UPDATES

St. Peter’s Holy Door to be sealed Jan. 16

The pope closed the large bronze doors of St. Peter’s Basilica on Jan. 6, 2025, ...

Archbishop Gallagher: Surrogacy is a ‘new form of colon...

Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, secretary for relations with states and inter...

Vatican prosecutor steps aside as London property trial...

Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu in 2019. | Credit: Daniel Ibanez/EWTN Jan 14, 2...

Mosaic bearing Pope Leo XIV’s portrait readied for St. ...

Pope Leo XIV next to the new mosaic of him that will be added to St. Paul Outsid...

Pope Leo XIV urges making time ‘to speak with God’

Pope Leo XIV gives the first general audience of 2026 in the Vatican’s Paul VI H...

Report: More than 388 million Christians worldwide face...

More than 388 million Christians -- or 1 in 7 believers worldwide -- face "high ...

Vatican completes official mosaic portrait of Pope Leo ...

The circular mosaic, known as a tondo, will be installed in the Basilica of St. ...

Rubio says US closely working with Catholic Church to g...

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Jan. 14 th...

Senate hearing examines abortion pill after FDA approva...

A Senate committee held a hearing on the abortion pill Jan. 14 as the Trump admi...

US bishops praise DHS policy change on wait times for r...

"Our appreciation" for efforts supporting the religious worker visas program "ca...

6 Ways to Fast Track Learning French in Paris

I can’t speak for the rest of the country, but I personally believe that Paris h...

Pope Leo XIV meets Venezuelan opposition leader María C...

Pope Leo XIV meets Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado at the Vati...

The story behind Pope Leo XIV’s new papal staff

Pope Leo XIV introduced a new papal staff on Jan. 6, 2026, during the closing of...

Pope Leo XIV proclaims Franciscan Jubilee Year

St. Francis of Assisi. | Credit: Paolo Gallo/Shutterstock Jan 12, 2026 / 17:21 ...

Survivors praise pope’s words during consistory that no...

The pope warned that "many times the pain of the victims has been greater becaus...

Full text: Pope Leo XIV’s Angelus address Jan. 11, 2026

"We confirm and renew our Baptism, the sacrament that makes us Christians, freei...