The wide-ranging interview touched on several topics including Pope Leo, religious freedom, and secular culture.

Speaking in English at his weekly general audience Aug. 6, the pope summarized his main talk, which focused on how Christ ...

Pope Leo XIV, like Pope Francis before him, consistently has called on Hamas to release the hostages it kidnapped in Israel ...

St. John Henry Newman, Father Calvo noted, was a great scholar of the Church Fathers, especially St. Augustine.

Stories about "the first 100 days" are standard fare at the beginning of a U.S. president's four-year term; the articles ...

The Prefecture of the Papal Household announced that Pope Leo XIV will travel to Albano, Italy, on Sunday, Aug. 17, to ...

Fluent in English, Spanish and Italian, Pope Leo XIV has so far preferred to speak Italian in public settings. Some Vatican analysts worry that he's missing the chance to reach a wider audience.

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In the context of the Jubilee of Hope, Pope Leo XIV emphasized the vital role that hope plays in our earthly pilgrimage.

Past papal elections and the subsequent honeymoon period of the new pope have, in general, brought increases in donations to ...

As Pope Leo XIV approaches the 100-day mark of his papacy on Saturday, Mississippi’s Catholics are largely ecstatic about the ...

With a nod to digital life, Merriam-Webster has expanded its “influencer” definition to include a “person who is able to generate interest in something (such as a consumer product) by posting about it ...