Pope Leo XIV speaks to members of the European Parliament’s Intergroup on Demography during an audience on May 25, 2026, at the Vatican. The pope told the group that the key to solving demographic issues…
Carl Bloch, “The Mocking of Christ” (Detail), 1880, Ordrup Church, Denmark COMMENTARY: In his long-awaited first encyclical, the Holy Father insists that the fullest truth about man is revealed ultimately and most completely in the…
Arrest records show that Father Storey was booked on May 23 and posted $250,000 bond. Father Richard Storey turned himself in after being charged with theft from a Kansas City, Kansas, parish, according to the…
VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV on Monday personally attended the presentation of his first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, in an uncustomary gesture. Upon his arrival at the event, held in the Vaticanʼs Synod Hall, he…
Pope Leo XIV speaks about the “huge transformation” of artificial intelligence at the presentation of his first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, on May 25, 2026, in the Synod Hall of the Vatican. The Pope expressed particular…
Juan Martín Cabezalero, “The Chasuble of St. Ildephonsus,” ca. 1670 COMMENTARY: Hope, the humble David of the virtues, slays the mighty Goliath of the sins.
Daniel IbáñezA copy of Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical Magnifica Humanitas is displayed Monday during the presentation of the document in the Vatican’s New Synod Hall. COMMENTARY: ‘In the era of artificial intelligence,’ Pope Leo XIV…
Mariano Salvador Maella (1739-1819), “The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary” COMMENTARY: What began as a Marian pilgrimage through Europe became a lesson in Providence and the hidden encouragement of the saints.
‘PILGRIMS ARRIVING IN SIGHT OF ROME.’ Above, an 1827 painting by British artist Charles Lock Eastlake depicts a group of Catholic pilgrims heading to Rome falling to their knees in prayer at the first sight…
Daniel IbanezPope Leo XIV greets people in St. Peter’s Square before his general audience on Wednesday, May 20, 2026. Ahead of the publication of Leo’s first encyclical, what do his writings and speeches, both before…