Read the full text of Pope Leo XIV's first Urbi et Orbi address given on May 8, 2025 at the Vatican.
On May 7, 2025, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, Dean of the College of Cardinals, presided over the Mass Pro Eligendo Romano Pontifice, "For the Election of the Roman Pontiff," in St. Peter's Basilica.
We pray that through work, each person might find fulfillment, families might be sustained in dignity, and that society might be humanized.
Nicholas Jesson reflects on the late pope's achievements on the journey to Christian unity and human fraternity.
On Divine Mercy Sunday, 27 April, 2025, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Pope Francis' Secretary of State, presided over Mass and delivered the homily for the Second Day of the Novendiali and the Jubilee of Adolescents.