This year will go down as one of the best and worst years ever to be a Catholic in the United States.

Lebanon needed this embrace.” The words went out over a social media platform, made more poignant for the accompanying image ...

In Rome, Silicon Valley executives looked for the sacred under frescoed ceilings. But in Rio’s kitchens, Seoul’s basements, ...

During his first international trip to Turkey and Lebanon, Pope Leo XIV stepped onto the international stage and into the ...

The profile of Pope Leo XIV is among the most viewed pages on the digital encyclopedia Wikipedia, and his names — both the one he took upon beginning his pontificate on May 8 and his given name, ...

Here is a look back at the events of 2025. Notable US Events January 1 – Fourteen people are killed and dozens are injured when a driver rams his pickup truck into a crowd during New Year’s ...

On Jan. 23, hundreds of couples in Bangkok tied the knot in a mass wedding ceremony after a 2024 bill recognizing same-sex ...

Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday shared for the first time what he was thinking when the votes started going his way during the ...

The future pope, right, as a child with his older brother John Prevost. (Vatican Media) Pope Leo XIV’s first words as pope on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica May 8, 2025, began with the same ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrates a memorial Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica Nov. 3, 2025, for Pope Francis and all the cardinals and bishops who have died in the past year. Credit: CNS photo/Vatican Media The ...