Pope offers prayers after shipwreck of migrant boat off Yemen August 4, 2025By Catholic News Service Catholic News Service Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, Vatican, World News As emergency workers searched for survivors and tried to recuperate the bodies of the dead, Pope Leo XIV offered his prayers for people impacted by the latest shipwreck of a migrant boat off the coast of Yemen.
The three questions young people asked Pope Leo XIV — and his answers August 4, 2025By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: Jubilee 2025, News, Vatican, World News, Youth Ministry After beginning the vigil with prayers, the pope engaged in a dialogue with several young people who asked him three questions.
Don’t settle for less; God is waiting to transform your life, pope tells youth August 4, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Jubilee 2025, News, Vatican, World News, Youth Ministry The fullness of life depends on how much one joyfully welcomes and shares in life while also living with a constant yearning for those things that only come from God, Pope Leo XIV told young people.
Pope Leo stands with youth in Gaza, Ukraine, calls for dialogue, not war August 4, 2025By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Conflict in the Middle East, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News, Youth Ministry In a message of solidarity and peace, Pope Leo XIV said the Catholic Church stands with young people suffering in war-torn areas, including Gaza and Ukraine.
Pope Leo urges youth to find hope, friendship in Christ in uncertain times August 3, 2025By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Jubilee 2025, News, Vatican, World News Addressing an estimated 1 million young people, Pope Leo XIV urged them to forge genuine relationships rooted in Christ rather than ephemeral online connections that can reduce individuals to a commodity.
Thousands visit Blessed Frassati’s remains in Rome for Jubilee of Youth August 1, 2025By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Jubilee 2025, News, Saints, Vatican, World News Volunteers watching over the relics of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati gently placed items from the faithful on top of his casket to make a third-class relic for the visitors to the Basilica of Santa Maria sopra Minerva, near Rome’s Pantheon, one afternoon during the Jubilee of Youth.
Young teen’s relics a reminder for pilgrims that holiness ‘is not impossible’ August 1, 2025By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Jubilee 2025, News, Saints, Vatican, World News Along one of Rome’s busiest streets, Via del Corso, traffic moves slowly as hundreds of pilgrims crisscross traffic on foot to get to their destination.
Pope paves way for St. John Henry Newman to be formally named doctor of the church July 31, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News Pope paves way for St. John Henry Newman to be formally named doctor of the church
Festival of digital missionaries celebrates faithful witness in the digital age July 30, 2025By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Jubilee 2025, News, Vatican, World News Rome’s historic Risorgimento Square, built in the 19th century in honor of the unification of Italy, has always been a gateway to Vatican City with countless pilgrims, tourists, and locals passing through it on their way to St. Peter’s Basilica.
World will hear young people’s joy, shouting for peace on earth, pope says July 30, 2025By Carol Glatz OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Jubilee 2025, News, Vatican, World News The enthusiastic joy of young people, who love Jesus and want all wars to stop, will be heard to the ends of the earth, Pope Leo XIV said, welcoming tens of thousands of cheering young men and women to Rome for their Jubilee.
Pope Leo meets with top Russian Orthodox cleric amid war, strained relations July 29, 2025By Gina Christian Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV met with a top Russian Orthodox cleric, the first such visit from Moscow since the papal election, and one that comes amid strained relations with Rome due to Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine.
Pope welcomes young people to Rome for jubilee, thanks media for promoting truth July 28, 2025By Carol Glatz OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Jubilee 2025, News, Vatican, World News Greeting tens of thousands of visitors crowded in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Leo XIV welcomed all the young people who arrived in Rome for the Jubilee of Youth.
