Photo Gallery: Leo XIV Now Has An Official Mosaic to Enrich St. Paul’s Basilica, and This Is How He Reacted When It Was Shown to Him

Jan 15, 2026 16:34

the Vatican Mosaic Workshop has completed the mosaic portrait for the Basilica of St. Paul Outside-the-Walls Photo: Vatican Media

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

Analysis Opinion•Jubilee 2025•Rome

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

The 25 countries from which most pilgrims flocked to Rome account for 90.3% of the total number of pilgrims.

Jan 06, 2026 09:59

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Jubilee 2025

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

Europe accounted for the majority of pilgrims, with 62 percent arriving from the continent. Italy ranked first by country of origin, followed by the United States and Spain

Jan 05, 2026 16:55

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Local Church•Pope Leo XIV

Pope Leo XVI to visit Spain: here’s everything we know so far

A key meeting is scheduled for 9 January at the Vatican between representatives of the Spanish Bishops’ Conference and the Secretariat of State

Jan 04, 2026 19:57

Jorge Enrique Mújica

Local Church

Church containing relic of the crown of thorns desecrated and Eucharist stolen. What will the Church do?

The setting of the latest profanation adds further gravity. The monastery of La Santa Espina is known for safeguarding a revered relic traditionally identified as one thorn from the crown placed on Jesus during his Passion

Dec 30, 2025 17:17

Covadonga Asturias

Characteristics and elements of the governance of an ecclesial community: this is what the Pope told the leaders of ecclesial movements

The Pope’s Remarks to Participants in the Meeting with Leaders of Lay Associations, Ecclesial Movements, and New Communities

Pentecost: An Inspiration for the World of Diplomacy. What Leo XIV Told New Ambassadors to the Vatican

Address by the Pope on the occasion of the presentation of the credentials of the new ambassadors of Sierra Leone, Bangladesh, Yemen, Rwanda, Namibia, Mauritius, Chad, and Sri Lanka

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Photo Gallery: Leo XIV Now Has An Official Mosaic to Enrich St. Paul’s Basilica, and This Is How He Reacted When It Was Shown to Him

How Jesus Christ transforms man’s relationship with God, according to Pope Leo XIV

This is the controversial text (in English) on the liturgy that was given to the cardinals at the first consistory of Leo XIV

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

Ordinary time, our baptism, and the memory of a gift received: a simple reflection by Leo XIV

Investigation: How the Holy See sought a final diplomatic solution for Maduro

Cardinals will return to Rome for a new Consistory in June 2026 requested by Pope Leo XIV

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

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

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

Pope Leo XVI to visit Spain: here’s everything we know so far

Church containing relic of the crown of thorns desecrated and Eucharist stolen. What will the Church do?