COMMENTARY: Since his parents ultimately raised the Holy Father, it’s hard to disagree with the Pope’s advice, and it certainly seems to echo across the centuries, through countless saints, especially ...

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Jennifer, widow of late Jnr Pope, has shared a lovely video of their son's graduation from school. She wrote an emotional ...

Pope Leo XIV pledged to work to “pursue the path of unity and fraternal charity” in a meeting in Castel Gandolfo with ...

Pope Leo XIV called for the “immediate halt to the barbarism” of the war in Gaza, and for a “peaceful resolution” to the ...

"We must pray for the conversion of many people, inside and outside of the church, who still do not recognize the urgency of caring for our common home ...

There have been many beautiful things written about Pope Francis’ legacy in the last few weeks. Various experts have, quite ...

For the Pontiff, this is a sign of the power of God, 'which manifests itself in the midst of the rubble of destruction.' ...

Leo XIV's appeals for peace, especially in the Holy Land, have mostly been boilerplate and lacking in passion. If he wishes, ...

Occasionally they remember to call him by his new name, Pope Leo XIV, but it’s unfamiliar to their tongue. One of the guests accidentally calls him Pope Pius. It’s probably not all fun and games to be ...

An Israeli strike hit Gaza's only Catholic church. The strike killed at least three Palestinian Christians sheltering inside. The Israeli government says the military is investigating.

President Donald Trump’s National Garden of American Heroes was allotted $40 million in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.