
Pope: Education should help young people find themselves and others
Posted on 05/30/2026 02:25 AM ()
Pope Leo XIV tells participants in a Vatican conference on mental health, education, and digital technology that young people need help rediscovering silence, relationships, and openness to transcendence.
Lord's Day Reflection: 'The Light we resist, the Love we seek’
Posted on 05/30/2026 02:00 AM ()
As the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, Fr. Marion Nguyen, OSB, offers his thoughts on the day’s liturgical readings under the theme: “The Light we resist, the Love we seek”.
Pope Leo and Canadian Prime Minister talk by phone
Posted on 05/29/2026 12:22 PM ()
Pope Leo XIV and the Canadian Prime Minister hold a telephone conversation on the themes of the Pope’s recently published encyclical, as well as on efforts for peace among peoples, particularly in the Middle East and Ukraine, and on topics of common interest.
Cardinal Parolin: Youth mental health requires structural responses
Posted on 05/29/2026 10:17 AM ()
Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin speaks at a Vatican conference on mental health, digital technologies, and education, lamenting that society offers young people every means available but no purpose.
Rosaries made by cloistered nuns to accompany Pope in Spain
Posted on 05/29/2026 05:56 AM ()
Ten contemplative monasteries are preparing thousands of rosaries for Pope Leo XIV’s apostolic visit to Spain. The small hand-crafted objects are born of silence, prayer, manual labour, and the help of young volunteers.
Armenian section of Vatican Radio-Vatican News turns 60
Posted on 05/29/2026 04:48 AM ()
An Armenian music concert takes place at the Vatican to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Armenian section of Vatican Radio-Vatican News.
Archbishop Hicks of New York: 'Magnifica humanitas' to shape future generations
Posted on 05/29/2026 04:15 AM ()
In an interview with Vatican News, Archbishop Ronald Hicks of New York calls Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical 'Magnifica humanitas' essential for generations to come and insists that Pope Leo is raising the right issues, especially on the transforming nature of work, as young people of his Archdiocese ask: 'Am I studying for a career that won't exist in 10 years?'
Pope to lead worldwide Rosary for peace in Vatican Gardens
Posted on 05/28/2026 07:22 AM ()
Accompanying his repeated calls for an end to war, Pope Leo XIV will preside over the recitation of the Holy Rosary on May 30 in the Vatican Gardens, with each decade dedicated to people impacted by war—from families torn apart to medical personnel and volunteers.
Holy See and Italy renewable energy agreement enters into force
Posted on 05/28/2026 06:43 AM ()
After the initial signing in July 2025, the agreement between the Holy See and Italy to build an agrivoltaic plant in the Vatican’s Santa Maria di Galeria area enters into force. The project aims to provide the Vatican City State with renewable energy.