What was a symbol of pastoral closeness during the pontiff’s 2014 visit now stands ready as a mobile clinic for Gaza’s children Photo: AP

This is what working hours will be like in the Vatican and the protection against nepotism according to the new Regulations of Leo XIV

The new General Regulation applies to every organism forming the Curia: the Secretariat of State, the dicasteries, the tribunals, and the economic bodies entrusted with the Vatican’s finances. It creates a more coordinated administrative culture, beginning with something as banal — yet long overdue — as shared timetables

How do young Catholics stay informed? Here’s how the digital generation consumes (and how often) news

The platforms they mentioned form a constellation familiar to anyone who observes Gen Z: TikTok leads the pack at fifty-six percent, followed closely by Instagram at fifty-two and YouTube at forty-five. Twitter/X, once the dominant arena for real-time updates, shows greater use among students at Catholic universities (forty-four percent) compared to their peers at non-Catholic institutions (twenty-nine).