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Vatican stress solid ties after Rubio’s fence-mending visit over Trump attacks

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican raised the “need to work tirelessly in favour of peace” in talks Thursday with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Both the Vatican and the U.S. State Department stressed that Rubio’s meeting with Leo and the Vatican’s top diplomat underscored strong bilateral ties. Those relations, though, have been strained over Trump’s repeated […]

Pope Leo to visit France in September, French bishops announce

Ahead of the first anniversary of his election to the chair of St. Peter, it was announced that Pope Leo XIV is officially expected to visit France in late September, the French Bishop’s conference confirmed May 6. During the visit, French bishops suggested Pope Leo will travel to Paris and to the Marian Sanctuary of Our Lady of […]

Two Vatican dicasteries jointly release document On integral ecology in family life

The Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life have jointly published a new document offering guidelines for families related to the care for creation and human life. The 79-page document, titled “Integral Ecology in the Life of the Family,” draws from the principles of Pope Francis’ post-synodal […]

New York renamed a street to honour Servant of God Dorothy Day

A street corner in Brooklyn, New York, is now honouring Catholic social activist and journalist Servant of God Dorothy Day. The intersection of Pineapple and Henry streets in Brooklyn Heights was renamed to “Dorothy Day Way” on May 2. Born in Brooklyn and raised in Chicago, Day was baptized Episcopalian at the age of 12. […]

US diocese to build shrine for Venerable Fr. Tolton, first US Black priest

Venerable Father Augustine Tolton-the first publicly recognized Black priest in the United States-surmounted racial tensions and divisions that marked the country in the 19th century and lived a full life serving the Church and its faithful, while being loved by many.  Fr. Tolton was born into slavery in 1854 in Missouri. When he was still a […]

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin: New film highlights Jesuit scientist’s legacy

The recent screening of the film “Teilhard: Visionary Scientist” at the Vatican’s Filmoteca, then at the Jesuit Curia and Rome’s Pontifical Gregorian University, drew much applause and appreciation. The American filmmakers, Frank and Mary Frost, spoke to Vatican News about the film. Frank and Mary Frost’s two-hour film, “Teilhard: Visionary Scientist,” is about the life, […]

Jerusalem: 70 years of pastoral ministry for Hebrew-speaking Catholics

The Saint James Vicariate for Hebrew-speaking Catholics in Israel is marking the 70th anniversary of its founding. The jubilee, celebrated on May 2 at the Notre Dame Center in Jerusalem, brought together around 350 parishioners and guests. The Mass for the feast of St. James the Apostle was presided over by Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin […]

Pope to Vatican Publishing House: ‘Reading nourishes the mind’

“In these hundred years of activity, the Vatican Publishing House has served nine Pontiffs, disseminating their Magisterium as a contribution to spreading the Gospel throughout the world. “Pope Leo XIV expressed these words of gratitude during his meeting with members of the Vatican Publishing House in the Vatican. The Pope recalled that in 1926 the […]