news --- Simone Risoluti Pope Leo speaks on the papal plane from Equatorial Guinea to Italy after his Africa trip on April 23, 2026. ANALYSIS: The way Leo XIV addressed the blessing issue marked a necessary discontinuity with his [...]

cna --- Pope Francis prays near the tomb of Jesuit Father Pedro Arrupe, superior general of the Society of Jesus between 1965 and 1981, during a Mass at the Jesuit Church of the Most Holy Name of Jesus, known as the [...]

cna --- Daniel Ibanez Pope Leo XIV delivers remarks during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square on April 29, 2026. Since Friday, rebel groups have carried out more than two dozen attacks on civilians and military bases, just ahead of [...]

Three-quarters of a century ago, on April 29, 1951, I was baptized by Father Thomas Love, SJ, in Baltimore’s Church of Saints Philip and James. Old Scratch must have thoroughly sunken his claws into my [...] --- Three-quarters of a century [...]

WASHINGTON (RNS) — ‘Rededicate 250: A National Jubilee Of Prayer, Praise & Thanksgiving,’ is part of a series of events and initiatives meant to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. --- WASHINGTON (RNS) — A slate [...]

From Africa to Rome, this week is marked by Pope Leo XIV’s final moments on the African continent and urgent calls for peace. --- From Africa to Rome, this week’s Vaticano updates highlight the global mission of the Church—marked by Pope [...]

On his return flight to Rome, the pope addressed war, migration, same-sex blessings, and Vatican diplomacy with authoritarian governments. --- Speaking to reporters on his flight from Malabo to Rome, the pope addressed war, migration, same-sex blessings, and the Vatican’s diplomacy [...]