President Donald Trump has said Iran's response to US proposals to end the war was unacceptable.

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The Institute for the Works of Religions releases its 2025 Annual Report, and reveals a 51 million euro net income and a dividend to the Pope of 24.3 million euro.

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As he meets with the Vatican Observatory Foundation, Pope Leo XIV upholds the Catholic Church’s desire to seek God in His Creation through rigorous, honest science.

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In a meeting with participants in an interfaith colloquium, Pope Leo calls on Christians and Muslims to “revive humanity where it has grown cold” and "transform indifference into solidarity”.

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Employees, collaborators, volunteers, and interns of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, including those working abroad, meet in Rome for a week of sharing and proposing initiatives, with Cardinal Prefect Michael Czerny saying the goal is "to support the mission of the Pope and the Bishops throughout the world."

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In its message for Vesak 2026, the Vatican’s Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue invites Buddhists and Christians to work together for an “unarmed and disarming peace” rooted in compassion, dialogue, and inner transformation.

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Pope Leo XIV receives the Prime Minister of the Republic of Sudan, Mr. Kamil El-Tayeb Idris Abdelhafiz, in the Vatican on Monday.

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The Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation is giving 8 young athletes the opportunity to participate in the 2026 World Taekwondo Grand Prix in Rome this June, as well as the chance to meet Pope Leo XIV.

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The man who would become St. Damien of Molokai, was born in rural Belgium, on January 3, 1840. His name was Jozef De Veuster, and he was the youngest of seven children. Growing up on the farm, Jozef was prepared to take over for his family, but he did not want the responsibility. Instead, he wanted to follow his older brother and two sisters who took religious vows. Jozef attended school until the age of 13 when his help was needed on the family farm full-time. He aided his family until he was ...

St. Pachomius was born about 292 in the Upeer Thebaid in Egypt and was inducted into the Emperor's army as a twenty-year-old. The great kindness of Christians at Thebes toward the soldiers became embedded in his mind and led to his conversion after his discharge. After being baptized, he became a disciple of an anchorite, Palemon, and took the habit. The two of them led a life of extreme austerity and total dedication to God; they combined manual labor with unceasing prayer both day and night. ...