“Pray with the Pope” is a new initiative of the Dicastery for Communication and the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network that invites people around the world to share in a real communion of prayer with Pope Leo XIV, offering prayer as a path to unity in a divided world.

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Tens of thousands of Congolese have fled renewed fighting in eastern DR Congo, with more than 80,000 people crossing into Burundi in recent weeks.

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The Catholic Bishops of Cameroon are holding their 49th annual seminar in Kumba, in the Southwest Region, from 3 January to 10 January 2026. Under the theme “Communion and Collegiality,” this gathering brings together the entire Cameroonian episcopate for spiritual and pastoral exchanges in a context marked by socio-economic challenges in the country and the Crisis in the Anglophone regions.

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As Sudan nears 1,000 days of conflict, the situation in the country remains dire: attacks are frequent, children are malnourished, and tens of thousands have been displaced from their homes due to the violence.

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SEEK 2026, held across three cities and attended by over 26,000 young American Catholics, confirms their dynamic and resilient character in the United States, with the largest gathering held in Columbus, Ohio, to which Pope Leo XIV sent a message.

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Pope Leo XIV has extended his Apostolic Blessing to participants in the Three Kings Parade, the world’s largest street Nativity scene held annually on the Solemnity of the Epiphany, which this year saw thousands march along Warsaw’s Royal Route, with similar events taking place at nearly 1,000 sites in Poland and worldwide.

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Pope Leo XIV releases his prayer intention for January, and invites everyone to join his monthly prayer intentions under the new “Pray with the Pope” initiative.

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Pope Leo XIV begins a new catechesis series on the Second Vatican Council and its Documents, calling this "a valuable opportunity to rediscover the beauty and the importance of this ecclesial event" and emphasizes, "the Magisterium still constitutes the guiding star of the Church’s journey today."

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Pope Leo XIV's first consistory will have three sessions from tomorrow afternoon through Thursday. In the morning of January 8 at 7:30 a.m., he will concelebrate Mass with the cardinals present at the Altar of the Chair in St. Peter’s Basilica.

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A Russian air attack on Kyiv and the surrounding region killed two people on Monday, marking what appeared to be the first reported fatalities from strikes on the Ukrainian capital this year.

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The Latin American and Caribbean Episcopal Council (CELAM) expresses its closeness to the Church and the Venezuelan people in their struggle for peace, justice, and reconciliation. In a message of hope, it reaffirms its commitment to the most vulnerable and to building a future of dignity for all.

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Over 5,000 Jubilee volunteers cross the Holy Door in St Peter’s Basilica, symbolically bringing the Holy Year to a close.

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Pope Leo XIV prays the Angelus on the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord, reflecting on the Magi adoring the Christ Child, and invites us to be 'weavers of hope' where 'in the place of inequality, there may be fairness,' and where 'the industry of war be replaced by the craft of peace.'

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On the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord, Pope Leo XIV presides over Holy Mass in St Peter’s Basilica for some 5,800 faithful and closes the last Holy Door - marking the official end of the Jubilee Year of Hope.

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The practice established in 1975 and further simplified by Pope Saint John Paul II during the Holy Year of 2000 consists in the closing of the door leaves, while the walling-up will take place privately about ten days later.

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Archbishop Rino Fisichella, pro-prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization and the Holy See’s official point man for the Jubilee, gives a round-up on the Holy Year during a press conference at the Vatican on Monday, January 5.

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At least 114 people have lost their lives in the past week as Sudan's army and paramilitary forces clash in Darfur, according to local medical sources.

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The United Nations says its humanitarian aid plans for Yemen are only 25 percent funded, despite increasing needs and the near-collapse of the health system.

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At the Holy Innocents BPSS Centre, in the rural town of Timau in Kenya, religious sisters and lay professionals work together to help people battling addiction and mental health challenges. Known in the community as the “Friends of the Drunkards,” the sisters combine faith, science, and compassion to heal wounded lives and restore hope where society had once given up.

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During the Sunday Angelus, Pope Leo XIV expresses once again his closeness to those in mourning following the fire in Crans Montana, Switzerland, on January 1.

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