The Holy Father stressed that the Holy See ‘is always ready to help bring enemies together’ to dialogue and recover ‘the ...

Prior to his elevation to the papacy, Leo XIV stayed out of the spotlight on certain reforms backed by his predecessor but ...

Q: At my parish, we were blessed to have several adults baptized and enter into full communion with the church this past Easter. But my question is, what happens with their marriages? Doesn't a marrie ...

1244 First Holy Communion . Having become a child of God ... 1262 The different effects of Baptism are signified by the perceptible elements of the sacramental rite. Immersion in water symbolizes ...

COMMENTARY: The words of the doctor of the Church, In Illo uno unum — ‘In the One, we are one’ — express the spiritual unity ...

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople said he hopes Pope Leo XIV will "be a dear brother and collaborator … for the rapprochement of our churches, for the unity of the whole Christian ...

ROME (OSV News) — In his self-introduction to a new universal flock, Pope Leo XIV drew attention to his ties with the Order ...

The Thursday, May 8 election of Robert Francis Cardinal Prevost as the Catholic Church’s 267th Pontiff is a defining moment ...

The 2025 Sistine Chapel conclave came with heightened security arrangements, a reminder of just how the conservative ethos of ...

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