Vatican

News from Rome, the Holy See and the pontificate of Leo XIV.

Pope Leo XIV speaking to the camera while recording his video message for the centenary of World Mission Sunday

Pope Leo XIV says World Mission Sunday helped shape his missionary vocation

Xavier Ruiz Arregui|October 7, 2026

Pope Francis in a white cassock, in a photograph used to illustrate his personal diary

Vatican to publish Pope Francis's personal diary

Xavier Ruiz Arregui|October 6, 2026

Pope Leo XIV addressing representatives of consecrated life from South Korea in the Clementine Hall at the Vatican

Pope Leo XIV tells South Korean religious to be peacemakers on a divided peninsula

Xavier Ruiz Arregui|October 6, 2026

A Catholic couple at their wedding before a priest, with an image of the pope

Pope Leo XIV urges young people to choose marriage in new YouCat preface

Xavier Ruiz Arregui|October 6, 2026

Pope Leo XIV speaking to Korean priests, religious sisters and brothers in the Clementine Hall of the Apostolic Palace

Pope Leo XIV holds up Korean martyrs as an example for World Youth Day 2027

Xavier Ruiz Arregui|October 6, 2026

Pope Leo XIV addresses members of the Pontifical Teutonic College in the Consistory Hall of the Apostolic Palace

Pope Leo XIV urges German college in Rome to stay united with the successor of Peter

Almudena Rodrigo|October 5, 2026

Announcement graphic for the Vatican meeting on the family marking 10 years of Amoris laetitia

Leo XIV to open closed-door Vatican meeting on the family, 10 years after Amoris laetitia

Luke Alonso|October 5, 2026

Pope Leo XIV speaking during an audience at the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican

Pope Leo XIV tells Church to set the example on caring for creation

Jane Morales|October 2, 2026

Pope Leo XIV surrounded by children holding rosaries in the Vatican Gardens

Pope Leo XIV prays the rosary for peace with more than 700 children in the Vatican Gardens

Xavier Ruiz Arregui|October 2, 2026

Pope Leo XIV speaking to artists and curators

Pope Leo XIV tells artists that algorithms lack the spark of the human

Almudena Buenadicha|October 2, 2026

Pope Leo XIV holding a canvas painted with an olive tree covered in children's handprints, presented during the general audience in St. Peter's Square

Pope Leo XIV receives a canvas with the handprints of Guatemalan children

Joseph Garcia|October 2, 2026

Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican

Pope Leo XIV to open Vatican meeting on families marking 10 years of Amoris laetitia

Jane Morales|October 2, 2026

Promotional graphic for the official website of Pope Leo XIV's visit to Argentina, November 8 to 11

Argentine bishops launch official website for Pope Leo XIV's November visit

Xavier Ruiz Arregui|October 2, 2026

Artwork for Pope Leo XIV's October prayer intention on mental health

Pope Leo XIV asks Catholics to pray for a mental health ministry in the Church

Xavier Ruiz Arregui|October 1, 2026

Pope Leo XIV addressing members of the International Commission of Dominican Contemplative Nuns at the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican

Pope Leo XIV calls contemplative life the 'beating heart' of the Church's mission

Almudena Buenadicha|October 1, 2026

Lay men and women seated at round tables during a Synod assembly working session

Synod report proposes canon law changes to open governance roles to lay people and women

Luke Alonso|October 1, 2026

Pope Leo XIV speaking at his general audience in St. Peter's Square

Pope Leo XIV sees signs of hope for the Church in France

Almudena Buenadicha|September 30, 2026

Pope Leo XIV speaking at his weekly general audience

Pope Leo XIV entrusts persecuted Christians to the martyrs' intercession

Laura Claveria|September 30, 2026

Nuns in religious habits seated together

Pope Leo XIV warns Dominican nuns against a 'spirit of survival'

Joseph Garcia|September 30, 2026

Delegates seated at the 15th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Abu Dhabi

Holy See calls for a global response to human trafficking

Laura Claveria|September 29, 2026