The centurion in today’s Gospel reading from Matthew presents authority as something that is a bit less binary. Instead, it’s a complex system of power, one in which we all can work both ways. When ...

When Pope Leo arrived in Beirut on Sunday afternoon, Nov. 30, on the second stage of his first foreign trip, his main aim was ...

Pope Leo held an informal press conference today on his flight from Istanbul to Beirut, addressing his hopes for greater ecumenical cooperation and for peace in Gaza and Ukraine.

On his first foreign trip as pope, Leo XIV encourages Turkey’s Christians, government and Islamic leaders to work together ...

We are all invited to overcome the scandal of the divisions that unfortunately still exist and to nurture the desire for ...

Household Saints” is a story about how culture, and especially faith, evolve through the different generations of an ...

Pope Leo XIV began his first papal trip speaking of dialogue, peace and thanksgiving -- referring to both the holiday and his ...

Rick Thomas isn’t an easy man to get a handle on. Was he an old-fashioned pre-Vatican II Catholic or a radical, a barrio ...

Visually impaired children escape lifelong poverty with the education they receive from Catholic sisters in Lagos, Nigeria.

On the eve of Pope Leo XIV’s visit to Turkey for the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, America spoke with ...

The holiday is an opportunity “to say thank you to someone, to recognize that we all have received so many gifts,” Pope Leo ...

Some of the most resonant and memorable phrases of Vatican II come from “Lumen Gentium,” including the description of the ...