Vatican News

Cardinals from around the world underlined the need for the Catholic Church to respond to growing global polarization and social fragmentation and to strongly proclaim the Gospel.

With bishops leading the way, every Christian should help build unity in the Church and the world by putting Christ at the centre and drawing others near while being attentive to their needs, Pope Leo XIV said.

An English edition of a book of Pope Benedict XVI's previously unpublished homilies has been released by the Vatican.

Pope Leo XIV opened the second extraordinary consistory of his pontificate June 26, urging cardinals to help him discern what the Holy Spirit is saying to the Church today.

The traditionalist Society of St. Pius X issued an open letter to Pope Leo XIV and the College of Cardinals asserting its adherence to Catholic tradition while proceeding with plans to consecrate four new bishops without a papal mandate.

Lay groups in Germany involved in the local Church's controversial Synodal Way say they will continue demanding the right to preach at Mass, defying a recent rejection by the Vatican of the proposal.

World hunger has only worsened as conflicts in the world take priority over human lives and weaponry is allowed more distribution than basic humanitarian needs, Pope Leo XIV said.

Pope Leo XIV knelt in prayer at the tomb of St. Augustine June 20, returning to the basilica where he once guided the late Pope Benedict XVI as the leader of the Augustinian order, only this time as the first Augustinian pope in history.

Pope Leo XIV said that although he is considering a final appeal to the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X, the choice to splinter from the Catholic Church falls on them.

Standing at the edge of the Atlantic Ocean, where thousands of migrants arrive each year after dangerous journeys from Africa, Pope Leo XIV recalled the Biblical sea monsters Leviathan and Rahab.