Vatican News

  • 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 […]
  • 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 […]
  • 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). On the centenary of the founding of the Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology, Pope Leo XIV published a new apostolic letter […]
  • 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). Pope Leo XIV warned that intelligence agencies in some countries work against the Catholic Church, “oppressing its freedom” by using […]
  • 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 […]
  • 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 […]
  • 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). “Do not let your heart be troubled. Am I not here, I who am your mother?” With this consolation — with which Our Lady of Guadalupe of Mexico addressed St. Juan Diego […]
  • 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 on Wednesday rejected technological promises to indefinitely prolong human existence — such as those proposed by “transhumanism”— and said the resurrection of […]
  • 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 Vatican this week launched the first-ever digital version of its annual directory, creating an […]
  • 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, the Holy See announced in a statement.The meeting, described as "cordial," focused on the situation […]