The Holy Spirit "writes in our hearts before all else the commandment of love that the Lord has made the center and summit of ...

The pontiff addressed a massive crowd, estimated by the Vatican at around 70,000, in St. Peter’s Square on June 7 during a ...

The pope spoke at the symposium “Nicaea and the Church of the Third Millennium: Towards Catholic-Orthodox Unity,” which took ...

By celebrating together this Nicene faith and by proclaiming it together, we will also advance towards the restoration of ...

A new photo of Leo XIV stands by frescoes representing past papal visits to a Virgin Mary icon in the Sanctuary of Our Mother of Good Counsel, commemorating where he prayed two days ...

Christian unity will not be “primarily the fruit of our own efforts, nor will it be realized through any preconceived model ...

One of the greatest challenges facing Pope Leo XIV is financial. He has inherited the Holy See’s chronic, 50 million to 60 ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV said Friday that his election was both a cross to bear and a blessing as he celebrated his first Mass and details began to emerge of how votes swiftly coalesced to ...

The Vatican doesn’t tax its residents or issue bonds, and it's got a very big budget problem. It primarily finances the ...

President Donald Trump's birthday celebration in Washington, D.C. will begin by inconveniencing thousands of passengers next ...

A petition launched by a Munich priest to Pope Leo XIV calling for the dismissal of Cologne, Germany, archbishop Cardinal ...

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