The first female Orthodox saint in North America was an Indigenous woman who spent her entire life with her Yup'ik family and ...

I’m astonished by how deeply I’ve come to love this weird and wonderful festival. And by how it is still legal.

We think of her as a poet—and a great one—but a case could also be made for her as a theologian. So many of Emily Dickinson’s ...

Many thousands of people welcomed the summer in Porto the way the city has been doing it for decades and centuries: by ...

Blessed Peter To Rot, the first Catholic from Papua New Guinea expected to be named a saint later this year, was “an example ...

Pope Leo XIV visits with a little girl as he arrives in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on June 8 ... a message in line with his pledges to make the Catholic Church a symbol of ...

But, year after year, Mass after Mass, it became a powerful symbol of the life of John Paul II — now St. John Paul II — during the second longest papacy in history.

Pope Leo XIV delivers his blessing from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica for his first Sunday blessing after his election, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 11, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, vowed Sunday to work for unity so that the Catholic Church becomes a symbol of peace in the world, offering a message of communion during an ...

Leo XIV, the first ever American pope, condemned the exploitation of the poor and called for unity in the church during his inaugural Mass in St. Peter’s Square, an event attended by world ...

Leo XIV, the first ever American pope, condemned the exploitation of the poor and called for unity in the church during his inaugural Mass in St. Peter’s Square, an event attended by world ...

Pope Leo XIV on his popemobile tours St. Peter's Square at the Vatican prior to the inaugural Mass of his pontificate, Sunday, May 18, 2025. Domenico Stinellis/AP hide caption ...