A century after Pius XI ordained native Chinese bishops, experts examine who truly selects China’s prelates under the Vatican-Beijing deal.

The Pontifical Swiss Guard expands its recruit training to master discrete, nonlethal tactics under the watchful eye of modern social media.

Pope Leo XIV met with Mercedes-Benz leaders as a Vatican Museums exhibit opened to celebrate nearly a century of building popemobiles.

Archbishop Paul Gallagher admitted imperfections in the Vatican-China agreement, emphasizing a commitment to persevere in dialogue.

Pope Leo XIV urged Catholics to live faith without hostility toward the world, fostering a mature synthesis of faith and human culture.

The Vatican released Pope Leo XIV’s liturgical schedule from All Souls’ Day through Dec. 20, including Roman parish visits and papal tours.

From wartime loss to an assassination attempt and Parkinson’s, Pope St. John Paul II transformed a lifetime of suffering into holy witness.

In a historic first in 500 years, Pope Leo XIV and King Charles III bestowed mutual religious confrater titles to foster Christian unity.

Archbishop Luis Marín leads a new Vatican aid mission to Ukraine, bringing food and winter relief on behalf of Pope Leo XIV ahead of winter.

Pope Leo XIV met with the American Jewish Committee, invoking St. John Paul II and Nostra Aetate to condemn antisemitism and urge dialogue.

A Vatican-backed Rome congress offered Catholic ethical responses to infertility, promoting natural procreation over laboratory IVF methods.

Pope Leo XIV sent condolences on the death of Cardinal Paolo Romeo, honoring his decades as a Vatican diplomat and archbishop of Palermo.