4+ day, 12+ min ago   (219+ words) The following is the full text of Pope Leo XIV’s general audience address given Sept. 9 in St. Peter’s Square. Brothers and sisters, good morning and welcome! The journey that made it possible to highlight the fundamental characteristics and rights of…...

4+ day, 17+ min ago   (434+ words) Pope Leo XIV explained why “giving witness to unity” is something close to his heart in a Sept. 9 audience with bishops associated with the Focolare movement. The pope, whose motto is “In the One, we are one,” underlined the urgent…...

6+ day, 58+ min ago   (598+ words) Pope Leo XIV returned Sept. 7 to the Marian shrine of Our Lady of Good Counsel, where he asked the Virgin Mary for aid to bring God’s word to light through “courageous and wise decisions.” The pope traveled to Genazzano, a…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (628+ words) Catholic campus ministers from across the United States gathered at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., from Aug. 3-6 for the 26th annual LAUNCH conference held by the Catholic Campus Ministry Association. That association was founded in 1969 as a successor organization…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (640+ words) Pope Leo XIV on Aug. 25 appointed the Knights of Columbus’s Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly as a member of the Vatican Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life. Kelly has served as the supreme Knight and CEO of the world’s largest…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (642+ words) Singing and playing music during the liturgy is an integral and necessary part of the celebration, which means it is much more than something “decorative,” Pope Leo XIV said. “In the liturgy, to sing and to play music means to…...