Shaped entirely by the Second Vatican Council, Pope Paul VI dedicated his pontificate to beginning the implementation of the ...

Pope Leo XIV, the American-born pontiff who spent most of his ministry in Peru before rising to the Vatican, is the most ...

"True peace demands the courageous laying down of weapons -- especially those with the power to cause an indescribable ...

Pope Leo XIV encouraged the participants of the Medjugorje youth festival to unite the flames of their hearts so that this ...

Five years on, relatives of the victims say that justice has still not been done. Accountability denied Among them is Elie ...

The UCCJ, Japan’s largest Protestant denomination, issued a prayer for peace at the end of July. The Church also confessed ...

The Philippine Postal Corp. (PHLPost) has released a commemorative stamp honoring Pope Leo XIV, celebrating both his historic election as the 267th leader of the Roman Catholic Church and the 100th ...

Over 250 bishops, 13 cardinals and more than 200 priests attended the meeting in Kigali, the Rwandan capital. The overarching ...

Every day has a history attached to it, but what happened on August 6? It seems like just another date until you look closely. On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb named Little ...

Gallup's new survey shows Pope Leo XIV as the world's most popular global figure among 14 names in its poll. A "strongly ...

Each week, Colleen Dulle goes behind the headlines of the biggest Vatican news stories with America’s Rome correspondent Gerard O’Connell. They’ll break down complicated news stories that have a whole ...

It’s hard to describe the mood in Vatican City right now. There is great expectation and excitement but also a sense of unease. Pope Francis welcomed criticism—as long as it was not made behind his ...