Pope Leo XIV has officially dissed Catholic JD Vance’s formal invitation to the upcoming July 4th 250th festivities in the United States. Instead, the Pope, formerly of Chicago, will be celebrating ...

ANALYSIS: What happens now that the leadership of the Society of St. Pius X has rejected the Vatican’s proposal to restart ...

The Cuban bishops’ ad limina visit with Pope Leo was set for Feb. 16–20, but the urgent need to remain with the flock amid the fuel shortage crisis allowed only one bishop to make the trip to Rome.

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 Feb. 15, 2026 links to stories on ...

The Board of Peace organization may have conducted its first session on Thursday, February 19, but the Vatican City abstained from attending the meeting following Pope Leo XIV’s rejection of Donald ...

In his Feb. 19 address to participants of the religious congregation’s General Chapter, the pope said that authority in ...

The six Italian pastoral trips are all structured as day or half-day visits, taking Pope Leo to five of Italy’s 20 regions ...

A breakaway Catholic traditionalist group on Thursday rejected the Vatican’s offer of talks, suggesting a collision course with Pope Leo XIV over its planned consecrations of new bishops without his ...

The Vatican dicastery had warned that proceeding with the consecrations “would imply a decisive rupture of ecclesial communion (schism) with grave consequences for the Fraternity as a whole.” ...

The Vatican has announced that Pope Leo XIV will travel up and down the Italian peninsula over the next few months. In May, ...