
Matthew McConaughey’s latest leading role? Vatican visitor
The Oscar-winning actor and his wife, Camila Alves McConaughey, were welcomed by Pope Leo during a Vatican visit.

The Vatican Secretary of State warns of escalation in Ukraine, calls for renewed Iran talks, and says the Holy See’s position on Gaza can be summed up in six words.

Six quotes from Global Nobel Laureates Assembly on how to address AI and warfare.

With the recent addition of a Polish mosaic, this spiritual labyrinth serves as an immense open-air shrine uniting the diverse cultures of Catholic peoples.

Working at the Vatican creates some extraordinary careers that you might not have thought existed.

A leader of The Papal Foundation, Ward Fitzgerald tells how he "stopped being a businessman, and started being a Catholic who happens to be a businessman …”

The Holy See announced on July 6 that the upcoming event, convened by Pope Leo XIV, will take place October 7–14 to reflect on the legacy of “Amoris laetitia.”

Pope Leo will spend 3 weeks in Castel Gandolfo, and has returned to the Apostolic Palace, which Pope Francis had opened to the public as a museum.

Before the summer recess, the Holy Father announced key personnel moves across Vatican communication, charity, legislative, and mission offices.

The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith has published directives for traditionalist priests and laity wishing to rejoin the Catholic Church.

The Society of Saint Pius X consecrated four bishops without papal mandate on July 1. Under canon law, the excommunication was automatic. Rome’s decree the following day simply recorded it.

Sister Alessandra Smerilli will lead the Vatican's integral human development office, which promotes human dignity in all forums around the world, from health care to migration to environmental issues.

The Pope concluded two days of work with the College of Cardinals with a unanimous appeal for peace and a call to rebuild a culture of dialogue.

During the opening session of Pope Leo XIV's second consistory, 178 cardinals gathered to discuss the deep social and spiritual wounds of the modern world.

Addressing the College of Cardinals in Rome, the Pope asked for frank counsel, public support, and a shared commitment to missionary discernment.

Pope Leo XIV has called the world's cardinals to Rome this weekend to discuss "just war," the civilization of love, and the future of the Church.

A delegation from the Jérôme Lejeune Foundation met with Pope Leo XIV on Monday to mark the centenary of the birth of the famed geneticist who discovered trisomy 21.

Meeting with young participants of a Vatican summer camp, Pope Leo XIV encouraged children to build real friendships and set limits to screens.