The pope signed “Magnifica Humanitas” (“Magnificent Humanity”) on May 15, the 135th anniversary of the publication of the landmark social encyclical “Rerum Novarum.”

As one of the leading experts on Lefebvrism sees it, reconciliation is impossible as long as the Society of St. Pius X's rejection of certain parts of the Second Vatican Council persists.

A new film based on Jesus’ prayer in John 17:21 called "That They May Be One" will be in theaters May 19 and 20.

His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church – See of Cilicia, paid a visit to the Holy Father in the Vatican on Monday, marking the first official visit of the Catholicos to Pope Leo. In Pope Leo's address, he expressed his daily prayers for the people of Lebanon and his 'deep concern' for them and the Churches of the Middle East.

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Pope Leo welcomes members of the Board of Governors of The Catholic Extension Society to the Vatican, thanking them for over a century of missionary service to poorer Catholic communities in the United States, Cuba, and Puerto Rico.

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Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica humanitas, on safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence, will be released on May 25. A presentation event with the Pope and various speakers is scheduled for the same day at the Vatican.

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Cardinal Mario Grech speaks to Vatican News at the 104th Katholikentag, a major gathering of German Catholics, saying that the Church in the country "gives me great confidence, great hope".

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Hope has been reborn in Matabele, in southern Zimbabwe, a windy and dry land which stands in silence and whose inhabitants had lost hope when the HIV and AIDS pandemic reached its peak in Africa. Sr. Ludbirga Schumacher’s heart was touched by their plight and founded the Sketimpilo Centre, with many other religious sisters following in her footsteps.

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Uganda has postponed the annual Martyrs’ Day commemorations, set for 3 June, due to Ebola concerns in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Many attendees said they felt white working-class Britons are being marginalized and Christian values eroded.