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Pope Leo XIV addresses pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican for recitation of the Angelus on Dec. 28, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media
Vatican City, Dec 28, 2025 / 10:00 am (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV has sent three trucks carrying humanitarian aid to parts of Ukraine hit hardest by bombardments, where residents are facing severe shortages.
Pope Leo XIV urges families to keep the flame of love alive
Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican for the recitation of the Angelus on Dec. 28, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media
Vatican City, Dec 28, 2025 / 09:49 am (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV on Sunday urged Christian families to “cherish the values of the Gospel” and protect the “flame of love” in their homes.
Pope Leo XIV: Christians have no enemies, only brothers and sisters
Pope Leo XIV addresses pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican for the recitation of the Angelus on Dec. 26, 2025. | Credit: Vatican Media
Vatican City, Dec 26, 2025 / 02:17 am (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV on Friday urged Christians to resist the temptation to treat others as enemies.
Pope Leo XIV highlights Gaza, Yemen, migrants in first Christmas urbi et orbi message
Pope Leo XIV delivers his Christmas “urbi et orbi” message at the Vatican on Dec. 25, 2025. | Credit: Daniel Ibañez/EWTN News
Vatican City, Dec 25, 2025 / 02:00 am (CNA).
In his first Christmas “urbi et orbi” message as pope, Leo XIV urged the world to embrace “responsibility” as the sure way to peace.
PHOTOS: Pope Leo meets the tiniest members of the flock — babies
Pope Leo XIV blesses a baby on All Saints Day’ 2025. | Credit: Vatican Media
Vatican City, Dec 25, 2025 / 02:00 am (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV has welcomed and greeted a plethora of babies at the Vatican since his election on May 8.
Pope at Christmas Day Mass says wars fed by falsehoods send young people to their deaths
Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Dec. 25, 2025. | Credit: Daniel Ibañez/EWTN News
Vatican City, Dec 25, 2025 / 01:35 am (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV on Christmas Day deplored the “falsehoods” used to justify wars that leave young people “forced to take up arms” and “sent to their deaths.”
Pope Leo XIV on Christmas night: Make room for others
Pope Leo XIV celebrates Christmas Mass during the Night in a packed St. Peter’s Basilica on Dec. 24, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA
Vatican City, Dec 24, 2025 / 17:30 pm (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV celebrated the Christmas night Mass, also known as midnight Mass, for an estimated 6,000 attendees in the Vatican basilica at 10 p.m.
Full text: Pope Leo XIV’s Christmas night homily
Pope Leo XIV venerates a statue of the child Jesus during the celebration of Christmas Mass during the Night in St. Peter’s Basilica on Dec. 24, 2025. | Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA
Vatican City, Dec 24, 2025 / 12:31 pm (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV's full homily at Christmas Mass during the Night in St. Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday.
Pope Leo XIV revives tradition during first Christmas of his pontificate
Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican for the recitation of the Angelus on Dec. 21, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media
Vatican City, Dec 24, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV will celebrate his first Christmas at the Vatican by reviving the tradition of offering Christmas Mass on Dec. 25 in St. Peter’s Basilica.
Trafficking victims rise worldwide as experts, survivors call for stronger action
Rome’s International Conference on Human Trafficking was held at the Pontifical Gregorian University on Dec. 10, 2025. / Credit: EWTN News/Screenshot
Rome Newsroom, Dec 23, 2025 / 15:55 pm (CNA).
Earlier this month, the Institute of Anthropology of the Pontifical Gregorian University organized an international conference in Rome to discuss trafficking prevention efforts.
Pope Leo XIV tells Vatican employees doing work well gives glory to God
Pope Leo XIV addresses employees of the Vatican on Dec. 22, 2025, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media
Vatican City, Dec 22, 2025 / 12:37 pm (CNA).
Meeting the workers on Dec. 22, Pope Leo XIV said he is still getting to know the Vatican and experiences it as “a great mosaic” made up of many offices and services.
Pope Leo in apostolic letter calls for renewed priestly formation, fraternity, and mission
Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square on Dec. 20, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media
ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 22, 2025 / 12:07 pm (CNA).
The document, “A Fidelity That Generates the Future,” reflects on two decrees of the Second Vatican Council on priests — both promulgated in 1965.
Pope Leo XIV urges a ‘more missionary’ Roman Curia and warns against internal divisions
Pope Leo XIV addresses officials of the Roman Curia at the Vatican on Dec. 22, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media
Vatican City, Dec 22, 2025 / 06:25 am (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV on Monday called on officials of the Roman Curia to deepen both mission and communion, urging Vatican offices to be “more mission-oriented.”
