The newly appointed Taiwanese ambassador to the Holy See has affirmed the enduring partnership between Taiwan and the Vatican, rooted in shared values of freedom, peace, justice, truth, and human rights.
Pope Leo XIV has delivered a heartfelt video message to Vietnamese catechists, urging them to remain steadfast in faith and joyful in mission as they commemorate the 400th birth anniversary of Blessed Andrew Phú Yên.
As violence continues to escalate along the border between Cambodia and its neighboring kingdom, the Catholic Church in Cambodia has issued a heartfelt and urgent plea for peace.
Pope Leo XIV has expressed profound sorrow over a deadly Israeli strike on the Catholic Parish of the Holy Family in Gaza City, calling for an immediate end to the war’s barbarity and a renewed global commitment to peace.
Saints Peter and Paul are venerated as the patrons of the Diocese and City of Rome. Every year on their feast day, June 29, the pope marks the occasion by blessing the palliums of newly appointed metropolitan archbishops from around the world.
In a moving Angelus address delivered in Piazza della Libertà, Pope Leo XIV urged the faithful to rediscover the path to eternal life through a life of love, service, and compassion.
During Sunday Mass on July 13, at the Parish of St. Thomas of Villanova in Castel Gandolfo, Pope Leo XIV reflected on the Parable of the Good Samaritan, calling on the faithful to imitate Christ’s compassion and love.
In a quiet yet powerful liturgy surrounded by the natural beauty of Castel Gandolfo, Pope Leo XIV celebrated a private Mass at the Borgo Laudato Si’, on July 9, inaugurating the Church’s new liturgical formulary “For the Care of Creation.”
Pope Leo XIV has appointed Msgr. Matthew Kwang-Hee Choi, currently serving as the spokesperson of the Archdiocese of Seoul in South Korea, as its new auxiliary bishop.
Rising sea levels in Asia-Pacific island nations are forcing people to leave their homelands in search of better opportunities often in Australia according to Metropolitan Archbishop Ryan Pagente Jimenez of Agaña.
Pope Leo XIV’s arrival in Castel Gandolfo on Sunday, July 6, marked more than the start of a summer retreat, it became a heartfelt encounter between a missionary Pope and the faithful who see in him a living witness of Christ.
In a powerful Angelus address at Saint Peter’s Square on July 6, Pope Leo XIV reignited the Church’s missionary zeal, urging the faithful to become “joyful laborers in God’s harvest” amid a world longing for meaning, justice, and salvation.
A parish church dedicated to the Immaculate Conception in Oslob town, located 119 kilometers south of Cebu City in the central Philippines, has been officially affiliated with the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome.
On July 3, 2025, Pope Leo XIV appointed Bishop Joseph Chau Ngoc Tri of the Diocese of Lang Son-Cao Bang, Vietnam, as a member of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue.
In a momentous development for the Catholic Church in Tamil Nadu, South India, Pope Leo XIV appointed Bishop Antonysamy Savarimuthu (63) on July 5 as the seventh Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Madurai, marking a new chapter in the life of one of India’s historic Jesuit missions and vibrant archdioceses.
In a landmark step underscoring the Catholic Church’s growing commitment to environmental stewardship, the Vatican has unveiled a new liturgical text titled Missa pro custodia creation is the “Mass for the Care of Creation.”
In a significant step reflecting the Catholic Church’s growing commitment to environmental stewardship, the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments has officially promulgated a new Mass formulary and biblical readings for the "Care of Creation," released to the public on July 3.
