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Pope Leo XIV sends greetings to Rome’s Jewish community for new year observances

Pope Leo XIV sent greetings to Rome’s Jewish community as it prepares to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Sukkot in a telegram addressed to the city’s chief rabbi, Riccardo Di Segni.“I wish to extend to you and to the entire beloved Jewish community of Rome my most heartfelt good wishes on t...

Vatican vegetable garden goes 100% organic

A vegetable garden and orchard inside the Vatican walls, which historically provided food for the pope’s household, is now cultivated using exclusively organic farming techniques.The private garden covers almost a tenth of an acre of cultivable land inside the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery property, whe...

Pope Leo XIV remembers 9/11 victims, calls for peace and forgiveness

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV remembered the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on Sunday and renewed his appeal for peace amid conflicts and violence around the world.Speaking in English after praying the Angelus with the faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square on Sept. 13, the pope rec...

Pope Leo XIV repeals COVID-era pay cuts to Vatican cardinals

Pope Leo XIV has officially repealed the salary cuts Pope Francis imposed on cardinals and other senior officials working in the Roman Curia.In a decree published by the Vatican on Sept. 14, the pontiff canceled the cost-cutting measures Francis had established in 2021 to address the Vatican’s finan...

Pope Leo XIV marks 71st birthday with opening of water exhibit at Vatican Library

Pope Leo XIV marked his 71st birthday at the Vatican with the launch of an art exhibit focused on water at the Vatican Apostolic Library on Monday.The pontiff inaugurated the exhibit, “AQVA,” part of the theme “Catastrophe and Wonder,” which will be on display at the Vatican Library through May 14,...

Vatican Latin Mass permissions steady across papal transition

Thirty-four dioceses received Vatican permission to celebrate the Traditional Latin Mass in parish churches in 2025, matching the 2024 total and remaining broadly consistent with previous years despite the election of a new pope. The United States accounted for 24 of the 34 decrees issued.Pope Franc...

Cardinal Czerny announced as first recipient of Pope Leo XIV Sustainability Medal

Cardinal Michael Czerny, SJ, former prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, will be honored as the first recipient of the Pope Leo XIV Sustainability Medal in October.Father Peter Donohue, OSA, president of Villanova University, made the announcement at a Vatican press con...

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‘Someone has to roll up their sleeves’: Meet the 23-year-old Catholic restoring France’s statues

Temperatures climbed so high in France this summer that wildfires forced mass evacuations, Champagne grapes were harvested exceptionally early, the Louvre closed in the afternoons, and the field at the historic Parc des Princes stadium turned brown.Raphaël Castex restores the statue of the Virgin of...