COMMENTARY: It’s worth noting that the Pauline Chapel, one of three in the Apostolic Palace, is pictured in the Holy Father’s ...

Where Christians are "mocked, opposed, despised or at best tolerated and pitied" is where the church's "missionary outreach ...

"He knows everyone, and we all know him — that made it especially meaningful."The Shrine at Saint AugustineThe shrine, run by ...

Last week was quite special for the estimated 1.2 billion Catholics around the world when white smoke billowed across St.

Born in the U.S., forged in Peru, chosen in Rome, Leo XIV will helm a church facing debt, division and decline ...

Still, it was an exciting moment for the Americans who were at the Vatican that day. Mariner says he and his wife were in a ...

Cardinal Blase Cupich got off the plane from Rome in Chicago Monday night, but there is not time to rest just yet. Among the things now on his agenda is planning a local celebration in honor of a ...

I watched the procession of the 133 Cardinals and their entourage from the Pauline Chapel into the Sistine Chapel. As they ...

Chris Quilpa Habemus papam! We have a new pope, and he’s from the United States of America! Who would ever think that there would be a pope from America, a global power? No one expected that coming.

Pope Leo XIV arrives for an audience with thousands of journalists and media workers on May 12, 2025 at Paul VI Hall in Vatican City, Vatican. The audience with journalists has become a tradition ...

In just over 24 hours and after at least four separate ballots, 133 cardinals reached a historic consensus beneath the ...

It has traditionally been the second most symbolic building in the Vatican, after St. Peter's Basilica.Leo XIVinstructed on ...