Pope Leo XIV Receives Nobel Prize Laureate Maria Corina Machado: This Is What the Venezuelan Leader Asked Him

Jan 12, 2026 17:47

Pope Leo XIV received Nobel Peace Prize laureate and leader of the Venezuelan Opposition, Maria Corina Machado Photo: Vatican Media

Cardinals and Bishops•Pope Leo XIV

“It is not the Church that attracts, but Christ”: Pope Leo XIV’s first speech (translated into English) to a consistory of cardinals

Improvised remarks by the Holy Father at the conclusion of the first session of the Extraordinary Consistory

Jan 08, 2026 19:15

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Cardinals and Bishops•Pope Leo XIV

León XIV to cardinals: “We gather not to promote personal or group “agendas”

Homily by Pope Leo XIV on the second day of the extraordinary consistory at the Vatican

Jan 08, 2026 19:11

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General Audience•Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XIV Reflects on Vatican Council II and Its Documents Thus Initiating a New Series of Catecheses

The Pope’s General Audience on January 7, 2026 was an introduction to a new series of catecheses on Vatican Council II and its Documents

Jan 07, 2026 17:54

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Cardinals and Bishops•Pope Leo XIV

Liturgy and the Roman Curia are left out as topics for Leo XIV’s first consistory: this was discussed

Time constraints required the assembly to select only two subjects from a list of four. Alongside the two chosen themes were liturgy and the apostolic constitution Praedicate Evangelium, which reformed the Roman Curia and its service to local Churches

Jan 07, 2026 17:49

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Jubilee 2025•Pope Leo XIV

Is there life in our Church? What has the Jubilee taught us?

Homily of Pope Leo XIV on the occasion of the Epiphany of Our Lord Jesus Christ and the closing of the Jubilee Year 2025

Jan 06, 2026 09:43

ZENIT Staff