Pope Leo XIV sent a message of support to participants at a Catholic university event marking 15 years since the abolition of the death penalty in his home state of Illinois. On the same day, the ...

As the late Pope Francis continues to loom large in the minds of faithful around the globe, his enduring legacy is soon to have a tangible dedication in Waterloo, Ont., with St. Jerome’s University ...

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 ...

US authorities announced reviving methods of federal execution, including bringing back the firing squad and the electric ...

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

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

Leo expressed his support for Pope Francis' 2018 decision to change authoritative church teaching to say that the death ...

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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