Like many who feel a connection with the new pope, Rabbi Joseph Schultz believes his familiarity with sports can help bring ...

To convey how all-encompassing the Roman Catholic Church was during the Middle Ages, the historian R.W. Southern once offered ...

An unexpected gesture surprised Pope Leo during a meeting with the faithful. The protagonist of the scene was a devotee who, ...

The Vatican has a deep history of conflict mediation, with varying degrees of success. An effort by the pope to end the war ...

Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday appealed for Israel to allow humanitarian aid to enter Gaza, calling the situation "yet more ...

Newly inaugurated Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday made an appeal to end hostility in Gaza and called for humanitarian aid to enter ...

Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary, was elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic ...

Live with joy; live happily.’ And I always remember him saying: ‘Keep me in your prayers, as I keep you in mine,’” Mildred ...

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was born in New York to British parents in 1964. He left the U.S. as a young boy ...

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Scores of VIPs attended, with some of them looking for a fresh start with the new pontiff after frictions with his ...

In closing, let us hear the words of Pope Leo XIV, from his Inaugural Mass, May 18: ...