Last month was a very trying time for our country. Aside from a devastating earthquake, too much political upheaval rocked our government, and there was the Tacloban school shooting, Aurora drowning ...

After recovering from an illness, the late Pope Francis wrote a letter to Luciano Fontana, the editor in chief of the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, as a reply to a message of support the ...

As the US celebrated its 250th anniversary, Pope Leo XIV decided instead to visit the Sicilian island of Lampedusa. Closer to ...

Pope Leo excommunicated four newly consecrated bishops last week, members of the conservative Society of Saint Pius X. Their movement represents a broader traditionalist reaction in the Catholic ...

When the papal coat of arms was hung at the balcony of the papal Castel Gandolfo residence July 5, locals knew that their main summer protagonist was on the way.

Pope Leo XIV began a summer vacation on Sunday, capping a whirlwind finale to the first half of 2026 in which he emerged as a powerful global statesman on issues from artificial intelligence to war ...

(The following is the text of a homily given by Cardinal Robert W. McElroy, the archbishop of Washington, during a special ...

After the pope's visit to the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, the U.S. Embassy said the ambassador to the Holy See gave Leo a ...

By spending the semiquincentennial mourning the plight of migrants, Leo sent a clear challenge to his native country.