Category: Vatican News

Vatican News correspondent Deborah Castellano Lubov brings us the great excitement at Pope Leo’s encounter with 80,000 young people at the Stade de France. Read all  

Vatican News correspondent Deborah Castellano Lubov reports from the Cathedral of Notre Dame with Pope Leo XIV, who this evening became the first Pope to step inside the Cathedral since the devastating 2019 fire. Read all  

On the first day of Pope Leo’s Apostolic Journey to France, he met with President Macron, visited UNESCO, presided over vespers at Notre Dame, and led a prayer vigil with some 80,000 young people in the country’s biggest stadium. Watch our video highlights here. Read all  

Pope Leo XIV’s first day in France comes to a close with a prayer vigil attended by some 80,000 young people. The Holy Father responds to their questions and encourages them to follow Christ without fear. Read all  

The President of the Association Maison Bakhita, Valèrie Moniod, shares with Vatican News her joy for Pope Leo XIV’s visit to their structure that helps many individuals in exile from their homelands develop skills that help enable them to have a better future. Read all  

In the iconic Parisian Cathedral flooded with light, Pope Leo XIV celebrates Vespers with the French Church calling it, like Notre Dame, to be reborn, to bring light out of the darkness of ashes. Read all  

At the Cathedral Basilica of Notre Dame de Paris Pope Leo XIV celebrates Vespers with bishops, priests, deacons, seminarians, and consecrated men and women. In his homily, the Pope calls them to missionary conversion, to cultivate an authentic love for the liturgy, and to remain close to the Lord in prayer. Read all  

On the first day of his Apostolic Journey to France, Pope Leo XIV returns to UNESCO 46 years after St John Paul II, calling for education, science and culture to remain at the service of human dignity, truth and peace. Read all  

A young French Catholic and recent business graduate speaks about the faith that sustains him, the witness of Pope Leo, and the importance of sharing the Gospel with others through everyday life. Read all  

In his first public address in France, Pope Leo XIV upholds the Catholic Church’s contribution to French society and encourages the country to work for a peace that is unarmed and disarming. Read all  

Aboard the papal flight to Paris beginning his Apostolic Journey to France, Pope Leo XIV highlights the importance for peace in today’s world, apologizes for not having been able to return with journalists to Rome on his previous Journey to Spain, and answers questions and exchanges jokes with the press. Read all  

Pope Leo XIV departs aboard the papal plane from Rome bound for Paris as he begins his four-day Apostolic Journey to France. Read all  

As the Pope arrives in France, French academic Dr. Alexandra Maclennan speaks to Vatican News about Pope Leo XIV’s Apostolic Journey to France, a surge in adult baptisms in recent years, and the emergence of a new generation of young Catholics despite ongoing challenges facing the Church. Read all  

Pope Leo XIV departs aboard the papal plane from Rome bound for Paris as he begins his four-day Apostolic Journey to France. Read all  

At the beatification of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen in St Louis, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle reflects on the missionary vocation of the American bishop, whose preaching reached millions through radio and television. But, he says, Sheen’s blessedness lay not in fame, but in his communion with Christ and his closeness to the poor. Read all … Continue reading “Cardinal Tagle: Fulton Sheen’s mission was to bring people to Christ”

On the eve of Pope Leo XIV’s arrival in Paris, Vatican News Correspondent Deborah Castellano Lubov reports from outside the Cathedral of Notre Dame to share the great excitement in France for the Pope’s imminent arrival, and great emotion after the devastating 2019 fire. Read all  

Pope Leo meets separately with the Prime Minister of Hungary and the President of Portugal, discussing topics such as global conflict, multilateralism, and the situation of Christian minorities around the world. Read all  

In an interview with Vatican Media ahead of Pope Leo’s Apostolic Journey to France, the Apostolic Nuncio to France, Archbishop Celestino Migliore, says that the Holy Father’s visit will further the rediscovery of Christianity and interest in Jesus Christ in the country, and will send a powerful message to a ‘hesitant Europe.’ Read all  

The Vatican Secretary of State looks ahead to the Pope’s visit to France and to UNESCO, highlighting the “diplomacy of encounter” and the “creative efforts” capable of freeing Europe from a logic of violence. Read all  

On the occasion of the Plenary Session of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Pope Leo receives its members in the Clementine Hall of the Vatican and urges that scientific and technological progress be accompanied by “a corresponding growth in responsibility”, particularly in light of increasingly frequent climate shocks. Read all  

Our editorial director reflects on Pope Leo’s upcoming four-day journey to France. Read all  

Amid the noise of our media-driven world, Bishop Louis Tylka of Peoria, Illinois, reflects on what Archbishop Fulton Sheen called “the most important conversation in a human life”—the one that takes place “in the depths of the heart.” Read all  

In the run-up to his beatification, the Executive Director of the Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Foundation explores the life and legacy of this famous evangelizer. Read all  

UNESCO’s Deputy Director-General, Åsa Regnér, speaks to Vatican News about the importance of Pope Leo XIV’s visit to the UN agency on September 25, during his Apostolic Journey to France, and emphasizes how multilateral institutions can continue to help build peace. Read all  

Saudi Arabia reportedly carries out 19 airstrikes across three Yemeni provinces over the last day, forcing thousands of Yemenis to flee their homes, and compounding what is already one of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises. Read all