New year marks time to usher in era of peace, friendship among all people, pope says January 2, 2026By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The world is not saved by threatening violence or by judging, oppressing or getting rid of others, Pope Leo XIV said.
God’s plan of salvation is greater than ‘weaponized’ plots underway, pope says January 2, 2026By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News The tenacious hope of people of faith, believing in a better tomorrow, keeps God’s plan of salvation alive in the world, Pope Leo XIV said.
Political authority should embody humility, honesty, sharing, pope says December 29, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News All power must be built on responsibility and service, Pope Leo XIV told local government leaders.
Families fostering Gospel values provide hope in dark world, pope says December 29, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Christmas, News, Vatican, World News Christian families must not let today’s tyrants suffocate their love and witness to Gospel values, Pope Leo XIV said.
To turn away others is to turn away God, pope says on Christmas Eve December 25, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, Vatican, World News If people refuse to make room for others — like the poor, children and the stranger — then they also refuse to make room for God, Pope Leo XIV said as he celebrated the birth of Jesus.
Catholic actor finds Christmas joy in helping U.S. charity December 25, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Christmas, Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News With the Vatican’s Nativity scene and huge Christmas tree glittering in the Roman sun behind him, David Henrie reflected on the joy of giving during the Advent season.
Curia must reflect ‘new humanity,’ founded on love, solidarity, pope says December 22, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, Vocations, World News The cardinals, bishops, priests, religious and laypeople who work in the Roman Curia are called to be a “sign of a new humanity,” founded on mutual love and solidarity, not selfishness and individualism, Pope Leo XIV said.
Pope advances causes of Argentine businessman, Spanish martyrs December 18, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Saints, Vatican, World News Meeting with Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, Pope Leo XIV recognized the miracle needed for the beatification of Enrique Ernesto Shaw, a 20th-century businessman from Argentina.
Christmas reminds faithful God can be found in the ordinary, pope says December 15, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Christmas, News, Vatican, World News Christmas is a reminder that people can encounter God in ordinary, everyday places, Pope Leo XIV said.
Christmas creche, tree are signs of hope, pope says December 15, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, News, Vatican, World News The Nativity scene and the Christmas tree are signs of faith and hope, Pope Leo XIV said.
On Guadalupe feast day, pope prays leaders shun lies, hatred, division, disrespect for life December 12, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Marian Devotion, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV prayed for Mary’s maternal intercession so that she would help nations avoid lies and hatred and instruct leaders to protect the dignity of all human life.
Christian archaeology can serve evangelization, pope says in document December 12, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Christian archaeology seeks to see, hear and touch the Word made flesh, Pope Leo XIV said, inviting the world’s bishops and others to encourage young people, lay people and priests to study archaeology.