In his weekly General Audience, Pope Leo XIV turned to celebrating the 60th anniversary of Vatican II's Declaration on Religious Freedom, Nostra Aetate.  ...read more

Rabbi David Seed and Dr. Murray Watson celebrate 60 years of Jewish-Catholic dialogue since Vatican II's Nostra Aetate. ...read more

In his weekly General Audience, Pope Leo XIV continued his cycle of catechesis on "Jesus Christ our Hope" as part of the Jubilee 2025. He reflected on Jesus' appearance to the disciples of Emmaus, and "how Christ’s resurrection can heal one of the malaises of our time: sadness." He said that "The gesture of the breaking of the bread reopens the eyes of the heart." ...read more

On October 19, 2025, Pope Leo XIV canonized seven exceptional witnesses of the Christian faith: Ignazio Choukrallah Maloyan, Peter To Rot, Vincenza Maria Poloni, Maria del Monte Carmelo Rendiles Martínez, Maria Troncatti, José Gregorio Hernández Cisneros, and Bartolo Longo. ...read more

On October 19, 2025, Pope Leo XIV will canonize Blessed Peter To Rot and six others. Who was Papua New Guinea's first-ever saint? ...read more

In his weekly General Audience, Pope Leo XIV continued his cycle of catechesis on "Jesus Christ our Hope" as part of the Jubilee 2025. He reflected on our hope in the Risen Christ, saying that "He is the wellspring that satisfies our thirst, the infinite thirst for fullness that the Holy Spirit imbues into our hearts." ...read more

In his weekly General Audience, Pope Leo XIV continued his cycle of catechesis on "Jesus Christ our Hope" as part of the Jubilee 2025. He reflected on the surprising humility that Jesus shows his resurrection appearances. ...read more

In this month of October, the Holy Father invites us to pray for collaboration between different religious traditions, that believers in different religious traditions might work together to defend and promote peace, justice, and human fraternity. ...read more

Continuing to mark the Nicaea anniversary, Nicholas Jesson reflects on the importance of early creeds and councils to Christian unity today. ...read more

We join the Holy Father in praying that believers in different religious traditions might work together to defend and promote peace, justice, and human fraternity. ...read more