Pope Leo XIV

The Pope: Liturgy sustains the Church and expresses her faith

21/05/2026   St Peter's Square, the Vatican

Initial Greeting of the Holy Father to His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of Cilicia

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Peace be with you.

Brothers and sisters, I am very happy to welcome His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of Cilicia of the Armenian Apostolic Church, together with the distinguished delegation accompanying him. This fraternal visit represents an important opportunity to strengthen the bonds of unity that already exist between us, as we move towards full communion between our Churches… Read more »

The Pope: The challenge is not technological but anthropological

Message of Pope Leo XIV for the 60th World Day of Social Communications

19/05/2026   The Vatican

Photo: Ian Noel Pace – Archdiocese of Malta Message by Pope Leo XIV Preserving Human Voices and Faces

Dear brothers and sisters,

Our faces and voices are unique, distinctive features of every person; they reveal a person’s own unrepeatable identity and are the defining elements of every encounter with others. The ancients understood this well. To define the human person, the ancient Greeks used the word “face” (prósōpon), because it expresses etymologically what is before one’s gaze, the place of presence and relationship… Read more »

The Pope : The Lord’s Ascension draws us to the Father, it builds communion and peace

Ascension of the Lord

17/05/2026   St Peter's Square, the Vatican

Dear brothers and sisters, happy Sunday!

In many countries throughout the world, the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord is celebrated today.

The image of Jesus –– lifted up from the earth and ascending toward heaven, as the Bible states (cf. Acts 1:1-11) –– may cause us to think about this Mystery as a distant event from long ago… Read more »

The Pope: It is Jesus’ love that begets love within us

10/05/2026   St Peter's Square, the Vatican

Dear brothers and sisters, happy Sunday!

In today’s Gospel, we hear some of the words Jesus addressed to his disciples during the Last Supper.  As he turns the bread and wine into a living expression of his love, Christ says: “If you love me, you will keep my commandments” (Jn 14:15).  This statement frees us from the misconception that we are loved because we keep the commandments, as if our righteousness were a prerequisite for God’s love… Read more »

Watch: Archbishop Scicluna describes the Pope as “a gentle man with a beautiful heart”

08/05/2026

F’intervent li għamel l-Arċisqof Charles Scicluna waqt programm speċjali fuq RTK103 f’għeluq l-ewwel anniversarju mill-ħatra tal-Papa Ljun XIV, l-Arċisqof iddeskriva lill-Papa bħala “raġel ġwejjed għaref” b’qalb sabiħa.

Mons. Scicluna semma kif il-karatteristiċi tal-Papa fosthom il-qalb missjunarja tiegħu jkomplu jagħnu l-Knisja, partikolarment bl-esperjenza tiegħu fil-Perù, fejn il-Papa serva bħala patri Agostinjan missjunarju kif ukoll bħala Isqof ta’ Chiclayo.

Żied kif l-imħabba tiegħu lejn in-nies fil-periferiji ħarġet fid-deher fl-aħħar vjaġġ appostoliku tiegħu fl-Afrika… Read more »

One year of Pope Leo XIV: a voice of hope in a divided world

08/05/2026

Photo: Vatican Media

It-8 ta’ Mejju 2026 jimmarka l-ewwel anniversarju mill-ħatra tal-Papa Ljun XIV bħala l-267 suċċessur ta’ Pietru. Sena wara li dehret id-daħna bajda fis-6:06pm mill-Kappella Sistina, l-ewwel sena tal-pontifikat tiegħu jidher li kienet immarkata minn stil kalm, missjunarju u profond li ħares lejn il-paċi u d-dinjità ta’ kull bniedem.

Sa mill-ewwel messaġġ tiegħu Urbi et Orbi, il-Papa għażel li jqiegħed il-paċi fiċ-ċentru tal-missjoni tiegħu, hekk kif sellem lid-dinja bil-kliem ta’ Kristu: “Il-paċi tkun magħkom ilkoll!”

Dan il-messaġġ ma kienx sempliċiment slogan biex ta bidu għall-pontifikat iżda linja ċara tal-ministeru, f’liema messaġġ il-kelma ‘paċi’ ntqalet minn tal-inqas 10 darbiet… Read more »

Pompeii prepares to welcome Pope Leo on 1st anniversary of pontificate

07/05/2026

Photo: Vatican Media

The Archbishop of Pompeii looks ahead to Pope Leo XIV’s visit to the Marian city on the first anniversary of his pontificate, the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompeii venerated in the Shrine.

Expressing his joy and gratitude for Pope Leo XIV’s upcoming visit to the city of Pompeii on 8 May 2026, Archbishop Tommaso Caputo said “The Holy Father’s visit to Pompeii to celebrate the first year of his pontificate is a most special gift, one that we wish to welcome with hearts full of gratitude, so that our community may become ever more a sanctuary of light, a school of prayer, and a fortress of peace.”

Speaking to Vatican News just days ahead of the Pope’s one-day visit to Naples and nearby Pompeii in Italy’s southern Campania region, the Pontifical Delegate for the Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompeii described the “enthusiastic and joyful” anticipation of the faithful… Read more »

The Pope: The Church has a mission to speak out against all that mortifies life

06/05/2026   St Peter's Square, the Vatican

Catechesis. The Documents of the Second Vatican Council. II. Dogmatic Constitution Lumen gentium. 8. The Church, pilgrim in history towards the heavenly homeland

Brothers and sisters, good morning and welcome!

As we focus today on a section of Chapter VII of the Second Vatican Council’s Constitution on the Church, let us reflect on one of its defining characteristics: its eschatological dimension… Read more »

The Pope: In God everyone is fully themselves

Regina Caeli

04/05/2026   St Peter's Square, the Vatican

Dear brothers and sisters, happy Sunday!

During the Easter season, like the early Church, we return to the words of Jesus, which reveal their full meaning in the light of his passion, death and resurrection.  What once eluded the disciples or caused them distress now comes back to their minds, warms their hearts and fills them with hope.

The Gospel proclaimed this Sunday presents the Master’s dialogue with his disciples during the Last Supper… Read more »