Pope Leo XIV has declared himself a Roman as he completes the final ceremonial steps cementing his role as the bishop of Rome ...

A surge of people converting to Orthodox Christianity is helping local parishes here buck the national trend of declining ...

On day forty of the biblically commanded fifty days of counting between Passover and Pentecost (that is, the “counting of the ...

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Pope Leo XIV asked Sunday for prayers for China’s Catholics to be in communion with the Holy See, as he made his first public ...

Jesus said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled ...

The Memorial Day holiday on Monday recognizes those men and women who have given their lives in service to this country, to ...

In May 2025, a video spread on social media that appeared to show Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Prevost, criticizing U.S. Vice President JD Vance, saying, "You flip-flop faster than pages in the Bible." ...

A Republican-backed bill to require public schools to place the Ten Commandments in every classroom won preliminary approval Saturday. The vote was 88-49. The outcome sets the stage for the vote ...

The election of Pope Leo XIV earlier this month has — at least according to Google search data — has led to a renewed ...

May 26, 1838, was the start of what we know today as the Trail of Tears, the forced deportation of 16,000 members of the ...

As Pope Leo settles into the job, he signals what's ahead for the new papacy, taking action on the vision he sketched out in ...