The Catholic Church—and particularly Pope Leo—have an impressive ability to bring diverse people together to focus on the things that are most important to humanity.

Pope Leo marks his 71st birthday as Vatican news focuses on AI and workers, modern martyrs, sustainability and the Traditional Latin Mass.

VATICAN CITY (AP, Sept. 14, 2026) — Pope Leo XIV celebrated his 71st birthday on Monday but it was Vatican employees who got the gift. The Vatican published a papal decree repealing 2021 salary cuts ...

A U.K. bill may soon change historic law, an inquiry into the death of a Catholic father in Ireland concludes, Asian digital missionaries urged to be responsible, and more in this world news roundup.

“I’m sure the prayer from the pope helped” ...

Sealed archival boxes containing documents related to Dorothy Day’s canonization cause in the sanctuary following a Mass Dec.

The Pope! How many divisions has he got?” This remark, most often attributed to Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin during a 1935 exchange with French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval, sums up how little was ...

In early September, I participated in a “Feast of Reason” dinner at Carpenters’ Hall. The model for the dinner was […] ...

The Fabbrica di San Pietro restored several mosaics in the side chapel dome, a project that began in May 2025.

One bishop suggested that Leo could visit Fátima without entering the Basilica of the Holy Trinity, where the Rupnik image is located. Both Pope Francis and Pope Benedict held open-air masses in ...

After a narrow win, Prep (3-2-1) won’t have much time to rest as it takes on South Hadley on Friday at 2:20 p.m., while ...