(OSV News) – The Vatican Gardens welcomed a new Marian mosaic and a statue of St. Rose of Lima, both created by young artists ...

Peru’s ambassador to the Holy See has publicly invited Pope Leo XIV to visit. The invitation, delivered during a Saturday ceremony in the Vatican gardens, confirms that 2026 is shaping up to be an ...

“The two figures evoked—our heavenly Mother and the first Latin American Saint, Rose of Lima—lead us to the theme of holiness,” said the Pope. He recalled the Second Vatican Council’s call for all of ...

Ad limina visits by bishops tend to make headlines in local churches when the bishops involved are in some kind of trouble.

Peru’s ambassador to the Holy See invited Pope Leo to visit the country where he served as a missionary and a bishop during a ceremony in the Vatican gardens.

Pope Leo XIV greets artist Lenin Alvarez Medina of Peru' as he arrives to bless a mosaic of the Virgin Mary and a statue of St. Rose of Lima in ...