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Pope appeals for Olympic truce ahead of 2026 Winter Games

Ahead of the Winter Olympic Games that begin on February 6, Pope Leo XIV urges n...

Pope Leo joins Cuban Bishops in calling for dialogue wi...

Pope Leo XIV expresses concern for the rising tensions between the United States...

Pope prays for over 200 dead in eastern DRC mine collapse

Pope Leo XIV prays for the hundreds of people who died this week when a coltan m...

Cardinal Parolin celebrates 60th anniversary of Holy Se...

As the Holy See and Malta mark 60 years of diplomatic relations, Cardinal Secret...

Pope Leo offers comfort to Crans-Montana fire victims o...

In a message to a commemoration one month after the deadly Crans-Montana fire, P...

President of USCCB calls for Holy Hour for the United S...

Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops...

Pope holds surprise lunch with Peruvian bishops

The Peruvian bishops describe Pope Leo's unexpected participation at a lunch in ...

Pope: May the Olympics promote welcome, solidarity, and...

Pope Leo sends a telegram for the arrival of the Athletes’ Cross at the Church o...

Pope Leo expresses gratitude for 800 years of Toledo Ca...

Pope Leo sends a letter to the faithful of Toledo in which he highlights the spi...

Holy See and diplomats echo Pope Leo’s call for an ‘una...

An interreligious service hosted by the Holy See’s Mission to the UN in Geneva g...

Pope to Roman Rota: Justice and charity find harmony in...

Pope Leo XIV meets officials of the Tribunal of Roman Rota for the inauguration ...

Restoration of Bethlehem’s Grotto of the Nativity 'a si...

The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem and the Custody of the Holy Land an...

Aid convoy arrives in of Ain al-Arab amid humanitarian ...

A United Nations convoy carrying aid arrives in the Kurdish-majority town of Ain...

Cardinal Tagle celebrates 80th anniversary of Hong Kong...

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle marks 80 years since the establishment of the Dioces...

UN High Commissioner for Refugees: Church important par...

Barham Salih, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, tells Vatican News ...

Pope Leo XIV receives Grand Duke and Duchess of Luxembourg

Pope Leo XIV receives Grand Duke Guillaume of Luxembourg with his wife, Grand Du...

Pope Leo XIV to visit five parishes in Rome during Lent

Pope Leo XIV will visit five parishes of the Diocese of Rome, meeting with paris...

President of Guatemalan bishops: Peace, justice against...

Following prison riots and the killings of ten police officers, Bishop Rodolfo V...

News from the Orient - January 23, 2026

In this week’s news from the Eastern Churches, produced in collaboration with L’...

Parish Priest of Nuuk, Greenland: ‘Our home is not for ...

Amid mounting geopolitical tensions, Fr. Tomaž Majcen, the Slovene Franciscan pr...