Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service/USCCB Friday, December 19, 2025 Pope Leo XIV asked Catholics to reflect on the meaning behind Nativity scenes and brightly lit Christmas trees, and to ask God to offer the gift of peace and fraternity. He also…
Pope Leo XIV has appointed pro-life Bishop Ronald Hicks of Joliet, Illinois, as the new archbishop of New York, replacing retiring Cardinal Timothy Dolan. Cardinal Dolan has been an eloquent and outspoken defender of the pro-life position so…
Pope Leo XIV is expected to appoint Bishop Ronald Hicks of Joliet as the next Archbishop of New York, The Pillar has confirmed, with an announcement expected as early as today. Sources close to the bishop say he was close to the late Cardinal…
Pope Leo XIV is expected to appoint pro-life Bishop Ronald Hicks of Joliet, Illinois, as the new archbishop of New York, replacing retiring Cardinal Timothy Dolan. Cardinal Dolan has been an eloquent and outspoken defender of the pro-life…
In a Christmas letter to the Sacred College, Pope Leo XIV has reportedly set out the agenda for his forthcoming January consistory with Cardinals, with Church governance, synodality, and the sacred liturgy taking center stage. According to…
Offering advice to a pope is a presumptuous thing – for anyone. In the Church of synodality, however, where everyone is supposed to have a voice – and be listened to – perhaps not so presumptuous as once upon a time. Still, such counsel should…
Isabella H. de Carvalho, Vatican News Friday, December 12, 2025 During his recent General Audience, Pope Leo XIV spoke about existential questions of how human beings view death and invited us to ponder on the end of life and discover the power…
Pope Leo XIV urged European conservative politicians on Wednesday to champion the continent’s Christian heritage as a bulwark for human dignity, explicitly calling for the protection of every person “from conception to natural death” in a…
VATICAN CITY — In the spirit of the Christmas season and as part of his ongoing quest to bring about widespread harmony throughout the world, Pope Leo XIV issued a proclamation urging Jesus and Satan to put all their differences aside in the…
On the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, Pope Leo encouraged the faithful to believe in God as the Blessed Virgin Mary did and thus give “generous assent to the mission to which the Lord calls us.” He reminded the crowd that Mary was…
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