‘Intensive Week’ of Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
Employees, collaborators, volunteers, and interns of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, including those working abroad, meet…
Christopher Lamb on the Leo Effect
Catherine Pepinster and Christopher Lamb Source: The Catholic Union Christopher Lamb, CNN Vatican Correspondent, delivered the Catholic Union’s…
Vatican Bank’s profit jumps 55.5 per cent
The tower of the Institute for Works of Religion, often referred to as the Vatican bank (CNS/Paul…
Synod study group calls for greater role for laity in the selection of bishops
(RNS) — A study group established by Pope Francis after the Synod on Synodality has called for a greater…
IOR 2025 Annual Report reveals 10-year-record net income
The Institute for the Works of Religions releases its 2025 Annual Report, and reveals a 51 million euro…
First-ever pilgrimage celebrates Pope Leo with Mass, visits to papal boyhood landmarks
CHICAGO (OSV News) — On the first anniversary of Pope Leo XIV’s election, a group promoting the Catholic…
Some 200 Ethiopians sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia
As 200 Ethiopian migrants in Saudi Arabia face execution, the Catholic eparch of Adigrat is appealing to international…
“Forgive Me Father, for I Have Dripped”: The Internet Is Obsessed with Pope Leo XIV’s Nike Sneakers
When the Pope walks by in white Nikes, are you supposed to pray or ask for the product…
The enduring commitment of religious congregations to South Sudan’s recovery
In 2008, religious congregations established “Solidarity with South Sudan” as a joint effort in response to a plea…
Raúl Berzosa illustrates new stamp of Leo XIV and reflects on limits of AI in sacred art
On May 8, the Vatican issued a commemorative stamp marking the first anniversary of the election of Pope…
13 May 1981: The day the attack on John Paul II shocked the world
45 years from the attack on Saint John Paul II during a General Audience in St Peter’s Square,…
Faith and science are both facing the same threat, says Pope
Pope Leo XIV praised the Vatican Observatory as a place where science, wonder, and faith meet in service…