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Pope says Christian mission counters ‘imperialist occupation of the world’

At the Holy Thursday chrism Mass, Leo XIV said the Church must reject domination, power, and “calculated strategy”

Artemis II moon mission ‘a great development,’ Vatican Observatory director says

EWTN News speaks with Jesuit Father Richard A. D’Souza, director of the Vatican Observatory since September 2025. NASA’s

Pope Leo’s personal secretary: ‘He hasn’t changed; he’s still the same’ since his time in Peru

Father Edgard Iván Rimaycuna described the pope’s unchanged personality and what his role as his personal secretary is

How does Pope Leo choose his monthly prayer intentions?

The head of the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network offers a look behind the scenes. Leo XIV records his

Pope Leo on the dignity and mission of the laity: They are the body of Christ

The pope’s reflection at the general audience was inspired by the Second Vatican Council’s dogmatic constitution Lumen Gentium.
Good Friday's Station of the Cross at the Colosseum. Credit: Daniel Ibanez | EWTN Vatican. Pope Leo at prayer. Credit: Vatican Media.

Pope Leo’s First Via Crucis at the Colosseum

As Holy Week unfolds at the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV is leading the Church through its most sacred

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