Blessed Carlo Acutis and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, two young Catholics beloved for their vibrant faith and witness to ...

The date was set during the first ordinary public consistory of cardinals of Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate, held today at the ...

That ceremony was postponed following the death of Pope Francis on April 21 ... who sustained a serious brain injury in a bicycle accident while studying in Florence in 2022.

The Vatican announced Friday that Blessed Carlo Acutis and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, two young Catholics beloved for ...

The Vatican announced Friday that Blessed Carlo Acutis and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, two young Catholics beloved for ...

They got to us anyway. Usually, though not always, in a good way. I was a fan of Pope Francis, so personally kind and tolerant, even if he did little to change the church’s archaic rules with ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, 69, was elected the 267th Pope by the Vatican conclave on May 8, becoming the first American to lead the Roman Catholic Church. He has taken the name Pope Leo XIV.

Deffenbaugh hopes Pope Leo will continue the trajectory on which Pope Francis guided the Catholic Church. "He (Pope Francis) kind of opened up the church," Deffenbaugh said. "I hope that he ...

is expected to exert his global influence in a similar way as Pope Francis, serving as a papal bulwark against President Donald Trump's policies on immigration and other issues. "Pope Leo is ...