A slew of parishes were set to close or consolidate July 1, including Oakbrook Terrace’s Ascension of Our Lord Catholic ...

Pope Leo XIV announced 15 massive reforms "set to change the Catholic Church forever" in July 2025. A rumor that circulated online in July 2025 claimed Pope Leo XIV had announced 15 major reforms for ...

The remains of a Congolese customs worker who was killed for resisting a bribe and beatified by the Vatican have been transferred to a local cathedral ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin’s four-day visit to Japan, from June 28 to July 1, marked a significant moment for both Vatican-Japanese relations and the country’s small but vibrant Catholic community. The ...

COMMENTARY: The ancient witness of the Eastern Catholic Churches may hold the key to healing divisions and reviving true ...

Before concluding the audience, the Holy Father expressed his hope to meet the group again 'in a few months' for an ...

Overlooking Lake Albano on a hill south of Rome, Castel Gandolfo was for centuries a much-loved papal summer retreat — until ...

Pope Leo XIV is starting a six-week vacation this weekend at the papal summer retreat south of Rome. It's his first break ...

Rome gears up for Holy Year's monumental Catholic youth rally in scorching temperatures - Half a million young people are ...

Pope Leo XIV was “deeply saddened” after two people were killed in a strike on Gaza’s only Catholic church, he said in a ...

Though he was struggling with poor health, Pope Francis announced last November that he planned to visit Nicaea (Iznik, in Turkey) in 2025. Pope Leo, soon after his election, voiced his intention to ...

Young people will never experience this in their lives again. I’m sure of it. In practice, it will be like a World Youth Day.