4+ day, 1+ hour 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, 1+ hour ago   (1738+ words) If Bishop Robert Paul Boxie was selected to become a bishop just because he is Black, he said he is comfortable with that. “Some people may believe I’ve been selected, picked, because I’m Black,” he said in an interview with…...

6+ day, 1+ hour 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   (591+ words) Pope Leo XIV began the five-week Season of Creation by calling on the faithful to step away from the frenzy of daily life to “hear the melodious voice of creation,” stressing that “it is not yet too late” to repair…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (448+ words) The following is the full text of Pope Leo XIV’s 2026 message for the 11th World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation celebrated by the Church on Sept. 1. “They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (469+ words) There are many opportunities for Catholics across the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington to observe this year’s Season of Creation, which will begin on Sept. 1 (the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation) and end on Oct. 4 (the…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (280+ words) The following is the full text of Pope Leo XIV’s general audience address given Aug. 26 in St. Peter’s Basilica. In this final catechesis on the Constitution Sacrosanctum Concilium, today I would like to look at the reasons why the Council…...

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…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (365+ words) Pope Leo XIV said Aug. 24 that recognizing Jesus in the face of each person with disabilities helps to advance society. In a meeting with the Marsodeto Federation, a Spanish nongovernmental organization that supports people with cerebral palsy and intellectual disabilities,…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (710+ words) The social and ecological devastation wrought by war represents not just a political failure, but a moral crisis rooted in a divided heart in need of conversion, Pope Leo XIV said. Violence, injustice and environmental damage are not just “the…...