In a year that started with a political tempest in the US. A chaotic, unpredictable diplomatic circus, by White House design: friends are foes, foes are friends as the art of the deal went global, ...

Catholics celebrate the birth of the Virgin Mary, with the caption “Happy birthday, Mary!” I wish I could say Guadalupe is ...

Yet Robert Francis Prevost – Pope Leo XIV, to you and me – has pulled off an even bigger coup than being the first US pope to ...

During his first international trip to Turkey and Lebanon, Pope Leo XIV stepped onto the international stage and into the ...

The American pontiff has rebuked the White House over its treatment of immigrants and the potential invasion of Venezuela.

Reclaiming American Catholicism,' coming in at nearly 400 pages, is a comprehensive and meticulous synopsis of many of the ills that are plaguing the church in the United States.

As the world watched the Vatican chimney, Cardinal Vincent Nichols was sealed inside – and now he tells the story of electing Pope Leo XIV.

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Saying it is possible both to uphold justice and to exercise mercy, Florida's Catholic bishops have urged Gov. Ron DeSantis ...

President Donald Trump said he remains open to meeting with Pope Leo XIV and insisted he wasn't aware of the pontiff's ...