“When a tool controls someone, that person becomes a tool: a commodity on the market and, in turn, a piece of merchandise,” ...

The tiny, but vocal group of Catholics trying to perpetuate the Tridentine Rite are pressuring Pope Leo to stop phasing out the celebration of the pre-Vatican II liturgy.

The Jamaican-born, London-raised photographer Dennis Morris is best known for his portraits of Bob Marley: a teenaged Morris, then a Hackney schoolkid, first ...

John Paul II, now St. John Paul II, had just been elected, a youngish Polish Pope emerging at the same time as Lech Walesa’s Polish trade union, Solidarity. “There was this electric feel ...

The Mercury announces its first team, second team and honorable mention all-area baseball selections from the 2025 season.

John Paul II — Our Soul Pope St. John Paul II was the first pope I ever knew, and I remember the way my grandmothers would speak of him with awe, almost as if he carried the divine on his shoulders.

The last four popes of the Catholic Church — John Paul II, Benedict XVI, Francis, and our new pope, Leo XIV — had hardworking fathers who instilled in each of their sons important traits and ...

Pope Leo Removes Vatican ‘Rape Art’ Under Pope Francis, Father Rupnik was reportedly protected, despite public outcry. Under Pope Leo, that has apparently ended. by Paul Kengor June 14, 2025 ...

St. Mary of the Assumption Parish included this photo commemorating the 1982 meeting of a newly ordained Robert Prevost and Pope John Paul II in its 1986 book marking its 100th anniversary ...

Over Pope Leo XIV’s first weeks, Catholics noticed new wardrobe additions compared to his predecessor.

When Pope Leo XIV stepped out on the central loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica to greet the crowd for the first time after his May 8 election, liturgical fashion aficionados around the globe took ...

The pallium has six black silk crosses, and dates back to the fifth century. However, Pope St. John Paul II mandated they be instituted by the pontiff himself.