Pope Leo XIV began a series of reflections on the Second Vatican Council at his first general audience of 2026 on Wednesday.

Pope Leo XIV delivered his general audience today announcing a revisit to the documents of the Second Vatican Council. Leo ...

With Pope Leo closing the Holy Door on Jan. 6, marking the end of the Jubilee, a new era in his young pontificate has begun.

Pope Leo XIV closed the Holy Wear on Wednesday with his first meeting with the world’s cardinals at a two-day extraordinary ...

Cathleen Falsani, who covered two previous papal elections, sent a Hail Mary text from Ireland when she heard Chicago's own ...

The 170 cardinals attending the extraordinary consistory called by Pope Leo XIV set the church's mission and synodality as ...

Leo XIV held his first general audience of 2026 in the Nervi Hall, in the presence of 7,000 people. He began the reflections on the Council documents to “continue to seek ways and means to imple ...

In his address, the Holy Father outlined the four themes that will be discussed during the extraordinary consistory. Two of them are named after papal documents of his predecessor, Francis: the ...

The 170 cardinals chose synodality and evangelisation as the main themes. There was no written document at the end, but ...

Pope Leo XIV inaugurated the Christmas season Wednesday, telling believers that receiving the infant Jesus in current times ...

Leo XIV will celebrate the Christmas Day Mass in the Vatican basilica, a custom that has not been observed since the pontificate of St. John Paul II.

"It is the Magisterium [of the Second Vatican Council] that still constitutes the guiding star of the Church's journey today," Pope Leo said, during his Wednesday General Audience, on 7 January, in ...