Pope Francis established the day in 2016 as a reminder that the poor are “at the heart of the Gospel.” Leo has shown that he ...

With thousands of migrants, refugees, unhoused people, the unemployed and members of the trans community present in St. Peter ...

This is the text of Pope Leo XIV’s homily at the Mass he celebrated Nov. 16, 2025, for the Jubilee of the Poor in St. Peter’s ...

Jesus’s statement, “The poor you will always have with you” (Matthew 26:11), has often been misconstrued as passive acceptance. The World Day of the Poor reframes it as a poignant, personal question ...

Pope Leo XIV decried poverty on Sunday, urging world leaders and Catholics to reach out to marginalised people, as the Church ...

By Devin Watkins On the Ninth World Day of the Poor, Pope Leo XIV presided at Mass to mark the Jubilee of the Poor, joined by around 6,000 pilgrims in St. Peter’s Basilica. Ahead of the Mass, the Pope ...

COMMENTARY: The Second Vatican Council reminded the faithful that in serving the poor, the Church encounters Christ himself — the Savior who became poor to make the world rich with grace. Mother ...

BANGKOK -- The global financial crisis has highlighted a curious success story: A bank that doles out loans to some of the world's poorest, least-creditworthy people continues to have a payback rate ...

During on Sunday's (November 16) mass at St Peter's Basilica, held to mark the Jubilee of the Poor, Pope Leo asked world ...

New Delhi: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday condemned the detention of Bengali-speaking Muslim citizens across the country, labelling them as "illegal" ...