As with any new papacy, a quick look at their first appointments and audiences inside the system offers at least a small insight into what is first and foremost on their minds in terms of pastoral and administrative priorities. --- ROME [...]

Pope Leo XIV delivered his first homily as bishop of Rome at the Basilica of St. John Lateran, where he took possession of his cathedra (throne) on Sunday. The pontiff said ecclesial communion is built “on our knees, through [...]

With Memorial Day so near, I’m thinking of active-duty military, their families, and our veterans. It’s impossible to let this national day of commemoration pass without addressing the tragic statistics of military and veteran suicide. Twenty-two veterans commit suicide [...]

May 8th marked the eightieth anniversary of the end of World War II, the bloodiest conflict in human history, in which more than fifty million human lives were lost. Today, our world is once again [...] --- May 8th marked the [...]

Leo XIII turned his eyes to the United States. Is Leo XIV doing it in the same way? --- A pope from the United States. That was the biggest surprise on May 8 when the new pontiff, Chicago native Robert Francis [...]

Bishop Francisco Javier Acero with the mothers of the disappeared and priests. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Bishop Acero Puebla, Mexico, May 23, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). Amid a wave of violence that has shaken Mexico, including the murder this [...]

Peru’s Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism Desilú León explains the route for “Paths of Pope Leo XIV,” which will cover four regions in the country: Lambayeque, Piura, La Libertad, and Callao, key locations in the pastoral life of [...]

The Lepanto Institute detailed in a shocking report a scandal emerging from the Benedictine Monastery of Christ in the Desert near Santa Fe, New Mexico.   --- The Lepanto Institute detailed in a shocking report a scandal emerging from the Benedictine [...]

Pope Leo XIV surprised the cardinals with the choice of his papal name and then did the same when he announced his intention to focus on the AI Revolution. When he addressed the College of [...] --- Pope Leo XIV surprised [...]

A festival of Catholic music drew more than 40,000 attendants on May 17 to Santa Bábara d'Oeste, a city with 180,000 inhabitants about 85 miles away from São Paulo, Brazil's major economic hub. --- SÃO PAULO – A festival of Catholic [...]