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Pope Leo XIV Reaffirms Mary’s Assumption and Links It to Prayer for Suffering People

He framed the Assumption as a promise of eternal life that calls Catholics to value soul‑purity and love over consumerist standards.

Vatican Denies German Bid to Let Laypeople Deliver Homily at Mass

Pope Leo XIV Restores Cathedral Foot-Washing With Rite for 12 Priests on Holy Thursday

Pope Leo XIV at Chrism Mass Urges Peace Over Power in Priestly Mission

Pope Leo XIV Appoints New Papal Almoner, Assigns Cardinal Krajewski to Lead Łódź

Cardinal Poola Anthony Elected CBCI President, First Dalit to Lead India’s Catholic Bishops

Pope Leo Sets Annual Cardinal Meetings After Consistory Focuses on Mission and Synodality

Treccani Names Pope Leone XIV 2025 Person of the Year

Morelia Archbishop Sets Jan. 9 Resignation Date With Immediate Succession Planned

Pope Leo XIV Marks First Christmas With Ceasefire Appeal and Restored Midnight Mass

Vatican Publishes Pope León XIV’s Apostolic Letter Urging Renewal of Priestly Formation, Fraternity and Shared Ministry

Pope Leo XIV Urges Mission‑Focused Curia, Signals Continuity With Francis in Christmas Addresses

Vatican Releases Report Saying It Cannot Advance Sacramental Female Diaconate

Vatican Publishes Doctrinal Note Praising Monogamy, Rejecting Polygamy and Polyamory

Pope Leo XIV Ends Marian Jubilee With Call to Disarm and to Root Devotion in Justice

Pope Léon XIV Releases First Exhortation ‘Dilexi te,’ Centering the Poor

Pope Léon XIV’s First Interview Targets Extreme Executive Pay, Rules Out Near-Term Doctrine Changes

Pope Leo XIV Turns 70 With a Deliberately Quiet, Bridge-Building Start

Mexico’s Elder Abuse Crisis Draws New Alarms as Experts Detail Violations in Care Homes

Pope Leo XIV Marks 100 Days Balancing Tradition and Reform