Wise Words and Colorful Stories ‘Tilt’ Back to God
Seek the Light. In amazingly colorful yet simple ways, with lots of memorable examples, priest-author shows how everyone can tilt their degrees back toward that Light.
Pope Leo XIV Honors ‘Courageous Christian Witness of the Armenian People’ in Istanbul
Vatican MediaPope Leo XIV with Armenian Patriarch Sahak II Mashalian at the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople in Istanbul, Turkey, on November 30, 2025. The visit to the cathedral, seat of the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople,…
Parents of abducted children plead with the Nigerian government for news of rescue
PAPIRI, Nigeria — Hundreds of parents whose children were abducted last week at a Catholic school in north-central Niger gathered Friday at the school site to plead with the government for their children’s rescue. More…
In Turkey, Pope & Patriarch call for peace, Christian unity
ISTANBUL – Pope Leo XIV and Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople issued a joint call for peace Saturday, condemning violence and urging faithful to work for a better world. “The goal of Christian unity…
How do you solve a problem like Fernández?
The Advent season begins this Sunday, and that means The Sound of Music will soon be on television in the United States. The ABC network airs the film classic starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer…
Pope Leo XIV Visits Emblematic Turkish Mosque in Sign of Fraternity With Muslims
Vatican Media.Pope Leo XIV visits the Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, on November 29, 2025. One of the Pope’s hosts for the visit, muezzin Aşgın Musa Tunca, told reporters afterwards that he had told…
At Mass in Istanbul, Leo XIV renews calls for peace, unity
ISTANBUL – Speaking to Turkey’s small Catholic minority during Mass on Saturday afternoon, Pope Leo XIV stressed the need to work for peace and unity in such an ethnically and culturally diverse region. During his …
Miracles of St. Sharbel: American Devotion Grows Ahead of Pope Leo XIV’s Lebanon Journey
St. Sharbel’s remains draw pilgrims from around the world to the Monastery of St. Maron in Annaya, Lebanon. Many Catholic churches in the United States offer monthly St. Sharbel healing Masses.
Pope Leo XIV to call for Christian unity at site where Nicaean Creed established
Pope Leo XIV marks a high point of his his first foreign trip to Turkey with a pilgrimage to the site where early Christian church leaders met 1,700 years ago under the auspices of the Roman Emperor…
In Iznik, Pope Leo issues call for unity in world marred by war
IZNIK – During a visit to Iznik on Friday, Pope Leo issued a call for Christian unity and fraternity in a world rife with war and condemned fundamentalist attitudes and the use of religion to…