France’s Ambassador to the Holy See discusses Catholic renewal, rising adult baptisms, Lourdes, secularization and the Church’s role in French society.

Pope Leo XIV called ‘rebirth’ the key to his trip to France, pointing to Notre-Dame’s renewal, rising baptisms, and youth as signs of hope.

Pope Leo XIV prayed the rosary for world peace with 700 children in the Vatican Gardens, calling it 50 million Hail Marys rising to heaven.

Cardinal Matteo Zuppi visited Russia as Pope Leo XIV’s peace envoy to urge the release of Ukrainian prisoners and repatriate children.

In Rome, Bishop Robert Barron affirmed that Catholic theology is deeply aligned with founding American ideals as the U.S. marks 250 years.

In Lourdes, Pope Leo issued a firm call to conversion from sin and error in the Church, and invited all to repent and do penance.

Pope Leo XIV’s pilgrimage to Lourdes highlights how approved private apparitions point believers back to Christ without adding new dogma.

An estimated 800,000 people attended the pontiff’s open-air Mass in Paris before his journey to the Lourdes' Grotto of Mary's Apparition.

Celebrating Mass in Metz Cathedral, Pope Leo XIV urged Europe to let past wounds become openings of light to build a future of harmony.

Pope Leo XIV urged Dominican contemplative nuns to protect silence in a hurried world and listen to the Spirit amid declining vocations.

The Vatican eyes its first-ever Oscar nod with ‘Green Lava,’ a documentary on Giacomo Mattivi’s inspiring battle with muscular dystrophy.

In Lourdes, Pope Leo XIV denounced euthanasia as ‘false compassion,’ stating that what is legal is not necessarily moral for human life.