Pope Leo XIV marked the first anniversary of his election to the papacy on Friday, with a pastoral visit to the southern Italian cities of Pompeii and Naples. At the Tempio della Carità – the…
Vincent Gelot (far right, front) during a humanitarian aid convoy to Christian villages in southern Lebanon alongside the apostolic nuncio to Lebanon, Archbishop Paolo Borgia. Christians in southern Lebanon have paid a heavy price in…
Bishop Fulton J. Sheen speaks at a news conference on Oct. 26, 1966, after Pope Paul VI named him bishop of Rochester, New York. COMMENTARY: Archbishop Fulton Sheen, who was born on May 8, 1895,…
ROME — Unlike Pope Francis, who shook things up early on with a flurry of reforms, appointments and new structures, Pope Leo XIV has sought to find his footing and take a longer view of…
‘American Pontiff’ by Paul Kengor A new book marks the first anniversary of Leo XIV’s election with a closer look at the papal son of Chicago’s melting pot.
On Thursday Pope Leo XIV met with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Vatican, with the meeting coming amid tensions between the Holy See and U.S. President Donald Trump. Trump has expressed his…
ROME — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio made a fence-mending visit to the Vatican on Thursday to underscore strong bilateral ties, after U.S. President Donald Trump’s broadsides against Pope Leo XIV for his opposition to…
TAGBILARAN CITY, Philippines — Father Gerardo F. Saco Jr., the priest appointed by Pope Leo XIV to become the next bishop of the Diocese of Tagbilaran in the Philippines, has decided not to proceed with…
VILNIUS, Lithuania — A planned reorganization and merger of Lithuaniaʼs Kaunas Christian Maternity Home (KGN) with its parent hospital have triggered protests from families and pro-life advocates who fear the consolidation will erode the institutionʼs…
Mario TomassettiPope Leo blesses a child on May 2. Six Catholic experts ‘fill in the blank’ on the major themes of Pope Leo so far.