Pope Leo XIV urged Catholics to recognize Christ in the lives of people with intellectual disabilities and cerebral palsy, telling a Spanish organization that serving the most vulnerable is both a demanding mission and a profound encounter with Christ.
Pope Leo XIV met Lebanese President Joseph Aoun at the Vatican on August 20, with discussions focusing on efforts to stabilize southern Lebanon and advance a just and lasting peace amid continuing tensions with Israel.
Pope Leo XIV has expressed his solidarity with victims of the magnitude 7.7 earthquake that struck Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara province on Aug. 15, killing dozens of people and leaving thousands displaced.
Pope Leo XIV has renewed his call for an end to violence against Palestinians in the West Bank, urging the international community to work toward a two-state solution as the path to a just and lasting peace in the Holy Land.
Pope Leo XIV has sent an initial emergency contribution of €100,000 to dioceses in Colombia affected by a powerful earthquake that struck the western part of the South American country, Vatican News reported.
Pope Leo XIV has urged women and men religious to strengthen communion, embrace the diversity of their charisms and help young people discern their vocation as they confront what he called the “globalization of indifference and of powerlessness.”
Jordan has begun preparations for the 2,000th anniversary of the baptism of Jesus Christ, with government and Christian leaders coming together to coordinate plans for the landmark celebration in 2030.
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, is scheduled to meet young people from across the Mediterranean during the 11th edition of the Carta di Leuca, an international gathering focused on dialogue, fraternity, and peace.
Pope Leo XIV has urged Christians not to lose heart in times of difficulty, reminding them that Jesus remains present even when life feels like a storm.
Pope Leo XIV urged thousands of young Europeans gathered in Assisi to move beyond comfort and encounter Christ in the poor and marginalized, calling them to become a new generation of saints who transform the world through the Gospel.
The Vatican's Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue will host the Fourth Taoist-Christian Colloquium in Kuching, Malaysia, in mid-2027, following new momentum in interfaith engagement generated by the first-ever Confucian-Christian Colloquium held in Seoul, South Korea.
Pope Leo XIV will make an apostolic journey to Uruguay, Argentina, and Peru from Nov. 6 to 17, 2026, the Holy See Press Office announced. Vatican News reported that the visit will be the pontiff's sixth international trip since his election.
More than 100 Catholic sisters specializing in canon and civil law from across Africa will gather in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya in East Africa, on July 30–31 for the first African Conference of Catholic Sisters in the Legal Profession (CASILEP) Kenya, according to Vatican News.
Pope Leo XIV has encouraged young Catholics in Iraq to become witnesses of hope and instruments of peace in a country still carrying the wounds of conflict and instability.
The Vatican has released the Preparatory Document for a global meeting on Amoris Laetitia, Pope Francis' 2016 apostolic exhortation on family life, that will bring together the heads of the Eastern Catholic Churches and presidents of bishops' conferences from around the world at the Vatican from October 7–14, 2026.
Pope Leo XIV concluded the Extraordinary Consistory on June 27 by urging cardinals to deepen communion and embrace synodality not as an organizational model but as a way of living the Church's mission.
Pope Leo XIV opened the Extraordinary Consistory of Cardinals on June 26, inviting his brother Cardinals to offer their support, counsel and openness as they reflect together on the challenges facing the Church and the world today.
Pope Leo XIV has sent an initial emergency donation of €100,000 to Venezuela following powerful earthquakes that caused widespread destruction, killing more than 160 people and injuring hundreds, according to Vatican News.
The Catholic bishops of Bangladesh are undertaking their Ad Limina Apostolorum visit to the Vatican from June 22 to 27, continuing one of the Catholic Church’s oldest and most significant traditions.
A Marian devotion that took root in a relocation community in Rizal, Philippines has received one of the Catholic Church's highest honors, marking a historic moment for thousands of faithful who have long turned to the Blessed Virgin Mary as a source of peace and hope.
