Papal encyclicals are a powerful way the pope shapes global debates and articulates Church doctrine, but how should Catholics ...

On May 20, the Pope began a series of messages focused on 'Sacrosanctum Concilium,' a constitution on the sacred liturgy and ...

The following is the full text of Pope Leo XIV’s general audience address given May 20 in St. Peter’s Square. Initial ...

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Tensions increased further in April, when American cardinals joined Leo in challenging the morality of war against Iran. Trump crudely assailed the pope on social media, denigrating him as “WEAK on ...

Thousands of people gathered on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Sunday for “Rededicate 250,” a taxpayer-funded Christian evangelical service backed by President Trump. The eight-hour lineup ...

What is an encyclical, exactly? The apostles used letters to address the faithful of the churches they helped to establish -- ...

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After years of asymmetrical treatment under Francis, the new pontiff appears determined to discipline dissidents fairly while ...

How things have changed in almost half a century. In 1979, Ayatollah Khomeini viewed the papacy with ideological suspicion, ...

ROME—With Pope Leo XIV’s first big crisis looming, the Vatican on Wednesday issued a final warning to a breakaway group of ...

The Vatican is preparing to release Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical in the coming weeks. The document is expected to address ...