The Vatican reported that it ended 2024 with a 1.6-million-euro surplus ($1.85 million) compared to a deficit of 51.2 million euros ($59.3 million) in 2023.
Carol Glatz - Catholic News Service
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Pope Leo decries opioid crisis, gambling, cruelty toward migrants in major speech on new social ills
“Ever more inhuman measures are being adopted—even celebrated politically—that treat these ‘undesirables’ as if they were garbage and not human beings,” he said during an address to popular movements.
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Pope Leo visits teen hospitalized during Jubilee of Youth
Pope Leo said that if the teen “had come all the way to Rome, then (the pope) could come all the way to the hospital to see him.”
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Pope Leo: Catholic migrants are ‘a true divine blessing’ to the churches that receive them
On Friday, Pope Leo XIV issued a statement on the theme “Migrants, missionaries of hope.”
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Relics of soon-to-be saints Carlo Acutis and Giorgio Frassati will be in Rome for Jubilee of Youth
The relics of Blesseds Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis, who are set to be canonized later this year, will be displayed in Rome for the Jubilee of Youth.
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Pope Leo condemns Israel’s attack against church, calls for end to ‘barbarity’
“I again call for an immediate end to the barbarity of the war and for a peaceful resolution of the conflict,” Pope Leo said.
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Benjamin Netanyahu calls Pope Leo after Israeli strike killed 3 in Gaza Catholic church
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu telephoned Pope Leo XIV, who urged Israel’s leader to revive negotiations and enact a ceasefire.
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Pope Leo calls for immediate ceasefire after attack on Gaza Catholic church kills 3
After an early morning attack on the Holy Family Church in Gaza, Pope Leo XIV called for an immediate ceasefire, dialogue and peace in the region.
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Pope Leo: Caring for others is ‘the supreme law’ that comes before society’s rules
Serving life by caring for others is “the supreme law” that comes before all of society’s rules, Pope Leo XIV said in his first Angelus address at the papal summer residence.
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Pope Leo: Parishes need to launch ‘revolution of care’ for the elderly
In his message for the World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly, Pope Leo XIV encouraged parishes to put more effort into caring for the elderly.