Pope Leo XIV has affirmed that priests must be celibate. And he has insisted that bishops take “firm and decisive” action to ...

COMMENTARY: ‘Apostolicam Actuositatem’ manifests a profoundly renewed vision of the role of the laity in the Church’s saving ...

Pope Leo XIV will canonize Blesseds Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati together Sept. 7, the Vatican announced.

Konopka, a veteran of Poland’s democratic opposition, adviser to Solidarity icon Lech Wałęsa, three-term MP and ambassador to ...

When Pope Leo XIV stepped out on the central loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica to greet the crowd for the first time after his May 8 ...

Q: I'm curious as to the appropriate practice of saying the St. Michael prayer either before the final blessing or after Mass. Is there a suggested practice to this powerful prayer as to when it shoul ...

Pope Leo XIV made plenty of enemies helping dismantle a powerful Catholic movement whose leaders physically, sexually, spiritually and psychologically abused members. As ...

Pope Leo XIV's record handling sex abuse cases while he was an Augustinian superior and bishop in Peru has come under renewed scrutiny since his election May 8 ...

Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary, was elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church.

Trump’s secretary of state made a shocking confession in a testy exchange with Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen.

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Pope Francis, 88, died Monday morning at the Vatican. The pope's last public appearance was on Easter Sunday at St. Peter's Square. Vice President JD Vance had just met with the pope on Sunday ...