Chili, N.Y. (WHAM) — As billions around the world celebrate the birth of Christ, Catholics in Chili considered the message of Christmas and the impact of the first American Pontiff. BACKGROUND: Pope ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV during his first Christmas Day message on Thursday urged the faithful to shed indifference in the face of those who have lost everything, such as in Gaza, those who ...

The profile of Pope Leo XIV is among the most viewed pages on the digital encyclopedia Wikipedia, and his names — both the one he took upon beginning his pontificate on May 8 and his given name, ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — Thousands of people flocked to Bethlehem’s Manger Square on Christmas Eve as families there and at other sites across the Holy Land heralded a much-needed boost of holiday ...

A year of two popes and a Jubilee Year, 2025 was one to remember. From Atlanta to Rome, The Georgia Bulletin looks at some of ...

This was not a normal Sunday for churchgoers in Pleasant Grove. They learned that Friday, one of the foundation bricks for their new church, was blessed by Pope Leo XIV. Father Paolo Capra’s risk paid ...

The experience was almost surreal. A Chicago priest climbed aboard the iconic popemobile alongside the Holy Father, the two longtime friends traversing the cobblestone plaza of St. Peter’s Square at ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV has summoned the world’s cardinals for two days of meetings to help him govern the church, the Vatican said Saturday, in the clearest sign yet that the new year will ...

(RNS) — The anniversary offers an opportunity to reflect not just on what the document says, but on the young papacy of Leo XIV. (RNS) — The late theologian Gerard Mannion called the Roman Catholic ...

A new restaurant is set to open that serves up fresh local ingredients in an Italian feast inspired by Pope Leo XIV’s Chicago ...

At the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV presided over his first Midnight Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica. In his homily, he marveled at the ...