The Vatican’s Court of Cassation has cleared the way for the appeal phase of the Secretariat of State funds trial — commonly tied in headlines to Cardinal Angelo Becciu — rejecting last-ditch procedural challenges and accepting the recusal of Vatican Promoter of Justice Alessandro Diddi from the case.

Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday opened a new phase of his pontificate by gathering the world's cardinals to Rome and asking them to advise him on key priorities for the next two years. They responded by indicating continuity with Pope Francis' key aims of making the church more missionary and responsive to the needs of ordinary faithful.

LUANDA/VATICAN CITY, Jan 13 () - Pope Leo plans to visit Angola as part of a multi-nation trip across Africa, the Vatican's ​ambassador to the country announced on Tuesday, in what could be ‌the pontiff's first overseas trip in 2026.

Reacting to Bishop Michael Martin’s Dec. 17, 2025, pastoral letter announcing the impending abolishment of altar rails and kneelers in the Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina, 31 of the diocese’s priests have signed a letter to the Vatican’s Dicastery for Legislative Texts containing a set of questions, or “dubia,” related to the matter.

As cardinals gather in Rome for their first consistory under Pope Leo XIV, Venezuela has become a test case for the church’s quiet but consequential diplomacy.

Christ the King parents and supporters are pursuing an appeal to the Vatican’s Dicastery for Culture and Education in an effort to keep the Catholic elementary school in Sioux Falls from closing. Bishop Donald DeGrood denied the group’s first appeal.

Nostra Aetate” marked one of the most radical turns in Catholic history: a shift from suspicion to encounter, from a closed fortress to an open horizon.

The Vatican has completed the official mosaic portrait of Pope Leo XIV, continuing a centuries-old tradition that marks the election of each new pontiff. The circular mosaic, known as a tondo, was created by the Vatican Mosaic Studio of the Fabric of St. Peter's and will be installed in the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls.