Vatican

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

Illustration accompanying the Vatican statement on clickbait and the lack of attention

Vatican sets 2027 communications day theme on paying attention in the age of clickbait

Laura Claveria|September 29, 2026

Pope Leo XIV speaking to journalists

Pope Leo XIV says warnings from AI experts should be taken seriously

Almudena Buenadicha|September 29, 2026

Pope Leo XIV speaking to journalists during a news conference aboard the papal plane

Pope Leo XIV calls for systemic answers to housing crisis after Madrid eviction

Luke Alonso|September 29, 2026

Pope Leo XIV speaking at a lectern during the event on Europe, peace and unity in Metz, France

Pope Leo XIV warns of growing barbarity in relations between states

Luke Alonso|September 28, 2026

Pope Leo XIV during his visit to the Shrine of Lourdes in France

Pope Leo XIV calls on Christian communities to pray the Rosary for peace in October

Laura Claveria|September 28, 2026

Exterior view of Vatican City, where the Holy See issued its statement on the Institute of the Incarnate Word

Vatican confirms abuse by founder of the Institute of the Incarnate Word

Luke Alonso|September 27, 2026

Pope Leo XIV speaking during his visit to France

Pope Leo XIV tells French authorities the right to life underpins every other right

Xavier Ruiz Arregui|September 25, 2026

Pope Leo XIV speaking at a lectern during his address at the Élysée Palace in Paris

Pope Leo XIV tells French leaders the right to life underpins all other rights

Joseph Garcia|September 25, 2026

Pope Leo XIV greets Portuguese President António José Martins Seguro during an audience at the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican

Pope Leo XIV discusses migration and peace with Portugal's president

Laura Claveria|September 24, 2026

A Vatican building where the trial of former Jesuit Marko Rupnik is being held

Women who accuse Rupnik of abuse demand transparency from Pope Leo XIV

Luke Alonso|September 24, 2026

Pope Leo XIV addressing the crowd at his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square

Pope Leo XIV says daily work is a path to encountering God

Xavier Ruiz Arregui|September 24, 2026

Anne Russell greeting Pope Leo XIV in St. Peter's Square after the general audience

Pope Leo XIV greets 93-year-old Chicago friend at general audience

Almudena Buenadicha|September 24, 2026

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

Pope Leo XIV cites St. Josemaría Escrivá's canonization homily in catechesis on work

Xavier Ruiz Arregui|September 23, 2026

Pope Leo XIV holding a small wooden statue of Our Lady of the Amazon presented to him at the Vatican

Pope Leo XIV receives Amazonian image of Mary and hears of new shrine in Manaus

Jane Morales|September 23, 2026

Pope Leo XIV speaking during his weekly general audience

Pope Leo XIV rejects the idea that progress draws people away from God

Almudena Rodrigo|September 23, 2026

Pope Leo XIV speaking to a group of Capuchin Poor Clare sisters at the Vatican

Pope Leo XIV tells Poor Clares not to lose hope as vocations decline

Almudena Buenadicha|September 22, 2026

Pope Leo XIV in white cassock praying with a group of children in the Vatican Gardens

Pope Leo XIV to pray the Rosary for peace with children in the Vatican Gardens

Laura Claveria|September 22, 2026

The United Nations General Assembly hall in New York

Vatican leads AI and human dignity talks in New York during UN General Assembly

Almudena Rodrigo|September 22, 2026

Pope Leo XIV greeting Special Olympics athletes during an audience in the Clementine Hall of the Apostolic Palace

Pope Leo XIV tells Special Olympics athletes sport is a path of effort and fraternity

Jane Morales|September 21, 2026

Pope Leo XIV addressing an assembly of priests of the Diocese of Rome in the Basilica of St. John Lateran

Pope Leo XIV tells Rome's priests to 'do less and do it better'

Laura Claveria|September 21, 2026