Throughout his 12-year pontificate, Francis was an advocate for the poor and many saw his papacy as the start of a new era for the Catholic church, marked by greater inclusion and acceptance.

ROME (CNS)--"We must pray for the conversion of many people, inside and outside of the church, who still do not recognize the ...

The first American canonized by the Roman Catholic Church — just like the first American chosen as pope — once walked among the people of Chicago. The youngest of 13 children of Italian farmers, she ...

The specter of schism has hovered in recent years over the Metropolitan Archeparchy of Ernakulam-Angamaly of the Syro-Malabar ...

Pope Leo XIV is on vacation at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, a 135-acre estate featuring multiple ...

He was kidnapped and murdered in 2007 after blocking the transport of rancid rice from Rwanda. Pope Francis recognised him as ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrated what has been dubbed as the first ‘green’ papal Mass, using a new set of prayers imploring care for ...

Pope Leo XIV has written a warm and detailed letter to Cardinal Raymond Burke, thanking the American cardinal for 50 years of ...

I wonder whether the framing of the liturgy itself in instrumentalizing terms may unintentionally reinscribe problematic ...

This was Pope Leo XIV's first 'Mass for Creation' in Laudato Si’ Village, uniting faith, art, and care for the earth ...

One of America’s largest Catholic dioceses said parishioners can skip mass over deportation raid fears - A rare decree from San Bernadino Bishop Alberto Rojas says ICE raids pose a ‘grave inconvenienc ...

Pope Leo XIV prayed Wednesday for the world to recognize the urgency of the climate crisis and “hear the cry of the poor,” as ...