After attending Pope Leo XIV’s installation Mass, US Vice President JD Vance Monday had private meetings with the pontiff and other top-ranking officials, with key themes being religious freedom and...
After presiding over his official installation Mass after his election to the papacy, Pope Leo XIV held a private meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, shortly after the two had a...
In his official inauguration in office, Pope Leo XIV said his “first great desire” is for a united Church, “a sign of unity and communion, which becomes a leaven for a reconciled world.”
The first photographs ever taken of a pope were of Pope Pius IX, who reigned from 1846 to 1878. This was a significant historical moment in Church history!
You are having coffee in the morning with a friend, and she asks a question about how to be happy in the everyday events of one’s life. The conversation evolves to looking at the life of a very...
St. Simon Stock is a “hallowed” figure in Catholic tradition, best known for his great devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary and his association with the Brown Scapular—a symbol of Marian protection...
Watching my son arrange dinosaurs during Mass—his way of staying regulated—reminds me how far our Catholic family has come on our autism journey. What once felt impossible has become a chance to...
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Bishop Robert Barron addresses graduates and their families at The Catholic University of America on May 17, 2025, for the 2025 commencement address.
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Pope Leo XIV meets with representatives of various Churches and religions during a private audience at the Apostolic Palace on the day after the Mass for...
Pope Leo XIII (r. 1878-1903) promulgated the landmark social encyclical ‘Rerum Novarum’ in 1891.
COMMENTARY: A pope named Leo, a world in flux, and a Church...
On May 8, 2025, the Catholic Church elected its new pope, and for the first time in history, an American sits in the chair of St. Peter. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A. was elected among his...
Pray for mercy with the prayer Jesus gave St. Faustina in 1935.
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Ash Wednesday 2025: The start of the Lenten season Lent comes providentially to reawaken us, to shake us from our lethargy. Pope Francis Table of Contents What is Ash Wednesday? In 2025, like in...