Marriage is a ‘noble, exalted’ vocation, path to holiness, pope says October 20, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, Saints, Vatican, World News Sacramental marriage and traditional family life increase joy in the good times, give strength during hard times and are a path to true holiness, Pope Leo XIV said.
Loan sharks reflect ‘corruption of the human heart,’ pope says October 20, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News When the pursuit of profit rules, people become objects to be exploited, and humanity loses its soul, Pope Leo XIV said.
Pope asks: When there are cries for help, do Christians respond with love? October 20, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News Canonizing seven new saints on World Mission Sunday, Pope Leo XIV said God is present wherever the innocent suffer, and his form of justice is forgiveness.
Pope on a boat to speak peace with young adults October 17, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News, Young Adult Ministry Pope Leo XIV traveled 23 miles by car to board the “Bel Espoir” sailboat and speak to the crew about peacemaking.
Syrian archbishop awarded John Paul prize; he says hope for peace not lost but evil continues October 17, 2025By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, Vatican, World News For Syrian Archbishop Jacques Mourad of Homs, who was held captive by the Islamic State group for five months in 2015, receiving an award named after St. John Paul II was a hopeful reminder of the late pontiff’s efforts to advance peace and dialogue in uncertain times.
U.S. bishops appoint new CNS Rome Bureau editor as veteran journalist retires October 17, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Journalism, News, Vatican, World News The U.S. Catholic bishops have appointed veteran journalist Carol Glatz to head up their Rome-based news bureau, succeeding Cindy Wooden, another longtime journalist.
Pope welcomes Russian pilgrims, prays they will be witnesses of hope October 17, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Welcoming a group of Holy Year pilgrims from Russia, Pope Leo XIV did not mention their country’s war on Ukraine, but he prayed that the pilgrims would let “the fire of Christian love” be kindled in their lives so it would warm “even the coldest and hardest of hearts.”
Vatican statistics show fewer priests, more lay missionaries October 17, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Missions, News, Vatican, Vocations, World News In anticipation of the celebration Oct. 19 of World Mission Sunday, the Vatican’s missionary news agency shared statistics about the Catholic population, church personnel and the works they are engaged in.
British king’s Vatican visit to focus on ecumenism, ecology October 17, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, Vatican, World News The official state visit of Britain’s King Charles III and Queen Camilla to Pope Leo XIV and the Vatican will focus on ecumenism and ecology, Vatican officials said Oct. 17.
Leo’s first official text October 17, 2025By Michael R. Heinlein OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Vatican “Dilexi Te” manifests both Pope Leo’s recognition that we need to grow in unity and subtly illustrates a means to bring such unity to a fractured church, something he has spoken of from the earliest days of his pontificate.
Survivors warn papal commission that abusers, retaliation still a problem October 16, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, Vatican, World News To improve the church’s safeguarding approaches and measures, the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors said it relied on extensive input and feedback from victims/survivors in its second annual report.
World hunger is ‘collective failure,’ pope says on World Food Day October 16, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News The pope drove across Rome Oct. 16 to address world leaders and government representatives at the headquarters of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization. In addition to marking World Food Day, the delegates were celebrating the 80th anniversary of FAO’s establishment.
