Each year on Oct. 3, the followers of St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226) — friars; nuns; laypeople — mark the globally popular saint’s own journey from life to death, his “Transitus” as it is known in ...

Pope Leo XIV will meet abuse victims and address French bishops at Lourdes, confronting the Church’s ongoing clerical abuse crisis.

The Church of St. Mary of the Isle, located in Douglas on the Isle of Man in Britain. / Credit: St Mary's Roman Catholic ...

The current U.S. mass deportation campaign has increasingly affected immigrant families and their children—many of whom are U ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV, who grew up listening to popular American television preacher Archbishop Fulton Sheen, praised his fellow Illinois clergyman as an inspiration on Wednesday on the eve of ...

Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, has passed away after 12 years as the Papal leader. This video delves into the extraordinary life of the first South American Pope and examines the 1995-year ...

Young people, the challenges of AI and European affairs are set to head the agenda of the pope’s first official visit to ...

We are five victims of Fr. Marko Ivan Rupnik: Gloria Branciani, Mirjam Kovac, Sister Samuelle, Vida Bernard, and Pia—the last of whom has chosen to use a pseudonym due to a well-founded fear of ...

Both call for moral integrity and institutional reform. Can the pope and the Vatican "walk the talk" by fully integrating women into the church and rejecting material wealth?

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump attend the White House Easter Egg Roll on Monday, April 21, 2025. President Trump signed a proclamation at the event ordering flags to be flown at ...

Pope Leo XIV urged Poor Clare nuns not to fear a decline in vocations, but to view it as a call to renew their spiritual commitment.

Behind a hat trick from Mila Dillard, Pope Francis (5-0) remains undefeated, defeating Westfield (0-5) 3-1 on Tuesday at ...