Rome, April 25, (dpa/GNA) – Pope Leo XIV, called for the worldwide abolition of the death penalty on Saturday, a day after the US administration mulled expanding the penalty.“The dignity of the person ...

Pope Leo XIV has taken another shot at Donald Trump by condemning the death penalty for the second day in a row.

I n 1633, Galileo Galilei stood in the convent of the Santa Maria sopra Minerva church in Rome, where a tribunal of Catholic ...

For years, St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church has been a downtown sanctuary. A pastor there has written a response to ...

New Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally, the first woman to lead the world's Anglican Christians, heads to Rome and the ...

Pope Leo XIV reaffirms the Vatican stance against the death penalty as several US states explore new execution methods, ...

Sister Francis Dominici Piscatella, the Guinness World Record holder for the world's oldest nun, celebrated her 113th ...

Pope Leo XIV sent a message of support to participants at a Catholic university event marking 15 years since the abolition of ...

In April 2026, a video shared to social media authentically showed U.S. President Donald Trump falling asleep and hitting his ...

Born in 1913, Sister Francis Dominici Piscatella is the world's oldest nun, according to Guinness World Records. On Sunday ...

Two new books reveal insight around the conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV, tracing the alliances, rivalries and quiet ...

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