Pope Leo XIV blesses cyclists competing in the Giro d'Italia as final stage enters Vatican gardens

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV blessed the more than 150 cyclists competing in the Giro d’Italia on Sunday as the three-week race’s final stage began with an unprecedented ride through the Vatican gardens behind St. Peter’s Basilica. After entering the …

Egypt Plans Mega Tourism City Near St. Catherine Monastery in Sinai

Great Transfiguration: Egypt plans a mega tourist city near St. Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai. Credit: Gerhard Plezinger Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0 The area around the historic Greek Orthodox Monastery of Saint Catherine of Sinai is to turn to a …

Pope Leo XIV faces test of Vatican justice in Becciu meeting fallout

ROME – For the outside world, it is perhaps Pope Leo XIV’s pleas for ceasefires in Gaza and Ukraine that have drawn the most attention since his election just over three weeks ago. For Catholic insiders, a range of papal actions have sparked reaction – …

Vatican City now runs on solar power — no miracle needed

Vatican City now runs fully on solar power. Credit: Petr Polak Most people would not expect the world’s smallest country, with fewer than 1,000 residents, to lead the global energy conversation. In 2025, the Vatican City flipped the switch on something …

The Everywhere Insiders 1: Syria, Vatican Diplomacy, and Global Power

  Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Irina Tsukerman discuss the U.S. decision to ease some Syria sanctions via the Caesar Act waiver, influenced by regional diplomacy and economic interests. European allies express frustration over being sidelined. Trump’s …

Pope Leo XIV leads Marian vigil at Vatican

On Saturday, May 31, Pope Leo XIV  marked the end of May outside the Church of Santo Stefano degli Abissini in the Vatican. When they were there, the faithful began a candlelit procession as they made their way up to the Grotto of Lourdes. Following the …

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EXCLUSIVE: ‘We Didn’t Expect This’: Vatican Visitors Share Their Hopes For First American Pope

VATICAN CITY — In Saint Peter’s Square, visitors from around the globe expressed optimism the new American pope will prove to be a positive change, though they are holding out to see what he will do. The initial impression of many tourists, who are anxious …

In New York City, Antonia Acutis Speaks of Her Son’s Holy Witness

The mother of soon-to-be canonized Carlo Acutis spoke to a capacity crowd of more than 2,500 people at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City on Thursday, touching on several themes, including the universal call to holiness, the importance of living the …

Vatican City Is Now Powered By Solar

Pope Francis had a dream that the Vatican would run entirely on green energy. He wanted to highlight the need “to make a transition to a sustainable development model that reduces greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere, setting the goal of climate …