The Holy Spirit "writes in our hearts before all else the commandment of love that the Lord has made the center and summit of ...

One of the greatest challenges facing Pope Leo XIV is financial. He has inherited the Holy See’s chronic, 50 million to 60 ...

How will Leo’s formative three decades in the United States before life in Peru and Rome shape his church of 1.4 billion souls? Yes, the cardinals must be thinking an American could solve the Holy See ...

In today’s Gospel passage, Jesus tells Peter, “When you were younger, you used to dress yourself and go where you wanted; but ...

Even when it seems we are able to do little in life, it is always worthwhile. There is always the possibility to find meaning ...

The appointment of long-serving chancellor Msgr. Renzo Pegoraro appears to be a sign of continuity with the outgoing ...

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

As the Catholic Church welcomed its 267th pope, Leo XIV -- elected May 8 -- attention quickly turned to the first moments of his pontificate. The first weeks of a papacy often give ...

The odds-makers likely had an easier time ... of Pope John Paul II and dean of the college of cardinals, stepped onto the balcony overlooking St. Peter's Square as new Pope Benedict XVI.

Pope Leo XIV is presented with the fisherman's ring by Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle on May 18, 2025, in Vatican City. Antonio Masiello—Getty Images “In this our time, we still see too much ...

They cheered enthusiastically as Pope Leo, for the first time, drove in the popemobile through ... worldwide over the past month following the death of Pope Francis on April 21.

After Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected on March 13, 2013, he was inaugurated as Pope Francis I on March 19. Benedict XVI was elected ... That’s all to say: Time zone conversions ...