A monument stands at Bílá Hora (“White Mountain”) outside Prague, the Czech Republic, site of the 1620 battle that ended Bohemian Protestant resistance against the Habsburgs. The May 8 gatherings, organized by lay groups around…
2023 photoThe faithful, including young adults, pray at the adoration chapel in St. Joseph Catholic Church in Greenwich Village. ANALYSIS: Lessons from literature and life shed light on where real meaning lies.
Bishop Steven Lopes celebrates a chrism Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Walsingham, the principal church of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter, in Houston in 2026. The Personal Ordinariate…
VATICAN CITY — Newly crowned Serie A champion Inter Milan received a blessing from Pope Leo XIV on Saturday. The players, staff and directors had a private audience with Leo at the Vatican before Inter’s…
TENERIFE, Canary Islands — The first plane carrying passengers from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship left Spain’s Canary Islands on Sunday for Madrid, where they will be taken to a military hospital. Spanish nationals were the first…
While many political observers have been assessing Pope Leo XIV’s first year in the papal office, leading African prelates are warning against such assessments and instead focusing on the place and role of the papacy…
John Paul II as a child with his parents, Emilia and Karol Wojtyła How the loss of a mother, ‘soul of the home,’ shaped the heart of a pope …
Pope Leo XIV addresses pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican for the recitation of the Regina Caeli on May 10, 2026. | Credit: Vatican Media At the Regina Caeli, the pope also…
President Donald Trumpʼs nominee for surgeon general, Dr. Nicole Saphier, kept her son, Nick, when she became pregnant unexpectedly at age 17. Saphier, a radiologist who specializes in treating breast cancer, earned her medical degree…
Cardinal Anthony Poola sent greetings to Pope Leo XIV on Friday, the first anniversary of the pontiff’s election, expressing gratitude for a year “marked by serenity, spiritual depth, and evangelical clarity.” In a message shared…