Pope Leo XIV, with regional representatives of synod teams, listens to and answers questions from participants in the Jubilee of Synodal Teams and Participatory Bodies in the Vatican audience hall Oct. 24, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) The Synod on Synodality — a three-year (2021-2024), world-and-Church-wide process of listening and dialogue initiated by Pope Francis — […]
This is a combination photo of Pope Francis and his diaries “The Private Diary of Pope Francis,” a book by Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, presenting and commenting on the late pope’s notes kept between 1992 and 2024. (CNS photo/Paul Haring/courtesy Vatican publishing House) By Vatican […]
A file photo shows the dome of St. Peter’s Basilica during sunset at the Vatican. Pope Leo XIV has repealed provisions introduced by Pope Francis in March 2021 that reduced the salaries of cardinals and Vatican employees as a cost-saving measure during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Vatican published the papal decree, signed earlier in the […]