Five Reflections by Pope Leo XIV for Bishops (Applicable to Every Priest) on How to Serve Communion in the Church and in Today’s World

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

Local Church, Vocations

Austria Opens a New Path to the Priesthood for Midlife Professionals

Analysis Opinion, Religious Freedom

U.S. Congressional Report Maps a Broadening Repression in China

Local Church

Is kneeling before the Eucharist prohibited? One in four priests respond to their bishop (of Charlotte) with a letter to the Vatican

Vatican Diplomacy

Marco Rubio talks to Cardinal Parolin about Venezuela: this is what was said

Analysis Opinion, Jubilee 2025, Rome

The Ten Countries That Contributed the Most Pilgrims to the Jubilee and Other Surprising Interesting Data

Gender Ideology, Young People

A Shrinking Stage: Why Transgender Characters Rise in Number as Their Shows Disappear

Persecuted Christians

Calculating the cost: 2026 begins with massacres of Christians in Nigeria. The figures behind a growing global crisis of persecution

Local Church

Archdiocese of Southwark launches landmark apologetics project

Islam, Local Church, Young People

1 in 7 Muslims open to becoming Christian; 1 in 4 Catholics will leave the Church

Jubilee 2025, Pope Leo XIV

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

Jubilee 2025

How many pilgrims visited Rome for the 2025 Jubilee? Vatican reveals surprising figures