Pope Leo will also celebrate a Mass for the soul of the late Pope Francis and deceased cardinals the following day.

The Holy Father issued urgent appeals for peace and humanitarian aid on Sunday and also invited Christians to live this day of commemoration for All Souls as a remembrance filled with hope.

Image courtesy of NPR. By Kelly Thomason The conflict between Israel and Palestine has persisted since the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948. On October 7, 2023, the Palestinian leadership ...

Pope Leo XIV will pray at the site of the 2020 port blast in Beirut that killed over 200 people during his first foreign visit as pope.

Bishop Joseph Williams kneels at the tomb of Pope Francis in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome. Bishop Williams ...

Pope Leo XIV appeals for peace in Sudan amid "indiscriminate violence" and "unacceptable suffering". The pope also prays for ...

Commemorating the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea and its Creed, as well as reaffirming hopes for peace in the ...

The Vatican has confirmed the heartbreaking news that has shaken the world, sparking a wave of tributes and expressions of ...

Participating in the ecumenical Season of Creation, Pope Leo XIV's prayer intention for the month of September is "for our relationship with all of creation." In his monthly video, distributed Sept. 2 ...

Pope Leo XIV will pray at the site of the 2020 port blast in Beirut that killed over 200 people during his first foreign visit as pope ...

Pope Leo and King Charles sat side by side in a historic prayer service, the first of its kind since the Reformation, in the ...

In “Drawing New Maps of Hope,” signed on Oct. 28, 2025, Leo reflects on Catholic education 60 years after the proclamation of ...