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In continued response to the late Pope Francis’s call for a Church that “journeys together,” the Uganda Martyrs’ National Major Seminary, Alokolum, in partnership with the African Synodality Initiative (ASI), recently hosted a two-day formation workshop on Synodality and Synodal Pastoral Leadership.

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Here’s a first look at the Vatican’s newly released documentary Leo from Chicago, which explores the roots of Pope Leo XIV and offers never-before-seen footage of Robert Francis Prevost in his native United States. The film features in-depth interviews with his brothers, Louis and John Prevost, and reveals new personal details — including what he looks forward to most on Thanksgiving, and how even as a boy he was able to turn 'an unruly little mob into friends.'

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Pope Leo XIV urges Argentina’s industrial leaders to place human dignity and the common good at the heart of economic life, recalling the enduring relevance of Rerum Novarum.

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In a “Special Message” on immigration, the Bishops of the United States assure immigrants of their solidarity and call for “meaningful reform” of the nation’s immigration laws.

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Pope Leo meets with the participants in the conference “Mysticism, Mystical Phenomena, and Holiness,” organized by the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints and emphasizes the importance of evaluating carefully candidates for sainthood, especially those who have experienced mystical phenomena.

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Pope Leo XIV meets with cloistered Augustinian religious sisters and encourages them to live in joy and communion with Christ, while embracing humble charity toward one another.

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Madeleine Wörner from Germany emphasises the importance of transitioning to green, ecological systems but highlights that this must be done in a just way, putting the people first and ensuring that nobody is left behind.

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On the sidelines of COP30 in Belém, Brazil, hospital boats are docked on the riverside, offering medical assistance to those most in need. The boats, inspired by Pope Francis, travel all along the Amazon River to tend to the needs to Indigenous communities and those who live along the river, far from cities. This is the testimony of Felipe, a volunteer doctor.

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Pope Leo XIV warns that young people and children could easily be manipulated by artificial intelligence and insists that 'safeguarding minors' dignity cannot be reduced to policies' and requires 'digital education' when addressing participants in the “The Dignity of Children and Adolescents in the Age of Artificial Intelligence” Conference on Thursday in the Vatican.

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“AI and Medicine: The Challenge of Human Dignity" was the title of a conference bringing together medical professionals, philosophers and theologians in Rome this week.

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The Bishops of India are calling for peace and vigilance in the wake of a terrorist attack in New Delhi on Monday that resulted in the deaths of eight people.

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On a five-day pastoral visit to Bangladesh, Cardinal Michael Czerny visits Cox’s Bazar, which houses more than one million people, mostly Rohingya refugees from Myanmar.

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Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City says he is 'humbled' by his election as president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), asking for prayers that he may be 'a faithful steward and a wise servant of unity and communion with our Holy Father, Pope Leo, and with my brother Bishops and priests.'

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In a message to an international conference in Rome, Cardinal Pietro Parolin warns that humanity risks “its own extinction” if artificial life forms fail to respect human dignity, and he calls for interdisciplinary and multicultural cooperation to guide technology toward true human progress.

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In his catechesis, Pope Leo highlights the importance of fraternity in our lives and describes it as something "deeply human". He explains that even though today's wars, tensions, and conflicts make fraternity seem difficult, without it, "we would not be able to survive, grow, or learn."

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A letter from the Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, definitively confirms the negative opinion of the Bishop of Bayeux-Lisieux concerning supposed apparitions said to have occurred in Dozulé, France, in the 1970s.

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Archbishop Paul Coakley is the new president-elect of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and Bishop Daniel Flores is its new vice president-elect.

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In the aftermath of the general election violence in Tanzania in which hundreds of people were killed, one woman shares her thoughts on how the country has moved from a place of peace to cities of chaos—seemingly overnight.

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The elections, influenced by powers such as the U.S., Iran, and Turkey, are seen by some as a test of whether Iraq can move toward implementing a national agenda.

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Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass at the Church of Sant'Anselmo on the Aventine Hill in Rome to commemorate the 125th anniversary of its dedication and encourages the Benedictines in their mission.

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