VATICAN— In his first Regina Caeli from the window of the Apostolic Palace, Pope Leo XIV thanked the faithful for the ...

A cottage industry has sprung up around Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope. Many of the revenue streams—even in Rome—are ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, is beginning his ministry with a historic ceremony at St. Peter’s Square, blending tradition, diplomacy, and modern priorities.

When the late Pope Francis first stepped on to the balcony of Saint Peter’s Basilica following his election 12 years ago, he remarked that he had been ...

You are like a wing that shelters my children, strong with protection, soft with grace. You are like a shield that encircles them each day. They run free and you are with them as they adventure.

St. Benedict, whose feast the Catholic Church celebrates on July 11 ... aimlessly when he should have been in the oratory in prayer. With a certain degree of paternal severity and charitable ...

I REMEMBER when we were moving houses, my wife and I were unpacking a box of religious paraphernalia we had collected over the years. At the bottom, fallen between the encyclicals and a truly ...

WASHINGTON, D.C: In 2007 Pope Benedict XVI proclaimed ... In response, the Catholic humanitarian organization Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) and other human rights groups have also called for prayer.

(OSV News) — In what was one of his last on-the-record interviews, Australian Cardinal George Pell, former prefect of the Secretary for the Economy, told OSV News that with the death of Pope Emeritus ...

Pope Benedict was the first Roman ... the clergy on minors and people in need of protection, and repeatedly called the church to conversion, to prayer, to repentance and to cleansing," the ...

Pope Francis presided over the funeral Mass of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI Jan. 5 ... “you are under the protection of my hands. You are under the protection of my heart. Stay in my hands and give me ...