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“It’s very important that we try to build human relationships, good friendships, and above all, friendship with Jesus,” the pope told thousands of young people.

VATICAN CITY (OSV News) — With the jubilee year now officially ended, the pope’s travel schedule is also expected to ramp up, with one trip especially dear to the pontiff …

After an intense day of roundtable discussions, the “low-batteried” but “very pleased” cardinals wrapped the first historic extraordinary consistory convened by Pope Leo XIV in a spirit of fraternity

“We gather not to promote personal or group ‘agendas,’ but to entrust our plans and inspirations to a discernment that transcends us,” Pope Leo told cardinals during morning Mass.

On the first day of the two-day consistory, 170 cardinals were present to listen, discuss and select two themes for the meeting.

(OSV News) — This is the text from Pope Leo XIV’s address Jan. 7, 2026, at the opening of the Extraordinary Consistory with the College of Cardinals, given in the …

The teachings of the Second Vatican Council are still “the guiding star” the Catholic Church is meant to follow, Pope Leo XIV said.

In his Jan. 7, 2026, general audience, Pope Leo began a new series of catecheses reflecting on the Second Vatican Council and its documents.

Cardinals from around the world are gathering at the Vatican Jan. 7-8 for an extraordinary consistory called by Pope Leo XIV.

Last-minute visitors did not let Rome’s infamous winter deluges and damp stop them from their goal: to pray and pass through to the Holy Door in St. Peter’s Basilica.