PHOTO GALLERY: Pope Leo XIV revives childhood tradition: mass blessing of “baby Jesus” figures at the Vatican

Dec 22, 2025 15:20

ZENIT Staff

Speaking directly to the children, the Pope entrusted them with a task of their own Photo: Reuters

Good News•Pope Leo XIV

Vogue praises the Pope’s “elegance” and places him on its annual list of best-dressed people

Vogue singled out the pope’s first public appearance after his election as the defining image of his papacy’s visual identity. Standing on the central loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica, Leo XIV wore a red satin mozzetta and a wine-colored stole embroidered in gold, completed by a pectoral cross suspended from a golden silk cord

Dec 14, 2025 22:01

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Angelus•Pope Leo XIV

This is how the Pope explains how we are called to unite our waiting for the Savior with attention to what God is doing in the world

Address on the occasion of the Angelus prayer on Sunday, December 14, 2025

Dec 14, 2025 21:58

ZENIT Staff

Jubilee 2025•Pope Leo XIV

“Let no one be lost! Let everyone be saved!” The Pope’s homily that every prisoner (and family member or friend of a prisoner) should read

Pope’s Mass on the occasion of the Jubilee for the prison world

Dec 14, 2025 21:55

ZENIT Staff

Pope Francis•Pope Leo XIV

From Conclave to Clickstream: How Two Popes Dominated Global Curiosity on the Web in 2025

Indications reflect a rare convergence. The death of one Pope and the swift election of another marked more than a leadership transition; they transformed the Catholic Church into one of the most searched, read, and debated topics of the year.

Dec 14, 2025 09:55

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Jubilee 2025•Pope Leo XIV•Vatican Diplomacy

The virtue of hope and diplomatic action, according to Pope Leo XIV

Address of the Pope to participants in the Jubilee of Italian Diplomacy

Dec 13, 2025 21:42

ZENIT Staff

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PHOTO GALLERY: Pope Leo XIV revives childhood tradition: mass blessing of “baby Jesus” figures at the Vatican

These are the three topics the Pope will address with cardinals in his first consistory

This is the new Catholic bishop appointed by Pope Leo XIV for London: he is from Africa, enjoys horse riding, and was a soldier

To enter into Christmas: Pope Leo XIV’s beautiful, short, timely, and appropriate meditation on Saint Joseph

What is the birth that creation awaits? Pope Leo XIV explains it in a catechesis

Why do we sometimes feel empty, even though we have done many things? Pope Leo XIV responds

Pope Leo speaks with Israeli president and reiterates condemnation of anti-Semitism

Vogue praises the Pope’s “elegance” and places him on its annual list of best-dressed people

This is how the Pope explains how we are called to unite our waiting for the Savior with attention to what God is doing in the world

“Let no one be lost! Let everyone be saved!” The Pope’s homily that every prisoner (and family member or friend of a prisoner) should read

From Conclave to Clickstream: How Two Popes Dominated Global Curiosity on the Web in 2025

The virtue of hope and diplomatic action, according to Pope Leo XIV