Seven New Saints Canonized by Pope Leo XIV
On October 19, 2025, one of the most solemn events of the Jubilee Year unfolded in St. Peter’s Square: Pope Leo XIV canonized seven new saints, offering the Church and the world a profound message of holiness, unity, and hope. A Historic Canonization in the Heart of the Church On Sunday, October 19th, in Saint […]
Preview of the Vitae Festival
In this insightful interview, EWTN’s Vice President and Chief Global Officer, Andreas Thonhauser, speaks with Luis Quinelli, President of the Vitae Global Foundation, about the Vitae Festival — a groundbreaking event aimed at engaging Generation Z, particularly non-believers, through art, culture, and dialogue. Quinella shares the inspiration behind this global initiative, its mission of reconciliation […]
Meet 10 patron saints of Catholic education, students, and teachers
Pope Leo XIV will name St. John Henry Newman a patron saint of Catholic education in a document to be published on Oct. 28 for the 60th anniversary of Gravissimum Educationis, the Second Vatican Council’s declaration on Christian education. He will become an official co-patron saint of education, alongside St. Thomas Aquinas, during the Vatican’s […]
Pope Leo XIV urges university students to feed ‘hunger for truth and meaning’
Pope Leo XIV urged university students on Monday to feed their “hunger for truth and meaning,” lamenting that modern education often loses sight of the “big picture.” “Today we have become experts in the smallest details of reality, but we have lost the capacity of seeing the big picture again, a vision that holds things […]
Pope Leo XIV meets with Viktor Orbán at the Vatican
In separate audiences on Monday, Pope Leo XIV received two political leaders with very different views on the migration issue. In the morning, he met with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, and in the afternoon he met with Magnus Brunner, European Union Commissioner for Home Affairs and Migration. Orbán maintains a restrictionist stance on migration […]
Why is St. Jude the patron saint of lost causes?
On Oct. 28, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of St. Jude, also known as Thaddeus, one of Jesus’ 12 apostles. He is believed to have written the Letter of Jude, one of the shortest books of the Bible, and is thought to have been martyred in Beirut around 65 A.D. He is typically depicted […]
Pope Leo: Live and Speak the Truth, Always
Pope Leo XIV during a Friday audience at the Vatican reminded teachers and students from the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and the Family of their mission to both speak and live the “common witness to the truth.” “Your specific mission concerns the search for and common witness to the truth: […]
Pope Leo: No One Template for Synodality
There is no single model for what synodality should look like in all countries and cultures, Pope Leo XIV said in a discussion with synod leaders from around the globe, held at the Vatican on Friday. “We have to be very clear, we’re not looking for a uniform model. And synodality will not come with […]
Pope Leo XIV gives advice for living with hope in a ‘troubled era’
Pope Leo XIV on Saturday said the key to living in a difficult time, when the Church’s teachings are often challenged, is to embrace the hope that is “not knowing.” “As pilgrims of hope, we must view our troubled times in the light of the resurrection,” the pope said in an audience with jubilee pilgrims […]
Cardinal Roche Reaffirms Traditionis Custodes Restrictions
In an undelivered consistory address, the prefect for the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments reiterated that the 1969 Missal of Paul VI should be ‘the sole expression’ of the Roman Rite liturgy. In an undelivered address to cardinals last week, Cardinal Arthur Roche planned to voice opposition to the traditional […]