The decorations in St. Peter’s Square will once again have an Italian touch. The day will begin with several audiences with ...

Pope Leo XIV has criticized prison overcrowding during a special Mass for detainees, guards and their families.

Eighty years later, American Catholic bishops visited Japan to demand nuclear disarmament—and called for political leaders to ...

The Governorate of Vatican City State has announced the origins of the fir tree and Nativity scene that will adorn St.

Pope Leo XIV strongly criticised prison overcrowding and inadequate inmate rehabilitation programmes during a special Mass at ...

The ancient liturgy of the Rorate Caeli Advent Mass honors the Blessed Virgin Mary through a Mass celebrated at dawn, in ...

From tiny island nations to historic European microstates, these countries have the smallest populations in the world in 2025.

“A gift, unlike restitution, is offered in freedom and friendship, as a sign of renewed relationship and mutual respect ...

Pope Leo XIV has strongly criticised prison overcrowding and inadequate inmate rehabilitation programmes, delivering his message during a special Mass for detainees, guards, and their families at the ...

The women meet all the requirements except one: they're not men. As deacons, they could preach at Mass and preside over baptisms, weddings and funerals.

On Dec. 12, Pope Leo XIV presided over his first Mass on the solemnity of Our Lady of Guadalupe, whom he asked to come to his ...

Group calls it ‘shocking’ that Vatican commission believes ‘masculinity of Christ is integral part of sacramental identity’ ...