Those sympathetic to Ukraine want to believe that, with a combination of Western aid and Ukrainian ingenuity, David can get ...

One hundred fifty-five years ago, when the freshly minted Kingdom of Italy conquered the rump of the Papal States and Pope Pius IX withdrew behind the Leonine Wall as the “prisoner of the Vatican,” ...

How will Leo’s formative three decades in the United States before life in Peru and Rome shape his church of 1.4 billion souls? Yes, the cardinals must be thinking an American could solve the Holy See ...

A May 27 audience with Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu points to a decision about a key structural reform that arguably ...

When someone accepts election as pontiff, there undergoes a change in that individual, not only in life purpose in leading ...

As for Catholicism in the Central Valley, I know we have a bishop and many clergy that see the importance of meeting people ...

Pope Leo XIV is the first in a century to adopt the name Leo. Normal resident Mike Matejka looks back at Leo XIII and his ...

Europe's largest film studio Cinecitta is aiming to re-launch Italy as a movie powerhouse, even as U.S. President Donald ...

The Papal conclave has elected Cardinal Robert Prevost as the new leader of the Catholic Church. Here’s what we know ...

When Robert Francis Prevost chose the papal name Leo XIV, it could have meant many things. There were 13 Leos before him: The ...

The previous Pope Leo emphasized the Catholic Church's responsibility to care for the poor and support workers' rights.

For those (arch)dioceses that do not mark today as the Ascension, the liturgical calendar allows celebration of the optional ...