VATICAN— Pope Leo XIV has appealed to all people to recognize the suffering of child migrants, noting that they are often the most vulnerable during mass migration. In a message published by the Vatican on Aug. 14, the pope reflected on the theme for the 112th...
Pope Leo XIV has encouraged communicators to ensure that every technological tool is placed "at the service of truth and the common good," as the Church reflects on the opportunities and challenges presented by artificial intelligence. His message, signed by Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin,...
Ahead of the 2028 ecclesial assembly for the Synod on Synodality, the Vatican has called on dioceses to provide an assessment of their implementation of synodality. The General Secretariat of the Synod published the document “Recollecting” on July 27, providing diocesan synodal teams with a resource...
Pope Francis on Monday bestowed the “pallium,” a white woolen vestment symbolizing a metropolitan archbishop’s pastoral authority and communion with the pope, on 35 new archbishops from around the world, including three from the Philippines. The pontiff conferred the pallia during a Mass for the Solemnity...
VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV defended the importance of rigorous journalism against “the drug of fake news” and “artificial polarizations” in a message to the Italian newspaper L’Adige on the occasion of its 80th anniversary, celebrated Tuesday. In his message to the newspaper, the pope...
Pope Leo XIV has appointed Maria Montserrat Alvarado, president and chief operating officer of EWTN News, as prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication. The appointment will take effect Nov. 1. Since 2023, Alvarado has overseen EWTN News’ global and multilingual news operations across television, radio,...
At the presentation of his first social encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, Pope Leo XIV appealed for artificial intelligence to be placed firmly at the service of humanity, warning against technologies that foster domination, exclusion and war. Addressing participants gathered in the Synod Hall on Monday for the...
The Vatican announced Monday that Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical will be published on May 25 with the title Magnifica Humanitas. Pope Leo will speak at a presentation for the release of the social encyclical — a papal letter to the Church — at 11:30 a.m....
ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT — Pope Leo XIV said Monday that he will continue to speak out “loudly” against war, stressing that his role is to preach the Gospel, not to enter into political disputes. Speaking to journalists aboard the papal flight to Algiers on April...
Pope Leo XIV on Sunday urged those responsible for the escalating war in the Middle East to declare a ceasefire and open paths of dialogue, warning that violence can never lead to justice or peace. “In the name of the Christians of the Middle East and...