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2025 in Photos: A Look at the Middle Months

December 9, 2025

A nighttime view of the Earth, from orbit, with a bright blue-and-red bolt of electrical energy shooting up from a lightning strike in a storm below

The First Millennial Saint

September 6, 2025

The Vatican Knows an ‘Industrial Revolution’ When It Sees One

Charles C. Camosy and Mariele Courtois

June 20, 2025

A graphic illustration showing a black-and-white photo of Pope Leo XIV overlaid with an electrical-circuit pattern, such as one found on a computer chip.

A Way to Understand Pope Leo XIV’s Mission of Love

Arthur C. Brooks

May 29, 2025

An illustration of a white-robed priest making a sign of peace and wearing a pendant with a smiling face

The Conclave Just Did the Unthinkable

Francis X. Rocca

May 8, 2025

Pope Leo XIV, flanked by two other high-ranking Catholic leaders

Time-Travel Thursdays

The Papacy Is No Ordinary Succession

May 8, 2025

Three sets of hands lifted in prayer and holding a homily

This Conclave Will Be Different

Francis X. Rocca

May 6, 2025

Three rows of cardinals facing away from the camera, wearing red robes and zucchettos

Photos of the Week: May Day, Fire Festival, Finger Wrestling

May 2, 2025

Two musicians perform onstage, with the one on the left playing a gigantic 17-string bass guitar.

The Real Legacy of Pope Francis

Matthew Walther

April 21, 2025

A photo of Pope Francis

The Papacy Is Forever Changed

Francis X. Rocca

April 21, 2025

Pope Francis waves.

The Catholics Who Have to Worship Somewhere Else

Francis X. Rocca

April 9, 2025

A black-and-white photo of Saint Peter's Basilica from a low angle

When the Pope Dies, the Cardinals Get Catty

October 30, 2024

Ralph Fiennes in "Conclave"

The Vatican’s Gamble With Beijing Is Costing China’s Catholics

Francis X. Rocca

May 14, 2024

Pope Francis set against a red background

What the Vatican’s Secret Archives Are About to Reveal

David I. Kertzer

March 2, 2020

Artifacts from wartime archives on Pope Pius XII.

A Cassandra Cry Against Pope Francis

April 22, 2018

Pope Francis in front of a crowd