I have, after 80 years, felt something that I never thought I would in this century as a Roman Catholic. I feel optimistic. I ...

In 1984, President Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II established full diplomatic ties.

The charity and work of Pope Pius XII during World War II so impressed the Chief Rabbi of Rome, Israel Zolli, that in 1944 he was open to the grace of God which led him into the Catholic faith.

Without basis, without charity, Pope Francis and his advisors stripped that venerable gem away from Catholics almost entirely ...

Lord God, I desire to encounter You in places where I am and in people I meet each day ...

Pope Leo XIV is a member of the Order of Saint Augustine, the oldest monastic order, and as Prior General of the order, he ...

The pontiff will stay on the hilltop Vatican property “for a period of rest” from the afternoon of July 6 to the afternoon of ...

When Cardinal Robert Prevost was named Pope, he took the name of Pope Leo XIV. Leo XIII authored Rerum Novarum, which is the ...

The underground cemeteries, nearly 2,000 years old, hold some of the earliest evidence of Christian faith, belief in the ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Castel Gandolfo's pilgrims, bikers and locals have missed a papal presence in the town.

From priest to pope—will his missionary past define him as the leader of 1.4 billion Catholics, or will Pope Leo become ...

He was confident in who he was as a person and a priest. There was a beautiful humility and strength about him that everyone ...