The pastoral aid kit includes summaries of key themes, questions for reflection, concrete cases, and prayers along with activities designed for children and young people.

Before travelling to the northern Italian city of Rimini on August 22, Pope Leo XIV will also visit the Republic of San Marino.

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Father Franco Semeraro tells Vatican News how Pope Leo XIV came to the aid of his brother, Fr Diego, after he felt faint on May 27 at the end of the General Audience in St. Peter’s Square.

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Members of the Latino community are asked to bring a side to share with the meal. Members of the Anglo community are asked to bring a dessert to share. The parish will provide food and drink. Bring a change of clothes to...

Pope Leo XIV encourages the Dicastery for Evangelization to assist Catholic communities throughout the world in their efforts to respond to the crisis of spiritual poverty among young people.

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In an interview with Vatican News, the Archbishop of Chicago, Cardinal Blase Cupich, says Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical 'Magnifica humanitas' recognizes that "new technology has the potential to overtake our capacity to control it, and the Pope is giving us a wake-up call to seize this moment with urgency."

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In a country where deprivation is the norm, the situation is exacerbated by deteriorating infrastructure and the U.S. fuel embargo. People are hungry and the Church is striving to meet their needs.

Nearly 20,000 people from 22 countries took part in the three-day walk. An internal study of the pilgrims this year looked at their faith, practice, and motivations.

Taking different paths to the priesthood, two brothers were ordained on May 23 in their childhood parish, where they had served as altar boys and sang in the choir.

Evangelizing & Seeking Justice  "The earth is the Lord's" (Psalm 24:1)  For many, religion is reduced today to merely "being a good person." Our behavior and ethics are seemingly all that matters; we don't need to actually tell...