Edward Pentin, National Catholic Register Thursday, January 22, 2026 Pope Leo XIV and leaders of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP), a community dedicated to the traditional Roman Rite, held a “cordial half-hour meeting” on Monday,…
Pope Leo XIV met Friday with the apostolic nuncio to Germany, Archbishop Nikola Eterović, amid reports that their talks focused on the German bishops’ planned vote to establish a permanent Synodal Conference that would grant laypeople…
Pope Leo XIV has proclaimed a Year of Saint Francis to mark the 800th anniversary of the death of the beloved saint. The year began on January 10, 2026, and will conclude on January 10, 2027. “While the fruits of grace of the Ordinary Jubilee of…
The late American Catholic novelist Walker Percy once remarked that the contemporary vision of a human being is a brain connected to a pair of “genitals” (the actual term he used is a bit salty for the present site). There seems to be nothing in…
Pope Leo XIV today met with the parents and families of the victims of the Crans-Montana fire, expressing profound closeness as he shared in their sorrow after a tragedy that struck without warning and caused immense suffering. In his remarks,…
Pope Leo XIV met with Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado in a private audience at the Vatican on Monday. The meeting, which hadn’t been previously included in the list of Leo’s planned appointments,…
In his recent speech to diplomats and other comments, Pope Leo appealed to a certain prudential consideration concerning capital punishment without making the mistake of implying that the death penalty is inherently wrong. Unlike Pope Francis,…
Pope Leo XIV sharply condemned abortion and surrogacy in a major address today, declaring the allocation of public funds to support it “deplorable” and a grave violation of human dignity that prioritizes suppressing life over aiding mothers and…
In his homily yesterday to the Cardinals attending the ongoing Consistory, the Holy Father said in part, “As we know, the word Consistory (Consistorium, or “assembly”) can be understood through the root of the verb consistere, meaning “to stand…
Marking the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord, Pope Leo XIV presided over Holy Mass in St Peter’s Basilica for some 5,800 faithful. At the start of the Mass, the Pope closed the Holy Door of St Peter’s Basilica, the last of the Holy Doors…
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