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Vatican City high appeal court rejects prosecutor’s appeal in Becciu case

St. Peter's Square

An 82-foot fir tree from the Ultimo valley in South Tyrol, Italy, is lit up as Christmas tree together with a crib in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Vatican unveils Nativity scene, lights Christmas tree in St. Peter’s Square

Dec 16, 2025
Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV speaks in the Paul VI Audience Hall in the Vatican on Oct. 30, 2025: (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo urges students to ‘not settle for fads’

Oct 30, 2025
Crux Staff

Pope Leo XIV in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on October 22, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo says the Resurrection of Jesus provides a way against sadness

Oct 22, 2025
Charles Collins

Pope Leo XIV arrives on the Popemobile as youth gathered in St. Peter's Square on Tuesday evening, July 29, 2025. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV surprises Catholic youth festival with unexpected popemobile salute

Jul 29, 2025
Nicole Winfield,
Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV smiles as he arrives at the Wednesday General Audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on June 11, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo says to look to Jesus if feeling ‘stuck and blocked’

Jun 11, 2025
Charles Collins

Pilgrims gather in Saint Peter's Square on June 7, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

On Pentecost, Pope Leo XIV says social media is making us ‘more alone’

Jun 8, 2025
Charles Collins

St. Peter's decked out with Dutch flowers in 2023. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Dutch floral gift for Vatican Easter a tradition ‘too beautiful to let go to waste’

Apr 16, 2025
Luuk van den Einden - Katholiek Nieuwsblad

Mass in Saint Peter's Square for the Jubilee of the Armed Forces, Police and Security Personnel on Feb. 9, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope says military can be used for self-defense, prays for end to wars

Feb 10, 2025
Charles Collins

Pope Francis celebrates Mass at St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican on Jan. 6, 2025, the Solemnity of the Epiphany. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope calls on Christians to imitate the Magi in their search for Jesus

Jan 6, 2025
Charles Collins

An image released by Italian police of the air pistol confiscated from Father Milan Palkovic in St. Peter's Square May 5, 2024. (Credit: Italian police.)

For second time in a month, weapons detected at a papal event

May 6, 2024
Crux Staff

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Vatican City high appeal court rejects prosecutor’s appeal in Becciu case

Jan 13
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Pope Leo XIV meets with Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado in a surprise audience

Jan 12
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Milan’s Catholic archdiocese brings Olympic values into parish life

Jan 12
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