These are Pope Leo XIV’s prayer intentions for 2026
Pope Leo XIV prays during his Wednesday general audience on Aug. 13, 2025, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media
CNA Staff, Dec 22, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).
The pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network has released Pope Leo XIV’s list of prayer intentions for the year 2026.
Pope Leo XIV highlights key virtues for final days of Advent
Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican for the recitation of the Angelus on Dec. 21, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media
ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 21, 2025 / 09:15 am (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV on Sunday highlighted four virtues of St. Joseph — “piety and charity, mercy and trust” — as guides for Catholics in the final days of Advent.
Pope Leo XIV strengthens legal protections for employees of the Vatican and Holy See
A new Vatican labor regulations decree was issued after an audience granted to Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin, pictured here with Pope Leo XIV. / Credit: Vatican Media
Vatican City, Dec 19, 2025 / 16:22 pm (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV approved new labor regulations at the Office of Labor of the Apostolic See.
Pope Leo XIV: The person and families must be at center of labor system
Pope Leo XIV addresses employment consultants on Dec. 18, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media
ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 19, 2025 / 14:30 pm (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV advocated for a labor system that serves individuals and families so that the dignity of each employee is recognized and his or her real needs are met.
Pope Leo XIV writes preface to book that shaped his spiritual life
Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass for the Jubilee of Prisoners in St. Peter’s Basilica on Dec. 14, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media
Vatican City, Dec 19, 2025 / 11:05 am (CNA).
“The Practice of the Presence of God” is a 17th-century spiritual classic written by the Carmelite friar Lawrence of the Resurrection.
Pope Leo XIV warns against destructive spiral of autonomous weapons and escalation
Pope Leo XIV speaks to patients and caregivers at the De La Croix Hospital in Jal el Dib, Lebanon, on Dec. 2, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media
Vatican City, Dec 18, 2025 / 18:28 pm (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV warned against the destructive spiral fueled by the arms race and the development of autonomous weapons.
Countdown to the closing of the jubilee: When, who will close the Holy Doors in Rome?
Pope Leo XIV passes through the Holy Door carrying the jubilee cross as he leads the pilgrimage of the Holy See on June 9, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media
Vatican City, Dec 18, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA).
Just a few weeks remain until the closing of the holy year, which was inaugurated by Pope Francis on Dec. 24, 2024.
Pope Leo XIV to appoint next archbishop of New York
Bishop Ronald A. Hicks of Joliet, Illinois. / Credit: Diocese of Joliet YouTube video
Vatican City, Dec 17, 2025 / 09:58 am (CNA).
Bishop Ronald Hicks, 58, will succeed Cardinal Timothy Dolan, who has led New York, the second-largest U.S. archdiocese by population since 2009.
Pope Leo XIV: True treasure is found in the heart, not ‘too much doing’
Pope Leo XIV spoke about the solution for restless hearts in his catechesis at the general audience in St. Peter’s Square on Dec. 17. 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA
Vatican City, Dec 17, 2025 / 07:30 am (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV spoke about the solution for restless hearts in his catechesis at the general audience in St. Peter’s Square on Dec. 17.
Vogue magazine includes Pope Leo XIV on its list of best dressed of 2025
Pope Leo XIV looks out from the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica after his election on May 8, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media
ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 17, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA).
Vogue magazine recently named Pope Leo XIV one of the 55 best-dressed people of 2025.
With special permission, prisoners travel to Rome for the jubilee
Pope Leo XIV presides at the jubilee Mass for prisoners on Dec. 14, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media
ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 16, 2025 / 15:11 pm (CNA).
The last major event of this year’s Jubilee of Hope was dedicated to prisoners around the world.
‘Seeking Beauty’ travel show with David Henrie premieres at Vatican
Catholic actor and director David Henrie speaks with EWTN News after the first episode of his new travel show, “Seeking Beauty,” premiered at the Vatican’s movie theater on Dec. 15, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA
Vatican City, Dec 16, 2025 / 10:45 am (CNA).
“Seeking Beauty” is a series documenting David Henrie’s exploration of the beauty of art and culture in six Italian cities, including the Vatican and Rome.
Pope thankful for pro-life Nativity scene that ‘represents a life preserved from abortion’
Pope Leo admires the Nativity scene that was made in Costa Rica. / Credit: Vatican Media
Vatican City, Dec 15, 2025 / 17:06 pm (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV thanked Costa Rican artist Paula Sáenz Soto for donating a pro-life Nativity scene to the Vatican.
