Advent 2025

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Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican for the recitation of the Angelus on Dec. 21, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV highlights key virtues for final days of Advent

Dec 21, 2025

By Julieta Villar

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday highlighted four virtues of St. Joseph — “piety and charity, mercy and trust” — as... Read more

Theo is a free Catholic prayer and meditation app for children and their parents.

Kids Catholic prayer app aims to bring 1 million children together for Advent campaign

Nov 23, 2025

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

A new Catholic prayer app for children and their parents called Theo plans to host the largest Advent celebration for... Read more

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Cardinals meet with Pope Leo XIV in the third session of the consistory on Jan. 8, 2025, at the Vatican. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV to hold next consistory in June, hopes for annual meetings with cardinals

Artist’s sketch of Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores at the New York courthouse where they appeared Jan. 5, 2025. Photos and videos are prohibited, hence this illustration, but journalists are allowed to be present. | Credit: CNN

After Maduro’s capture, there’s hope for Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba, leader says

Official image of the “Pray with the Pope” campaign for January 2026. | Credit: World Prayer Network

‘Pray with the Pope’: Leo XIV proposes monthly prayer for the challenges of the world

Pope Leo XIV arrives at St. Peter’s Basilica for a Mass with cardinals on Jan. 8, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV to cardinals: ‘We gather not to promote personal or group agendas’

Participants gather for worship at the MEHR conference in Augsburg, Germany, Jan. 3–6, 2026. | Credit: Andreas Thonhauser/EWTN

‘Making room for God’: MEHR conference draws over 11,000 in Germany

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass for the Jubilee of Prisoners in St. Peter’s Basilica on Dec. 14, 2025. | Credit: Vatican Media

This is Pope Leo XIV’s prayer intention for the month of January

Attendees listen to a panel discussion at the New York Encounter in 2024. | Credit: New York Encounter

Upcoming New York Encounter to focus on finding ‘true belonging’

St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, mother church of the Archdiocese of Bangalore in India. | Credit: Saad Faruque via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Indian Church takes up mental health ministry as ‘major concern’

Pope Leo XIV addresses cardinals during the extraordinary consistory on Jan. 7, 2026, in Vatican City. | Credit: Vatican Media

Liturgy sidestepped at Pope Leo XIV’s first consistory

Vienna Skyline with St. Stephen’s Cathedral, Vienna, Austria. | Credit: mrgb/shutterstock

Late vocations program in Austria allows priest to keep his current job

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