Yet Robert Francis Prevost – Pope Leo XIV, to you and me – has pulled off an even bigger coup than being the first US pope to ...

Yet Robert Francis Prevost – Pope Leo XIV, to you and me – has pulled off an even bigger coup than being the first US pope to lead the world's 1.4billion Roman Catholics: he has been anointed one of ...

Catholics celebrate the birth of the Virgin Mary, with the caption “Happy birthday, Mary!” I wish I could say Guadalupe is ...

Lebanon needed this embrace.” The words went out over a social media platform, made more poignant for the accompanying image ...

The American pontiff has rebuked the White House over its treatment of immigrants and the potential invasion of Venezuela.

A second Vatican study commission has determined that women should not be ordained as deacons, dealing another setback to ...

Leo XIV has governed through pastoral warmth, quiet competence and careful incrementalism. Whether that approach heals the ...

Here is a look back at the events of 2025. Notable US Events January 1 – Fourteen people are killed and dozens are injured when a driver rams his pickup truck into a crowd during New Year’s ...

On Jan. 23, hundreds of couples in Bangkok tied the knot in a mass wedding ceremony after a 2024 bill recognizing same-sex ...

In Lebanon, a nation where churches and mosques stand side by side, Pope Leo XIV discovered the evidence he was looking for: ...

The new American pontiff has been far more reserved than his outspoken predecessor. But many of their underlying progressive messages remain the same.

Leo fielded questions for a half-hour, responding easily in English, Spanish and Italian about a variety of church and ...