Vatican News

Pope Leo: Society measured by the ‘care we show for the littlest’

Pope Leo delivered two strong speeches at UNESCO and Notre-Dame Cathedral on Friday, highlighting the sanctity of life and Catholic evangelisation

Leo warns Macron and French parliament to defend sanctity of life

Pope Leo told the politicians that “mutual respect and the protection of every human life is a duty incumbent upon each and every one of us.”

Syriac Patriarch accuses Vatican of fostering ‘rebellion’ to oust him

Patriarch Ignatius Youssef III argued that Cardinal Gugerotti was encouraging Syriac bishops to vote against him

Vatican hosts Franciscan conference instead of TLM pilgrimage

A conference on St Francis will take place at the same time and altar the annual Latin Mass pilgrimage was banned from using

Germany’s Nuncio says ‘tension’ of Synodal Way felt in entire Church

Archbishop van Megen spoke to the German bishops’ conference, expressing a notably cold tone towards the Synodal Conference

Alleged Rupnik victims call on Pope Leo to bring ‘transparency’ to Rupnik trial

Five women have written to the Pope, criticising the Vatican’s handling of the trial into their alleged abuser and demanding greater impartiality

Ratzinger prize recipient critiqued Benedict’s Latin Mass provision

Prof Cavadini is widely respected by peers but has faced strong criticism for his own critique of Summorum Pontificum

Pope to join Aid to Church in Need’s Rosary campaign for peace

This year’s campaign draws on the words from Our Lady of Fatima: “In the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph.”

Cardinals praise ‘irreversible’ synodality and ‘healing’ nature of Church decline

The true state of the Church is far worse than many surveys document, but for Cardinals Hollerich and Marx the answer is to be synodal even more determinedly than before.

Full schedule for Pope Leo’s trip to South America

Leo XIV’s November voyage to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru will see the Pontiff undertake numerous flights to reach the many corners of the continent