Pope Francis said he believes the church should practice what it preaches. “It hurts me when I see a priest or nun with the latest-model car,” he recently said.

An Israeli airstrike hit Gaza’s only Catholic church, killing two people and wounding several others, including Rev. Gabriele ...

"Essential for everyone to reverse the order of things." Pope Leo XIV addresses youth with heartfelt message amid growing global crisis: 'Never stop believing in a better world' first appeared on The ...

Pope Leo XIV received a "rock star's welcome" at the Vatican's festival for Catholic influencers on Tuesday. At the event, ...

Pope Francis transformed the Catholic Church's approach to economics by prioritizing people over profits. His advocacy for ...

President Trump called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to express his frustration over the strike on the church, ...

The first pope, Saint Peter, was born in the region known as present-day Israel. Around the year 97, Pope Saint Evaristus, also from the Middle East, took his place as the human head of the Church.

Francis declared in 2023 that Catholic priests may offer blessings to same-sex couples on a “case-by-case” basis, though he still maintained that the Church could not accept such unions as ...

Participants from the US and Africa urged scientific and economic thinkers on climate to consider spiritual concepts raised ...

The Rev. Gabriel Romanelli of the Church of the Holy Family used to speak every night with Pope Francis before the pontiff’s ...

Until his final days, the late Pope Francis had regularly spoken to the priest at Gaza's Catholic church about the situation ...

Pope Leo XIV met with a top Russian Orthodox cleric, the first such visit from Moscow since the papal election, and one that ...