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The Sisters Blended Value Project is equipping Catholic sisters in Africa with the skills to transform their ministries into sustainable social enterprises. The initiative focuses on capacity building, access to financing, markets and collaboration to strengthen sisters’ confidence and improve institutional management, led by Dr. Angela Ndunge of Strathmore University Business School, to ensure their mission continues to serve vulnerable communities.

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Addressing U.S. Catholic college presidents and rectors, Pope Leo XIV said Catholic education must cultivate not only a love of learning but also a deep passion for Christ, “the Truth,” warning that without this, students will be less prepared to recognize truth and shape their lives accordingly.

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Pope Leo XIV emphasizes the importance of the rite, signs and symbols of the liturgy to draw us closer to God, during his weekly General Audience catechesis reflecting on Vatican II's 1963 Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, Sacrosanctum Concilium.

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Eli Pariser, an American tech expert and entrepreneur, reflects on Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical Magnifica humanitas, highlighting its reach in the tech world, and how we can still build AI that serves humanity.

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The “Fratello Sole” Foundation will promote, as envisioned in Pope Francis’ 2024 Motu Proprio of the same name, a “transition toward a sustainable development model.” The new installation will provide energy both to the Radio Vatican transmission center and to Vatican City State.

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Pope Leo XIV releases his prayer intention for the month of June, and invites Catholics to pray 'for the values of sports,' that all sport may promote peace, fraternity and communion.

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Currently President and COO of EWTN News, Maria Montserrat Alvarado will succeed Paolo Ruffini in November, continuing the path of reform and renewal initiated by Pope Francis.

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The Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development announces the theme chosen by Pope Leo XIV for the 2026 celebration of the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, held on September 1, as "They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks” (Is 2:4).

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Pope Leo XIV urges experts revising the World Medical Association's Declaration of Taipei to strengthen ethical safeguards for health databases and biobanks, highlighting the protection of human dignity in an age of rapidly evolving technology.

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The English editorial team of Vatican Radio – Vatican News has prepared an audiobook of Pope Leo XIV’s Encyclical Magnifica humanitas.

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In a video message sent to the bishops of Switzerland on the occasion of their plenary assembly, Cardinal Czerny reflects on the significance of Pope Leo XIV’s Encyclical, published on 25 May, expressing his belief that the document challenges us to examine our structures, our ways of operating, and our approach to evangelization.

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The US has said it struck Iranian military sites over the weekend while Tehran said it responded by targeting an American base.

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Pope Leo XIV encourages Catholic scouts and guides to deepen their commitment to faith, service, and Christian witness as he receives members of the Italian Catholic Guides and Scouts of Europe Association (AGESCI Europa) in the Vatican.

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During his address to representatives of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Pope Leo XIV invites the entire Church to participate in World Mission Sunday and recalls longtime PMS director in the United States, Venerable Fulton Sheen, who will be beatified in September, as a "light of faith and hope in the Gospel," noting: "I myself am a witness of his evangelization when I was growing up."

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The Rogationists and Daughters of Divine Zeal inaugurate the centenary commemorating the birth into heaven of St. Hannibal Mary Di Francia with a Solemn Eucharistic Celebration on Monday, 1 June, at the Parish of Saints Anthony and Hannibal Mary in Rome.

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The “Digital Networks Act” is currently under discussion at the European level, aimed at regulating the continent’s communication and information landscape for the years ahead. The European Broadcasting Union stresses the urgency of not sacrificing radio’s role in the digital age. The presence of radio receivers in automobiles is considered essential.

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Pope Leo sends a message to participants in a Mass marking the 60th anniversary of the Neocatechumenal Way in Madrid. The Pope praises its missionary commitment and encouraged its members to continue serving the Church’s evangelising mission, while Church leaders reflected on the movement’s growth from the shantytowns of Madrid to a presence in 138 countries worldwide.

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Pope Leo renews his appeal for peace, praying that God guide world leaders towards a just and lasting peace, while also encouraging a culture of care for the ill and greeting pilgrims gathered at Poland’s Marian shrine of Piekary.

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On the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, Pope Leo reminds the pilgrims gathered for the Angelus prayer that the life of the Triune God “gives peace to our heart, which is often very restless.”

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To close the Marian month, Pope Leo XIV prays a Rosary for peace at the Grotto of Lourdes in the Vatican Gardens, urging everyone to make the daily commitment to achieve peace, which is “possible when we choose to listen to the cry of those deprived of it.”

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