For those (arch)dioceses that do not mark today as the Ascension, the liturgical calendar allows celebration of the optional ...

By Linda Bordoni Greeting delegations from 131 countries from every part of the world gathered in the Vatican for the Jubilee ...

Pope Leo XIV declared marriage is “not an ideal but the measure of true love between a man and a woman” and families are “the ...

Pope Leo XIV gave the following homily on Sunday, June 1, 2025 for the Jubilee of Families, Children, Grandparents, and the ...

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In his first Regina Caeli from the window of the Apostolic Palace, Pope Leo XIV thanked the faithful for their affection and ...

That the greatest defenders of American values are the incumbent British monarch and the Vicar of Christ is a great irony.

Pope Leo XIV’s election as the first U.S.-born leader of the Catholic Church elevated him to the extremely rare, and legally ...

Every cardinal, upon receiving the red hat, is assigned a church in Rome ... masterpiece at John Paul’s funeral, built around the final words of Jesus to Peter: Follow me!