During the Mass, the "Cross of Athletes" was entrusted to the archdiocese by Athletica Vaticana, the Holy See's sports association. Blessed by Pope Francis at the 2013 World Youth Day in Rio de ...

CatholicPhilly presents a weekly roundup of international news from Vatican News, the official news portal of the Holy See. The following report on the week of Jan. 25, 2026 links to stories on ...

Ad limina visits by bishops tend to make headlines in local churches when the bishops involved are in some kind of trouble.

"I believe I read that Italy is also considering whether or not to join," Cardinal Parolin said, according to Avvenire, the ...

In a message to the Archdiocese of Milan, Pope Leo XIV expressed his hope that the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games will be an occasion of solidarity and bridge-building between peoples and ...

The Peruvian bishops describe Pope Leo's unexpected participation at a lunch in Rome as “a gesture of closeness and communion ...

Across nearly 2,000 years, popes have been involved in peace efforts – almost always on the sidelines. Can the papacy keep ...

Seahawks theory. It’s the idea that every time a new Pope is elected, the Seahawks end up going to the Super Bowl.

When Pope Leo XIV recently declared, “I too confirm that the Church does not tolerate antisemitism and fights against it, on ...

The following is the full text of Pope Leo XIV’s homily given Jan. 25, 2026, the feast of the conversion of St. Paul the ...

Pope Leo XIV said Sunday that the Gospel “calls us to dare to trust,” warning that fear and excessive caution can leave Christians “paralyzed by indecision” rather than ready to follow Christ.

“We are one! We already are! Let us recognize it, experience it and make it visible!” he said in his homily during the ...