VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV marked Pentecost Sunday with a plea for peace, praying that the Holy Spirit would save the world “from the evil of war” and renew the Church in its mission…
Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Pentecost Sunday, May 24, 2026. The Pontiff prayed that the Holy Spirit would save humanity from war, misery and sin. ‘Christ restores…
Philippe de Champaigne, “St. Augustine,” ca. 1645-1650, Los Angeles County Museum of Art On the solemnity of Pentecost, St. Augustine reminds us to reflect on the the necessity of a globally unified Church, under the…
ACERRA, Italy — Pope Leo XIV on Saturday greeted one by one families who lost loved ones to illegal toxic dumping in an area near Naples, as many paused to share photographs and other mementos of children and…
Lionsgate, in collaboration with Mel Gibson and Bruce Davey’s Icon Productions, announced Thursday that the highly anticipated film “The Resurrection of the Christ” will be released in theaters in two parts — Part 1 will…
Pope Leo XIV arrived in Italyʼs “Terra dei Fuochi,” or “Land of Fires,” for a one-day visit on May 23, the first pope in history to meet with this population amid a yearslong battle against…
Pope Leo XIV greeted residents and civic leaders in the southern Italian town of Acerra on May 23, a region marred by toxic wastes but possessing what the pope said was “beauty no injustice can…
Madrid Archbishop Cardinal José Cobo Cano said that the imminent visit of Pope Leo XIV to Spain has generated “incredible expectations” and that the main challenge will not only be organizational, but pastoral. “The challenge…
John Paul II greets the faithful at a Mass for families at Jasne Blonie (Light Meadows) in Szczecin, Poland, on June 11, 1987, during his third pilgrimage to Poland. At the Mass, John Paul II…
“It was an adventure that will remain etched in my memory for a long time,” said young Frenchman Maël Le Lagadec in describing his feat of carrying a wooden cross to the summit of Aneto…