Aleteia Premium

Aleteia Premium

Inspiring Stories

Issues & Implications

Pope

Leo-big-laugh

Anna Kurian

Who are the people in Pope Leo XIV’s inner circle?

Aleteia

3 Papal documents that every Catholic couple should read

The Vatican - February 1986 The Vatican - 1986 A day in the life of the Pope John Paul II in the intimicy of the Vatican: during a break from work, in the privacy of his bedroom, allows his gaze to wander over the roofs of the capital.

Christine Rousselle

What was John Paul II’s best document?

Wiborada with Solomon III

Philip Kosloski

Which woman was the first to be canonized by a pope?

pope-leo-xiv-audience-october-08

Daniel Esparza

Leo XIV to Augustinian Recollects: The way is love

Italian president Sergio Mattarella listens to Leo XIV's discourse at the Quirinal on October 14, 2025

I.Media

Leo XIV to Italy: Protect family, welcome migrants, defend life

pope-leo-xiv-audience-october-08

I.MediaAleteia

Leo XIV’s four appeals to Christians in “Dilexi te”

john xxiii

Philip Kosloski

10 Resolutions St. John XXIII read every morning

Daniel Esparza

How papal documents get their interesting names

Majo Frias

8 Points from Pope Francis to find in Leo’s “Dilexi te”

POPE EXHORTATION

I.MediaMatthew Green

From Paul VI to Leo: The writings that started pontificates

Pope Leo XIV during his audience with media representatives at the Paul VI Hall in the Vatican, on May 12, 2025.

Cyprien Viet

Leo XIV establishes his own style of communication with media

pope-leo-xiv-audience-september-10

Camille Dalmas

What will Pope Leo XIV’s first major text tell us about him?

Cyprien Viet

Why is Tuesday a popes’ favorite day of the week?

Daniel Esparza

Orthodox-Catholic talks on pope’s authority move forward

SAINT ANTHONY

Philip Kosloski

5 Saints who were put on the fast track to canonization

pope-leo-xiv-audience-september-10-

Camille Dalmas

Leo XIV is turning 70. Does that make him young for a pope?

pope-leo-xiv-audience

I.Media

Leo biography including interview out September 18

Pope Francis waves to the crowd as he arrives to lead a mass during a pastoral visit on the occasion of the 50th Social Week of Italian Catholics

I.MediaMatthew Green

Trieste denies rumored assassination attempt on Pope Francis

LEON-XIV-MIGUEL-TOVAR-PRETRE-CAPTURE-X

Bérengère de Portzamparc

Leo XIV’s valuable advice to a young 24-year-old priest

Daily prayer

And today we celebrate...

Prayer for the Morning

Meditation of the Day

Prayer for the Evening

Top 10

Cold case murder at Pennsylvania Catholic church finally solved

Cold case murder at Pennsylvania Catholic church finally solved

Priest murdered in Kansas; suspect arrested

Priest murdered in Kansas; suspect arrested

The forensic enigma of St. Teresa’s burial cloths, solved

The forensic enigma of St. Teresa’s burial cloths, solved

French 8-year-old’s cause of beatification starts Roman phase

French 8-year-old’s cause of beatification starts Roman phase

Why we’re drawn to certain saints and who are Aleteia’s favorites?

Why we’re drawn to certain saints and who are Aleteia’s favorites?

Can you change your confirmation name later in life?

Can you change your confirmation name later in life?

Why November is the month to recall the Four Last Things

Why November is the month to recall the Four Last Things

Newsletter

Get Aleteia delivered to your inbox. It’s free!