Holy See diplomats and other papal representatives deployed throughout the world met with Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican today. Papal representatives, Pope Leo noted, are an image of the Catholic Church and her universality, since they hail from many nations and are sent to represent the Pope throughout the world. At the same time, added the Pope, no other diplomatic corps is as united in communion and purpose than the Holy See’s diplomatic personnel. “The diplomacy of the Holy See constitutes in i

The closing of the Holy Door of the Basilica of St. John Lateran took place on Saturday, December 27, Feast of St. John, Apostle and Evangelist. Cardinal Baldassare Reina, Vicar General of Rome and Archpriest of the Basilica, presided over the rite and Mass. In his homily he invited the faithful to remember the closeness that God showed during this 2025 Jubilee and that “even if we now close the Door, we know that the Risen One passes through closed doors, and never tires of knocking on our clos

Live from St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Leo XIV celebrates Midnight Mass - Mass during the Night for the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord | Vatican News