The Grotto of Massabielle is one of the 22 sites making up the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes. The sanctuary is home to ...

Pope Leo XIV begins his first visit to France on Friday, arriving in a country where Catholicism is no longer the dominant ...

Pope Francis made three visits to French cities including Strasbourg, Marseille, and Ajaccio in Corsica but never visited Paris or Lourdes. Pope Leo will now become the third reigning pope, after St.

Six months after his election, Portuguese President António José Seguro met with Pope Leo XIV for 40 minutes at the Apostolic Palace. The talks focused on Portugal’s socioeconomic development and ...

Pope Leo XIV tours Uruguay, Argentina and Peru Nov. 6–17. See the stops, the presidents he meets and what it means for U.S. Hispanic Catholics.

The Holy Tunic, believed to be the garment worn by Jesus during his Passion, will be displayed at the close of a youth vigil during the Pope's visit to France.

Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar, who has been in office for several months, was received by Pope Leo XIV at the Apostolic Palace. According to the Vatican, the two expressed satisfaction with ...

On the eve of Pope Leo XIV's arrival in Paris, Vatican News Correspondent Deborah Castellano Lubov reports from outside the Cathedral of Notre Dame to ...

Addressing the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, the pontiff linked climate preparedness to justice for vulnerable communities.

When an ailing Pope John Paul II visited the French shrine at Lourdes in 2004, on his last foreign trip, he delivered a forceful condemnation of abortion ...

A Costa Rica papal audience with Pope Leo XIV is scheduled for 29 October 2026, according to the presidential travel decree, not the Vatican.

On this occasion, the Pope focused on the Constitution *Gaudium et Spes* and addressed the theme of the meaning of human activity in the universe. Below is the English text of Leo XIV’s catechesis: ...