For the first time in its nearly 100-year history, the Catholic Medical Association is focusing on how the Eastern Catholic Church’s emphasis on mystery, united with the Western Church’s emphasis on reason, can give a…
ROME — Pope Leo XIV celebrated his 71st birthday on Monday but it was Vatican employees who got the gift. The Vatican published a papal decree repealing 2021 salary cuts that Pope Francis had imposed…
Patrick T. FallonUS actress Kaley Cuoco and US actor Tom Pelphrey winner of Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for “Task” attend the Governors Gala for the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Los…
On Tuesday, Pope Leo XIV’s first ever book of his writings before he became pope was published in English, a collection of his homilies, messages and addresses from his 12 years as the head of…
Cissie Graham Lynch, the granddaughter of famed late Southern Baptist evangelist Billy Graham, said this week that President Donald Trump asked her to take up a key religious freedom position in his administration. Lynch, whose…
The Bunson family enjoys a visit with Archbishop Fulton Sheen. Young Matthew is looking up at the archbishop. COMMENTARY: While my 7-year-old mind no doubt missed many of the profound insights he gave, they were…
Sister Laurie-Marie Parisi, who has about 20 years of teaching experience ranging from preschool through high school, now serves as principal at St. Mary’s Academy in Glen Falls, New York. What began with an unexpected…
Pope Leo XIV blows out his birthday candle during the launch of the “AQVA Catastrophe and Wonder” exhibition at the Vatican Apostolic Library on Sept. 14, 2026. The pontiff launched the ‘AQVA Catastrophe and Wonder’…
Daneil Ibanez Cardinal Michael Czerny, SJ, speaks at the press conference on the Pope Leo XIV Sustainability Medal recipient at the Sala San Pio X in Rome on Sept. 14, 2026. The recently retired prefect…
View of St. Peter’s Basilica. Thirty-four dioceses received permission for celebrations in parish churches in 2025 — unchanged from 2024 — with the United States accounting for 24 of the 34 decrees.