Pope will declare St. John Henry Newman doctor of the church Nov. 1 September 29, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Saints, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV announced he will proclaim St. John Henry Newman a doctor of the church Nov. 1 during the Jubilee of the World of Education.
Pope’s communications day theme focuses on using media responsibly September 29, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Journalism, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV, the object of dozens of “deepfake” videos, has chosen “Preserving human voices and faces” as the theme for the Catholic Church’s celebration of World Communications Day in 2026.
Pope encourages European parliamentarians to pursue ‘healthy secularism’ September 29, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV encouraged members of the European Parliament to pursue “a healthy secularism” that maintains the distinction between religions and governments.
U.S. pilgrims at Jubilee of Catechists have private audience with pope September 29, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Evangelization, Jubilee 2025, News, Vatican, World News Among the estimated 20,000 pilgrims in Rome for the Jubilee of Catechists, a group of three dozen from the United States had their own private audience with Pope Leo XIV.
Pope taps Italian canon lawyer for top position at Dicastery for Bishops September 26, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Child & Youth Protection, News, Vatican, World News In the first major appointment of his papacy, Pope Leo XIV chose an Italian expert in canon law to succeed him as prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops and president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America.
Vatican appeals court makes major ruling in financial fraud case September 26, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News The Vatican City State Court of Appeals handed a major victory to Cardinal Angelo Becciu and eight other defendants convicted in late 2023 of crimes related to the Vatican’s huge financial loss on an investment property in London.
Pope: Catholic media should help readers understand, advocate, act September 25, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Journalism, News, Vatican, World News The pope met the writers and staff of the Italian Jesuit magazine, “La Civiltà Cattolica,” at the Vatican Sept. 25 as part of journal’s 175th anniversary celebrations. Father Arturo Sosa, superior general of the Jesuits, also attended the audience.
God’s love can reach anyone, even at ‘rock bottom,’ pope says September 24, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News When people hit “rock bottom,” they can be confident that God is there ready to rescue and redeem them, Pope Leo XIV said.
Pope praises women’s religious orders for courage, generosity September 23, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Consecrated Life, News, Vatican, World News In its religious orders, the Catholic Church has an array of strong, courageous and generous women who care for the poor, defend peace and share the Gospel message of salvation in Christ, Pope Leo XIV said.
Use wealth to help people, not destroy them, pope says September 22, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV prayed that the leaders of nations would use money and resources to promote the common good rather than using “wealth against humanity” by “turning it into weapons that destroy peoples or monopolies that humiliate workers.”
True justice promotes dignity, equality, forgiveness, pope tells judges September 22, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Supreme Court, World News Christians committed to the exercise of justice on behalf of a nation or the Catholic Church, must strive to fully respect the law, the dignity of the person and the need for reconciliation and forgiveness, Pope Leo XIV said.
U.S. Supreme Court justice speaks at Vatican Jubilee of Justice September 22, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Jubilee 2025, News, Supreme Court, Vatican, World News In a frescoed hall of a building housing the Catholic Church’s highest courts, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. spoke about faith, mercy, tradition and hope.