Pope Leo XIV condemns attack on Sydney’s Jewish community, prays for victims
Pope Leo XIV gives his apostolic blessing at the end of the general audience in St. Peter’s Square on Nov. 12, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA
Vatican City, Dec 15, 2025 / 07:48 am (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV on Monday condemned a deadly attack on the Jewish community in Sydney and entrusted the victims to God in prayer.
Pope Leo XIV voices concern over renewed fighting in eastern Congo, urges dialogue
Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican for the Angelus on Dec. 14, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media
Vatican City, Dec 14, 2025 / 08:05 am (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV on Sunday voiced deep concern over renewed fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, urging an immediate end to violence.
Vatican to unveil Nativity scene, light up Christmas tree in St. Peter’s Square on Dec. 15
The fir tree and the Nativity scene are ready for the dedication in St. Peter’s Square on Dec. 15, 2025. / Credit: Victoria Cardiel/EWTN News
Vatican City, Dec 14, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA).
The Governorate of Vatican City State has announced the origins of the fir tree and Nativity scene that will adorn St. Peter’s Square this Christmas.
Pope Leo XIV urges mercy, reform as Jubilee of Prisoners closes holy year
Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass for the Jubilee of Hope for prisoners in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Dec. 14, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media
Vatican City, Dec 14, 2025 / 05:25 am (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV on Sunday presided over the final major celebration of the holy year, calling for renewed commitment to justice, rehabilitation, and hope.
Swedish choir honors St. Lucy with songs in St. Peter’s Basilica
Students from Nordiska Musikgymnasiet — The Nordic Music High School — in Stockholm perform traditional Swedish “Lucia songs” during an afternoon Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on Dec. 11, 2025. / Credit: Bénédicte Cedergren/EWTN News
Rome Newsroom, Dec 13, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA).
A Swedish youth choir marked the feast of St. Lucy by singing at a Mass at the Vatican on Thursday, Dec. 11.
Pope Leo XIV entrusts pontificate to the Virgin of Guadalupe
Pope Leo XIV honors Our Lady of Guadalupe during the Mass on her feast day, Dec. 12, 2025, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media
Vatican City, Dec 12, 2025 / 17:46 pm (CNA).
On Dec. 12, Pope Leo XIV presided over his first Mass on the solemnity of Our Lady of Guadalupe, whom he asked to come to his aid.
Pope Leo praises Christian archaeology, capable of ‘bringing to light anonymous holiness’
Pope Leo XIV waves to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square during his Wednesday general audience on Dec. 10, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/EWTN News
Vatican City, Dec 12, 2025 / 11:42 am (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV on Dec. 11 published a new apostolic letter in which he praised Christian archaeology as a work capable of “giving a voice to the silence of history.”
Pope warns about risks to Church when intelligence agencies ‘act for nefarious purposes’
Pope Leo XIV speaks to people who work in Italy’s intelligence sector in the Vatican’s Hall of Blessings on Dec. 12, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media
Vatican City, Dec 12, 2025 / 09:11 am (CNA).
In an audience with people who work in the Italian intelligence sector, Pope Leo XIV recalled the importance of conducting their jobs both ethically and morally.
Pope Leo XIV, in meeting with award committee, calls for concrete acts of charity
Pope Leo XIV meets with the committee that chooses recipients of the Zayed Award for Human Fraternity at the Vatican on Dec. 11, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media
Vatican City, Dec 12, 2025 / 06:52 am (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV urged concrete acts of charity and solidarity in a world marked by conflict as he met with the committee that chooses recipients of the Zayed Award for Human Fraternity.
Pope Leo calls for promoting ‘cultural diplomacy’ to overcome borders and prejudices
Pope Leo XIV receives members of the Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology on Dec. 11, 2025, in the Clementine Hall of the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media
Vatican City, Dec 11, 2025 / 18:30 pm (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV on Dec. 11 emphasized the academic, cultural, and ecclesial value of archaeology and called for the promotion of “cultural diplomacy.”
Vatican conference: Our Lady of Guadalupe in light of doctrinal note on titles of Mary
Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the Vatican. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/EWTN News
Vatican City, Dec 11, 2025 / 16:54 pm (CNA).
At the conclusion of the conference, Mass in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe will take place at 4 p.m. local time in St. Peter’s Basilica, celebrated by Pope Leo XIV.
Pope Leo XIV criticizes transhumanism: ‘Death is not opposed to life’
Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims in St. Peter's Square during a Jubilee audience on Nov. 22, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media.
Vatican City, Dec 10, 2025 / 11:21 am (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV spoke about Christ's promise of eternal life during his Wednesday general audience in St. Peter's Square on Dec. 10.
Pontifical Yearbook goes digital: What is it and what does it contain?
