"Your ordinary contact with God takes place where your fellow men, your yearnings, your work and your affections are. There you have your daily encounter with Christ.” Saint Josemaría
"Your ordinary contact with God takes place where your fellow men, your yearnings, your work and your affections are. There you have your daily encounter with Christ.”
The values expressed in sports can unite people, break down barriers, and create spaces bringing together cultures and generations. At a time when competition can become empty rivalry, and exclusion leaves many out, it is important that we rediscover the true meaning of sports as a school of fraternity, respect, and solidarity.
In his 6 May general audience, Pope Leo XIV continued the catechetical cycle on the Second Vatican Council, speaking about the dogmatic constitution “Lumen gentium” and the eschatological dimension of the Church.
The theme on Pope Leo XIV’s third apostolic journey (13 to 23 April, to four African countries: Algeria, Cameroon, Angola, and Equatorial Guinea) is peace. This article contains text and video excerpts from the eleven-day journey through eleven cities, with links to the full itinerary and text of each stop along the way.
Today, 25 May 2026, saw the publication of “Magnifica Humanitas,” on safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence. This article contains a downloadable ebook of Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical in ePub and PDF formats, with an audiobook coming soon.
In his prayer intention for this month, Pope Leo invites us to pray that no one might lack the food they need and that we might learn to live more responsibly, recognizing that the earth’s resources are a gift for everyone. He also encourages us to awaken a new awareness—one capable of gratitude, sharing and caring for others, thus promoting a culture of solidarity.
In his 8 April general audience, Pope Leo XIV continued the catechetical cycle on the Second Vatican Council, speaking about the dogmatic constitution “Lumen gentium” and the universal call to holiness.
In 2026, Pentecost will be celebrated on Sunday, 24 May. The 10-day devotion to the Holy Spirit is a long-standing custom in the Church to prepare for this feast, fifty days after Easter.
Vatican News releases a 27-minute documentary looking back at the most significant moments of Pope Francis’ pontificate, a powerful testimony of mercy and closeness that the Church is still learning from today.
On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIV delivered his Urbi et Orbi message from St. Peter’s Basilica, proclaiming Christ's resurrection as “the beginning of a new humanity.” He called on the world to be transformed by the peace of the Risen Christ and to reject the growing “globalization of indifference” to war and suffering.
