US EditionPope Leo baptizes 20 infants in a tradition marking the end of the Christmas season
Pope Leo XIV baptized 20 children of Vatican employees in the Sistine Chapel, continuing a 45-year tradition established by St. John Paul II that marks the end of the Christmas season.
- On January 10, Pope Leo XIV urged cardinals to listen to abuse victims in his concluding address to the two-day Extraordinary Consistory of roughly 170 cardinals.
- Speaking off the cuff at the consistory, Pope Leo XIV recounted that a victim recently told him the most painful part was that no bishop wanted to listen, highlighting the 'closed doors' scandal where victims were not welcomed or accompanied.
- He instructed cardinals to submit written reflections on the four proposed themes and announced plans to extend meetings to three or four days yearly, based on input from 20 language-based groups.
- For this year, he proposed meeting a second time for two days to continue the dialogue, encouraged cardinals facing financial difficulties to seek assistance, and promised to read reports and personal messages carefully.
- Beyond the consistory, Pope Leo XIV tied reform to the synod path and the 2028 Ecclesial Assembly, repeatedly highlighting abuse in recent months and stressing formation rooted in local parishes informed by 20 language-based groups.
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Parents can’t wait for children to choose baptism, says pope, baptizing 20 infants in Sistine Chapel
VATICAN CITY (OSV News) — Just as we wouldn’t leave newborns without clothes or food, we cannot leave them without faith and baptism, Pope Leo XIV told parents of children he baptized in the splendor and beauty of the Sistine Chapel Jan. 11. The tradition of baptizing children of Vatican employees started in 1981 with St. John Paul II. Pope Leo baptized 20 children on the feast of the Baptism of the Lord. Michelangelo’s chapel “The children yo…
Pope Leo baptizes 20 children of Vatican employees in Sistine Chapel on Feast of Baptism of the Lord
During Mass in the Sistine Chapel Jan. 11 for the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, Pope Leo XIV baptized 20 infant children of Vatican… The post Pope Leo baptizes 20 children of Vatican employees in Sistine Chapel on Feast of Baptism of the Lord appeared first on CatholicVote org.
Leo XIV: Sistine Chapel baptisms, Angelus prayers for Mideast peace & condemnation of Russian attacks
ROME – Pope Leo XIV Sunday resumed the tradition of baptizing infants in the Sistine Chapel on the feast of the Baptism of the Lord, telling parents the gift of faith gives life its meaning. Reflecting on Jesus’s incarnation, the pope said that in choosing to enter history, “he encounters the lives of each of us with an open and humble heart.” “He seeks our gaze with his own, full of love, and dialogues with us, revealing the Word of salvation,”…
This Sunday the Pope baptized 21 children, all of them children and grandchildren of Vatican employees, in...
Pope Leo XIV Baptizes 20 Infants in Sistine Chapel, Tells Parents Faith Is ‘More Than Necessary’
Pope Leo XIV baptizes a child in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican on the feast of the Baptism of the Lord, Jan. 11, 2026. In his homily, the Pope urged parents to see faith as essential for their children’s lives: ‘The children you now hold in your arms are transformed into new creatures. Just as from you, their parents, they have received life, so now they receive the meaning for living it: faith.’
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