The near-100% increase in executions was driven in large part by Florida, which at 19 executions counted for about 40% of the ...

Vatican agency Fides reports 17 Catholic church workers were murdered in 2025, with Nigeria accounting for five deaths.

Pope Leo indicated on Monday that he plans to follow the reform agenda of his predecessor Francis, praising the late ...

The consultant emphasized that the pontifical document is a doctrinal note that “deepens, clarifies, and states that these ...

When the Second Vatican Council opened in 1962, its proceedings were shrouded in secrecy. Then, unexpectedly, a mysterious ...

Sister Tiziana Merletti, SFP, secretary of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, ...

Pope Leo replaced Cardinal Timothy Dolan as leader of the Catholic Church in New York, the Vatican announced on Thursday, ...

Arguably, the biggest story for the U.S. church this year was not the selection of Pope Leo XIV so much as the selection of ...

Seven months into his papacy, Pope Leo XIV’s Chicago roots have helped frame both his spirituality and priorities.

The important thing,' said a Dominican friar, 'is to let your heart be engaged and let God love you sacramentally.' ...

Archbishop Thomas Wenski appealed Monday to officials to pause all “roundups” and arrests of immigrants during Christmas and through the Feast of the Epiphany — which Catholics celebrate on Jan. 6.

This year has been extraordinary not just because of the papal transition, but because of the election of Pope Leo XIV ...