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Pope Leo XIV prays as he presides over a Mass opening the general chapter of the Augustinian order Sept. 1, 2025, in the Basilica of St. Augustine in Rome. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Vatican

Pope appeals for end to conflict in Sudan, open paths for aid

Catholic News Service|Sep 3, 2025|3 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV's coat of arms with his episcopal motto, "In Illo uno unum," literally "In the One (Christ), we are one," is seen in an image published by the Vatican Secretariat of State May 10, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Vatican

Pope Leo's motto, coat of arms pay homage to St. Augustine

Catholic News Service|May 12, 2025|2 Min Read

U.S. Vice President JD Vance, second lady Usha Vance, and their children Ewan, Vivek, and Mirabel, visit Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris February 12, 2025. (OSV News photo/Leah Millis, pool via Reuters)

Nation

JD Vance announces trip to Rome, meeting at Vatican

Catholic News Service|Apr 16, 2025|2 Min Read

Franciscan Father Stéphane Milovitch, director of the Cultural Heritage Office for the Custodia Terrae Sanctae in Jerusalem, is pictured Jan. 30, 2023. (OSV News photo/Tom Tracy). (OSV News photo/Tom Tracy)

World

Franciscans in the Holy Land ask for support through Good Friday collection

Catholic News Service|Apr 8, 2025|2 Min Read

Vatican

Pope Francis delegates Ash Wednesday services to Roman cardinal

Catholic News Service|Feb 28, 2025|1 Min Read

Vatican

Pope Francis announces 2025 canonizations for Carlo Acutis, Pier Giorgio Frassati

Catholic News Service and Catholic News Agency|Nov 20, 2024|7 Min Read

World

Pope offers condolences to mourners at Indi Gregory's funeral

Catholic News Service|Dec 1, 2023|2 Min Read

Vatican

Pope says he has serious bronchial infection

Catholic News Service|Nov 30, 2023|2 Min Read

Vatican

Vatican publishes the pope's Christmas liturgy schedule

Catholic News Service|Nov 28, 2023|2 Min Read

Vatican

Pope Francis calls poverty a 'scandal' on World Day of the Poor

Catholic News Service|Nov 20, 2023|3 Min Read

Pope Francis welcomes Sultan al-Jaber, the president-designate of the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as COP28, to the Vatican Oct. 11, 2023. COP28 is set to open Nov. 30 in Dubai. (CNS/Vatican Media)

Vatican

Pope Francis will travel to Dubai for U.N. Climate Change Conference

Catholic News Service|Nov 3, 2023|2 Min Read

Nation

U.S. bishops launch mental health campaign

Catholic News Service|Oct 10, 2023|3 Min Read