A great cheer went up from some 20,000 people in St. Peter’s Square at midday on Sunday, Oct. 18, when a smiling Pope Leo XIV ...

Pope Leo XIV returned to the Vatican after being discharged from Rome’s Gemelli Hospital on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 17, four days after an operation for lung cancer. His surgeon, Dr. Stefano ...

Pope Leo XIV will be discharged from the hospital today, his doctors said in a statement issued by the Holy See at 11:30 a.m.

A new photo of Pope Leo XIV shows him celebrating Mass at the chapel in Rome Gemelli hospital, where he underwent lung cancer ...

Pope Leo XIV “spoke by telephone” with Russian President Vladimir Putin, from his hospital room on Oct. 16 and asked him to call for a ceasefire in Oleshky, where the humanitarian situation is dire.

Vatican sources said Pope Leo had received a visit from Archbishop Paolo Rudelli, the chief of staff of the Vatican’s ...

Pope Leo XIV “spoke by telephone” with Russian President Vladimir Putin, from his hospital room on Oct. 16 and asked him to call for a ceasefire in Oleshky, where the humanitarian situation is dire.

For many Americans, a recent botched execution and Pete Hegseth’s plans for public execution are “just the last straw.” ...

President Donald Trump walks as he attends a campaign rally at Laughlin/Bullhead International Airport in Bullhead City, Ariz., Oct. 14, 2026. (OSV News photo/Evan Vucci, Reuters) (OSV News) — ...

In the Diocese of Sioux City, which covers the 24 counties of my corner of the northwest, 40 churches were designated for ...

A new adaptation of John Steinbeck's "East of Eden" offers a hint of redemption for some of the novel's villains while also engaging with Steinbeck's primary themes.