But he isn't just the leader of the Catholic Church. He's also the head of the Holy See, the central governing body of Vatican City. The territory is home to almost 900 people and covers 0.5 ...

Delivering his homily - a key moment in the service for the new pope to signal his priorities - Leo said there was no room in the Catholic Church for “religious propaganda” or power plays ...

Hamas and Israel in new round of negotiations as Israeli bombardments continue, and Andrew Little launches his Wellington mayoral campaign. Video / NZ Herald, AFP Police have arrested and charged ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, presided over his inaugural Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday in front of a crowd of tens of thousands. World leaders including Vice President JD Vance ...

Rolwing's calling comes as the Catholic Church in the U.S. faces a serious priest shortage. Between 1970 and 2024, the number of priests fell by more than 40%, from 59,192 to 33,589, according to ...

Pope Leo XIV formally assumed his role as the first American-born leader of the global Catholic Church with a Mass in St. Peter's Square in Rome drawing tens of thousands of people, including ...

PALOS PARK, Ill. (WLS) -- A vehicle crashed into a south suburban church Friday, a pastor said. This weekend's daycare graduation at the church is now canceled after a truck plowed into a ...

St. Charles School, Archbishop Alter High School, and St. Charles Borromeo church were all placed under lockdown out of an abundance of caution. News Center 7 had called Alter High School and was ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV met Thursday at the Vatican with the head of the Greek Catholic Church in Ukraine ... to the negotiating table. “The Holy See is always ready to help bring enemies ...

AI raises questions that the Catholic Church has been thinking about for centuries: What does ethical action, personally and socially, look like? How can we foster our own humanity? What does it ...

I’m not a Catholic. Nor am I a theologian by any means. But it strikes me as strange that our society strives to mold the church in its image – centuries of tradition and deeply held beliefs ...

The pontificate of Pope Leo XIV can bring new impetus to the Church’s evangelical mission ... and a “liturgically-centred form of Catholic life.” During the lecture, the American theologian ...