In his first Easter message to the city and the world, the pontiff urged those with weapons to lay them down. Pope Leo XIV delivers his Easter message “to the city [of Rome] and the world” from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on April 5, 2026. …

By ACI Stampa Rome Newsroom, Oct 8, 2025 / 08:00 am For the first time, the body of St. Francis of Assisi will be visible to all, from Feb. 22 to March 22, 2026. This religious and historical event was announced on the memorial of the saint of Assisi (Oct. 4) …

By Courtney Mares Rome Newsroom, Sep 4, 2025 / 13:57 pm Before he was known as a soon-to-be-saint, Carlo Acutis was simply a boy in a school uniform, lugging his backpack through the hallways of the Tommaseo Institute in Milan. His teachers remember him as joyful, a bit of a prankster, …