Month: January 2026

Pope Leo XIV received Matteo Rossi and Lorenzo Bugli, the two captains regent, or heads of state, of San Marino. Following yesterday’s papal audience, Rossi and Bugli met with Cardinal …

The Holy See Press Office announced yesterday that the Vatican’s highest appellate court ruled against prosecutor Alessandro Diddi in his appeal of the 2023 court ruling in the “trial of …

Pope Leo XIV received Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). “I briefed him on the immense suffering endured by Palestinians in the …

The members of the Brazilian bishops’ Episcopal Commission for Missionary Action and Interecclesial Cooperation met yesterday with Pope Leo XIV and invited him to visit Brazil for the 7th American …

Pope Leo XIV received María Corina Machado, the Venezuelan politician and pro-democracy activist who was awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize. “Today I had the blessing and the honor of …

Amid the Anglophone Crisis, an armed conflict that began in 2017, Cameroon’s bishops met in Kumba and devoted their meeting to the theme of “communion and collegiality.” The central African …

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Secretary of State of His Holiness, was the Pope’s legate at Sunday’s Mass marking the 800th anniversary of the Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula …

Jean-Léon Gérôme, “The Christian Martyrs’ Last Prayer,” ca. 1863-1883, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland COMMENTARY: From Rome’s arenas to today’s streets, every attempt to silence the faith only strengthens it.