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 ...

During his Wednesday General Audience, Pope Leo XIV reflects on Vatican II's Dogmatic Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, ...

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 ...

For years, Gary Bankhead kept finding dozens of religious relics clustered within one section of England's River Wear — and ...

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

The interior of Houston’s Second Baptist Church during a service in 2004. A legal battle over the leadership of Second Baptist Church, a historic Houston congregation reaching its centennial next year ...

Marking the anniversary of the attempted assassination of St. John Paul II and the feast of Our Lady of Fatima, Pope Leo XIV ...

The Vatican on Wednesday urged a breakaway Catholic ​group dedicated to the old Latin mass to cancel plans to ordain new ...

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