Vatican

(OSV News) — The Vatican’s Secretary of State has offered to “eventually make the Vatican … available for a direct meeting” between Ukraine and Russia, as May 16 talks between those …

(OSV News) — The following is the full text of the address given by Pope Leo XIV to members of the Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice Foundation May 17, 2025. Good …

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — With the world facing challenges like climate change, wars, debates over migration and increasing job insecurity, the Catholic Church must provide moral guidance and support true …

St. Monica, the mother of St. Augustine, is the patron saint of mothers, women in difficult marriages and alcoholics.

(OSV News) — The following is the full text of the address given by Pope Leo XIV to the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See May 16, 2025. Your …

This is what the seven days of papacy tell about the first American pope and how his predecessors spent their honeymoon in the Vatican.

How striking it was to hear the first words of Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate. They surprised, in no small part of course, because the world had never heard before from …

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Both Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio will attend the inaugural Mass of Pope Leo XIV on May 18, the vice president’s office …

“After three centuries, it is good to see how your presence continues to bear the freshness of a rich and vast educational entity,” he said.

One issue any pope would have to face when elected to govern the Catholic Church is that of continuing to address the clergy sexual abuse crisis. We explain the pope’s …