You are having coffee in the morning with a friend, and she asks a question about how to be happy in the everyday events of one’s life. The conversation evolves to looking at the life of a very...
St. Simon Stock is a “hallowed” figure in Catholic tradition, best known for his great devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary and his association with the Brown Scapular—a symbol of Marian protection...
Watching my son arrange dinosaurs during Mass—his way of staying regulated—reminds me how far our Catholic family has come on our autism journey. What once felt impossible has become a chance to...
Every year on May 13, the Church honors the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima, commemorating the Blessed Mother’s appearances to three young shepherd children in Portugal in 1917. Her message was simple...
Jesus teaches, “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that every one who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart....
After attending Pope Leo XIV’s installation Mass, US Vice President JD Vance Monday had private meetings with the pontiff and other top-ranking officials, with key themes being religious freedom and...
After presiding over his official installation Mass after his election to the papacy, Pope Leo XIV held a private meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, shortly after the two had a...
In his official inauguration in office, Pope Leo XIV said his “first great desire” is for a united Church, “a sign of unity and communion, which becomes a leaven for a reconciled world.”
Addressing the Diplomatic Corps to the Holy See on Friday, Pope Leo XIV warned against viewing “peace” as a “negative” word, which only means an absence of war and conflict.
Pope Leo XIV says the Church needs the Christian East and has a “great need to recover the sense of mystery that remains alive in your … liturgies that engage the human person in his or her entirety.”
Denny Henry
Bishop Robert Barron addresses graduates and their families at The Catholic University of America on May 17, 2025, for the 2025 commencement address.
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Vatican Media
Pope Leo XIV meets with representatives of various Churches and religions during a private audience at the Apostolic Palace on the day after the Mass for...
Pope Leo XIII (r. 1878-1903) promulgated the landmark social encyclical ‘Rerum Novarum’ in 1891.
COMMENTARY: A pope named Leo, a world in flux, and a Church...
Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois
The three Catholic clergymen will join San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone on the Advisory Board of...
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russian President Vladimir Putin (center) speaks to journalists at the Sirius Educational...