Pope Leo XIV uses a tablet to navigate the website of the new digital version of the Vatican's Pontifical Yearbook, known as the "Annuario Pontificio" in Italian. / Credit: Vatican Media.
Vatican City, Dec 10, 2025 / 11:00 am (CNA).
The red-covered Pontifical Yearbook — known in Italian as the “Annuario Pontificio” — is an important reference updated every year.
The pope urges ‘continued dialogue’ after receiving Zelenskyy in Castel Gandolfo
The Pope greets Zelenskyy in Castel Gandolfo. / Credit: Vatican Media
Vatican City, Dec 9, 2025 / 14:32 pm (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV received the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in audience today at the papal residence in Castel Gandolfo.
Former Hungarian ambassador reflects on 10-year term at the Vatican
Eduard Habsburg, Hungary's ambassador to the Holy See from 2015 to 2025, takes his leave during a farewell visit to Pope Leo XIV on Nov. 21, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media.
Vatican City, Dec 9, 2025 / 10:30 am (CNA).
Archduke of Austria Eduard Habsburg, who served as Hungary’s ambassador to the Holy See since 2015, described his post as “the greatest 10 years of my life.”
On solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, pope encourages renewing our ‘yes’ to God
Pope Leo XIV prays the Angelus prayer on the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception on Dec. 8, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media
ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 8, 2025 / 13:30 pm (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV led the Angelus prayer Dec. 8 from the window of the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican on the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception.
‘Peace is possible,’ Pope Leo XIV says after visits to Turkey and Lebanon
Pope Leo XIV addresses pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican for the Angelus on Dec. 7, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media
Vatican City, Dec 7, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV on Sunday said his apostolic journey to Turkey and Lebanon showed that “peace is possible,” pointing to renewed steps toward Christian unity.
You heard of the popemobile, now meet the papal lawn mower
Pope Leo XIV receives an electric lawn mower from Czech manufacturer Swardman during a general audience in mid-November 2025. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Swardman
Rome Newsroom, Dec 7, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV received the white Electra 2.0 mower during a general audience in mid-November, a gift from Czech manufacturer Swardman.
Chris Pratt to release documentary on tomb of St. Peter
Chris Pratt speaks at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con International for “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego. / Credit: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
CNA Staff, Dec 6, 2025 / 12:00 pm (CNA).
The film, produced by Vatican Media, the Fabric of St. Peter, and AF Films, will be released in 2026 for the 400th anniversary of the inauguration and dedication of the basilica.
New Slovak Virgin Mary mosaic highlights spiritual bonds between Slovakia and Vatican
Archbishop Bernard Bober of Košice, president of the Slovak Bishops’ Conference, blesses the new mosaic of Our Lady of Sorrows in the Vatican Gardens at a ceremony attended by Slovak President Peter Pellegrini and Vatican officials on Dec. 5, 2025. / Credit: Bohumil Petrík
EWTN News, Dec 6, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA).
Among other bishops and diplomats, two cardinals took part: the dean of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Giovanni Re, and Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti.
5 things to know and share about St. Nicholas
St. Nicholas, by Jaroslav Čermák (1831-1878). / Credit: Galerie Art Praha via Wikimedia (public domain)
Vatican City, Dec 6, 2025 / 04:00 am (CNA).
How much do you know about the man whose feast falls on Dec. 6?
Pope Leo XIV among the most viewed and searched on Wikipedia and Google in 2025
Pope Leo XIV. / Credit: Vatican Media
ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 5, 2025 / 15:38 pm (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV’s profile is among the most viewed pages on the digital encyclopedia Wikipedia and was one of the most searched terms on Google in 2025.
Michael Bublé calls meeting Pope Leo XIV ‘one of the greatest moments of my life’
Singer Michael Bublé called meeting Pope Leo XIV on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, “one of the greatest moments of my life,” adding that as he prepares to headline the Vatican’s annual Christmas concert for the poor, he hopes his example will encourage more people to speak openly about their faith. / Credit: Vatican Media
Vatican City, Dec 5, 2025 / 15:08 pm (CNA).
Michael Bublé called meeting Pope Leo XIV on Friday “one of the greatest moments of my life” as he prepares to headline the Vatican’s Christmas concert for the poor.
How can AI serve the common good and not just the powerful? Pope Leo XIV responds
Pope Leo XIV meets with members of the Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice Foundation and the Strategic Alliance of Catholic Research Universities on Dec. 5, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media
ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 5, 2025 / 14:38 pm (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV reflected Dec. 5 at the Vatican on the challenges posed by artificial intelligence.