Vatican News

'Proclaim the Gospel of life,' Pope Leo says in first papal visit to Monaco in modern era

Courtney Mares · March 30, 2026

In the principality known for super yachts and sports cars, Pope Leo XIV urged Monaco's wealthy citizens to remember the poor and protect every human life, calling on them to remember that the Last Judgment "places the poor at its centre."

Pope Leo calls on French bishops to find solution to divisive liturgy debates

Junno Arocho Esteves · March 26, 2026

Pope Leo XIV lamented the divisions surrounding the celebration of the Latin Mass and called on the French bishops' conference to find solutions that include those attached to the old form of Mass.

Vatican affirms permanent place of 'Anglican heritage' in the Catholic Church

Peter Jesserer Smith · March 26, 2026

The Vatican's Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith has released a new document describing the "Anglican heritage" of the Catholic Church's personal ordinariates as a permanent reality that makes a "distinctive contribution" to the Church's evangelizing mission.

Sept. 24 beatification of Archbishop Sheen to be 'a moment of immense grace'

OSV News · March 25, 2026

Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen will be beatified on Sept. 24 in St. Louis, the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints announced March 25.

Vatican appeals court declares partial mistrial in Cardinal Becciu trial

Courtney Mares · March 18, 2026

The Vatican's appeals court declared a partial mistrial in the high-profile financial misconduct case involving Cardinal Angelo Becciu and other defendants.

Pope Leo XIV meets with evacuated Tehran cardinal as U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran continue

Courtney Mares · March 12, 2026

Pope Leo XIV met privately March 11 with the cardinal archbishop of Tehran after the Belgian-born prelate was evacuated from Iran amid U.S. and Israeli military strikes on the country.

Cardinal warns against 'quick-fix' airstrikes as Nigerian bishops meet Pope Leo XIV in Rome

Courtney Mares · March 11, 2026

Praying at the tombs of the Apostles in Rome, Cardinal Peter Ebere Okpaleke said he laid down "the joys, pains and hopes" of the Catholic Church in Nigeria.

Vatican releases synod report on women's role in Church leadership

Courtney Mares · March 11, 2026

The Vatican has published the final report of the synod study group examining women's participation in the Church, which calls for expanded roles for women in Church governance and leadership in roles not including ordained ministry.

Pope Leo XIV accepts resignation of Iraqi Cardinal Louis Sako

Junno Arocho Esteves · March 11, 2026

Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Louis Sako, the Iraq-based Chaldean Catholic patriarch of Baghdad, ending his 13-year tenure leading Iraq’s largest Christian denomination, the Vatican said.

A preview of Pope Leo XIV's historic one-day trip to Monaco

Courtney Mares · March 9, 2026

The Vatican has released the schedule for Pope Leo XIV's day trip to Monaco, the first papal visit to the Catholic principality in the modern era.