The Vatican

Pope Leo XIV encourages Bishops from around the world to share what has emerged in their Churches over the ten years since the publication of Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhortation Amoris laetitia, and urges them to courageously confront the questions and difficulties that families face today. Read all  

In a video message for the 100th World Mission Sunday, Pope Leo XIV thanks the faithful for their prayers and support, recalling how they helped nurture his vocation and sustain his missionary work in Peru. Read all  

At the General Audience, Pope Leo XIV renews his invitation to pray the Rosary, echoing the appeal he made in Lourdes to ask Mary for peace in the world, especially during the month of October. Read all  

Pope Leo XIV thanks Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums for their “generous collaboration” in helping to preserve the Vatican's art, and encourages them “to open themselves to Beauty and consider ways of helping others do the same.” Read all  

Pope Leo XIV reflects on the fourth chapter of the first part of ‘Gaudium et spes’, saying the Church strives to bring about the Kingdom of God and the salvation of all human beings, above all through “personal holiness and fraternal love”. Read all  

A new edition of YOUCAT, the youth Catechism, described by its creator as “marriage handbook for young people”, is presented in Rome. Read all