The nativity scene and Christmas tree are unveiled in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on December 15, 2025.

St. Peter's Square during Pope Leo XIV's Mass for Christ the King and the Jubilee of the Choirs.

The Veracruz church in Santiago (Chile), illuminated in red during RedWeek 2024, in memory of persecuted Christians.

Pope Leo XIV lays a bouquet of roses on a tomb in the Verano cemetery in Rome on November 2, All Souls' Day.

King Charles III and Pope Leo XIV are the first British monarch and the first Catholic Pontiff to pray together in a religious service since the 16th century Reformation.

This week the World Religious Freedom Report 2025 of the Pontifical Foundation Aid to the Church in Need was presented in Rome and other capitals. Wars, authoritarian regimes and jihadism are some of the main causes of this persecution.

October is considered the month dedicated to this Marian prayer. Pope Leo XIV has launched the initiative 'A million children praying the Rosary' and on October 11, 2025, he will pray this prayer in St. Peter's in a special way for peace.

"That man I forgive. The answer to hate is not hate."

The event took place on September 10 at the University of Utah.

Leo XIV receives the offerings of Antonia Salzano, mother of St. Charles Acutis, and her family during the Mass of canonization.

In the sculpture, recently unveiled in Assisi, Carlo appears kneeling at the feet of the crucified Christ, next to a computer.

More than 3,000 people attended the procession through the streets of Paris.

Ana Ayad is malnourished and is being treated in a Gaza hospital.

Around one million young people attended the central events held in Tor Vergata (Rome).

Pope Leo XIV repeatedly denounces the lack of humanitarian aid in Gaza, especially the restriction on the entry of foodstuffs.

José Gómez called for a day of prayer for peace and unity, with Masses, and invited the parishes of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles to commit to prayer in the coming days.

A plane flies over Ronald Reagan Washington Airport following the collision of American Eagle Flight 5342 and a helicopter.

The Holy Doors of the four great Roman basilicas are now open.

The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem thus inaugurates the Jubilee Year in the Holy Land

Palestinian Christians Alek Kahkejian, 25, and Joy Kharoufeh, 21, pray in the grotto of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. The city is empty of tourists before Christmas because of the war between Hamas and Israel, now in its 14th month.

At the end of the Solemnity of Christ the King of the Universe Mass at the Vatican, a delegation of Portuguese youth presented the WYD cross to a group of young people from South Korea.

Cardinal Matteo Zuppi and a Vatican delegation met on October 16 with representatives of the Moscow Patriarchate.

A woman wearing an original tiara waits for Mass with Pope Francis at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sept. 5, 2023.

Eucharistic procession on the Ohio River as part of the Seton Route of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage. From the boat, Bishop Mark E. Brennan of Wheeling-Charleston, offers the Eucharistic blessing to the faithful gathered at the Wellsburg dock.

Pope Francis' skullcap flies off in a gust of wind during the audience on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.