Pope Leo meets with U.S. Vice President Vance, Secretary of State Rubio May 19, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The day after his inauguration Mass, Pope Leo XIV had a closed-door meeting with U.S. Vice President JD Vance at the Vatican.
Pope Leo to diplomats: Church will always speak truth, work for justice May 16, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News The Catholic Church wants to reach out and embrace all people who need and yearn for truth, justice and peace, Pope Leo XIV said in his first meeting with the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See.
Pope encourages Christian Brothers to evangelize through education May 15, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Evangelization, News, Vatican, World News Teaching should be lived as ministry and mission, Pope Leo XIV told the Brothers of the Christian Schools, also known as the De La Salle Brothers or the Christian Brothers.
Ukrainian president speaks with Pope Leo, invites him to Ukraine May 12, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked Pope Leo XIV for his support of a just and lasting peace in Ukraine, and he invited the newly-elected pontiff to visit the war-torn nation.
Pope Leo: A pope is nothing more than a humble servant May 11, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Catholic Social Teaching, Feature, News, Vatican, World News The Catholic community is alive, beautiful and strong, and it is up to its pastors to protect and nourish the faithful and to help bring God’s hope to the whole world, Pope Leo XIV said.
Faithful and furry: People and pets await next pope May 8, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2024 Election, News, Vatican, World News It is not just people who flock to St. Peter’s Square to watch the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel; some furry, faithful companions have also been waiting it out.
A morning of black smoke from the Sistine Chapel chimney May 8, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, Feature, News, Vatican, World News The 133 cardinals who entered the conclave failed to reach a two-thirds supermajority of at least 89 votes to elect a new pope during their morning session May 8.
Choose the pope the world needs, dean urges cardinals before conclave May 7, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, Feature, News, Vatican, World News At Mass before the conclave that will elect the next pope, the dean of the College of Cardinals urged his brothers to choose the shepherd the church and all of humanity need “at this difficult and complex and tormented” turning point in history.
Pastor, diplomat, former Vatican official from Asia often seen as ‘papabile’ May 6, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, News, Vatican, World News A former Vatican nuncio and collaborator in the Roman Curia, Sri Lankan Cardinal Albert Malcolm Ranjith, 77, has been leading the Archdiocese of Colombo since 2009.
South Korean cardinal has supported life, happiness of world’s priests May 6, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, News, Vatican, World News As prefect of the Vatican office tasked with overseeing and supporting the world’s priests and permanent deacons, Cardinal Lazarus You Heung-sik has brought his unique experience in formation and evangelization from South Korea to the universal church.
AI image of Trump as pope was ‘not good,’ cardinal tells reporters in Rome May 5, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News An AI-generated image of U.S. President Donald Trump dressed as the pope “was not good,” Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York said in Rome.
Warm, welcoming, French cardinal works with migrants, Mediterranean May 3, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: 2025 Conclave, News, Vatican, World News Good-natured, affable and dedicated to dialogue, French Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline of Marseille coordinates a churchwide network in the Mediterranean region, a mission he received from Pope Francis.
