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Pope Leo XIV gives the first general audience of 2026 in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall on Jan. 7, 2026. Credit: Vatican Media. Jan 14,

Bishop Raimo Goyarrola with a family in Helsinki | Credit: Courtesy of Bishop Raimo Goyarrola Jan 13, 2026 / 17:16 pm (CNA). A “dream” that

Pope Leo XIV. | Credit: Vatican Media Jan 2, 2026 / 18:07 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV expressed his closeness and compassion to the families

Credit: Wirestock Creators/Shutterstock Dec 31, 2025 / 16:00 pm (CNA). On New Year’s Eve, Dec. 31, and the first day of 2026, the Catholic Church

Grand Master Fra’ John Dunlap addresses the diplomatic corps accredited to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta at the Magistral Villa on Rome’s Aventine Hill

St. Patrick Cathedral in the Diocese of Charlotte. | Credit: Diocese of Charlotte Jan 13, 2026 / 11:41 am (CNA). Reacting to Bishop Michael Martin’s

Bishop Stanislav Přibyl of Litoměřice celebrates Mass with Bishop Wolfgang Ipolt of Görlitz, Germany, and other clergy at the Basilica of Mary, Help of Christians

Pope Leo XIV introduced a new papal staff on Jan. 6, 2026, during the closing of the Holy Door | Credit: Vatican Media / null

Pope Leo XIV meets Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado at the Vatican on Jan. 12, 2026. / Credit: Vatican Media. Vatican City, Jan 12,

Archbishop Georg Gänswein speaks at an event hosted by the Catholic magazine Kelionė at the Lithuanian National Library in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Jan. 7, 2026.

Pope Leo XIV baptizes a child in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican on the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, January 11, 2026.

Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican for the recitation of the Angelus on Jan. 11, 2026. / Vatican

Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun speaks at the Asianews Conference at the Pontifical Urbaniana University in Rome, Nov. 18, 2014. – Bohumil Petrik/CNA. Jan 10, 2026

Northampton Episcopal Vicar for Mission Canon Simon Penhalagan alongside members of the new community at the St. Elena House of Mission and Prayer. | Credit:

Archbishop Luis Argüello, president of the Spanish Bishops’ Conference; Félix Bolaños, minister of the Presidency, Justice, and Relations with the Parliament; and Father Jesús Díaz

Pope Leo XIV with the Spanish flag in the foreground on Dec. 8, 2025. | Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News Jan 9, 2026 / 17:06 pm

Pope Leo XIV addresses ambassadors and other diplomatic representatives to the Holy See in the Apostolic Palace on Jan. 9, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Leo XIV in the “Pray with the Pope” video released on Jan. 7, 2026. | Credit: Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network Jan 8, 2026 /

Official image of the “Pray with the Pope” campaign for January 2026. | Credit: World Prayer Network Jan 8, 2026 / 17:40 pm (CNA). The

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

Participants gather for worship at the MEHR conference in Augsburg, Germany, Jan. 3–6, 2026. | Credit: Andreas Thonhauser/EWTN Jan 8, 2026 / 15:06 pm (CNA).

Pope Leo XIV addresses cardinals during the extraordinary consistory on Jan. 7, 2026, in Vatican City. | Credit: Vatican Media Jan 8, 2026 / 10:52

An architectural rendering shows the planned Church of the Holy Trinity in Neratovice, Czech Republic. The Noah’s Ark-inspired design by architect Zdeněk Fránek features a

The extraordinary consistory of cardinals is taking place from Jan 7-8, 2026. Credit: Vatican Media Jan 7, 2026 / 19:12 pm (CNA). In his opening