Pope Leo XIV asked Catholics to observe Aug. 22 as a day of prayer and fasting for peace and justice, particularly in Ukraine ...

The promise, you see, always included you. Me, too. The promise of God is what I'm talking about, a promise innumerably repeated in the S ...

I was visiting a parish not my own when a young girl of about five greeted me. With a shy smile and the quiet encouragement of her family, she handed me a hand-colored greeting card welcoming me to he ...

Six pro-life activists, a majority of them Catholics including two recently pardoned by President Donald Trump, are now facing state charges for a July 31 Red Rose Rescue abortion clinic ...

We begin our academic careers as six-year-olds with shiny shoes and brand-new pencil cases. The foundation for our success in ...

Pope Leo XIV paid a private visit to the Shrine of Our Lady of Grace of Mentorella, high in the Monti Prenestini mountain range of central Italy. On his last full day in Castel ...

At the start of final submissions in his landmark trial, Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai was provided with medication and a heart monitor Aug. 18, after health concerns ha ...

Efforts to serve, defend and build up the Catholic community in the Amazon region must be centered on the proclamation of the Gospel, Pope Leo XIV said. When the Catholic Church ...

The Gospels never mention Judas having a misguided but well-intentioned desire for Jesus to take up a role as an earthly king ...

Spending the day with the poor, Pope Leo XIV prayed that Catholics would make sure their parishes are welcoming of all people and would be ...

Mary's "yes" to God, to life and to love continues "in the martyrs of our time, in witnesses of faith and justice, of gentleness and peace," Pope Leo XIV said as he celebrated Mass on the feast of ...

Pope Leo XIV turns 70 on Sept. 14 and some of his closest friends in the Chicago-area will mark the day with him in mind, quietly. But at one point in his priesthood, quiet was not the ...