News
After a renovation, Pope Leo XIV moves into the papal apartment eschewed by Pope Francis
2+ hour, 44+ min ago (522+ words) The Vatican said Leo would be joined by his closest aides in the apartment, located on the third floor of the Apostolic Palace and overlooking St. Peter's Square. The move and the consolidation of Leo's team, suggests a new chapter…...
Why the White House Faith Office is failing | GUEST COMMENTARY
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (1017+ words) The new White House Faith Office hasn't succeeded in halting the widespread decline of religious faith in America, and the Trump administration is partly to blame, writes Colin Pascal. President Donald Trump's White House Faith Office was established earlier this…...
Pope Leo names fellow Chicago native Ronald Hicks as New York archbishop
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (52+ words) Chicago native Bishop Ronald Hicks, head of the Joliet, Illinois, diocese, has been chosen by fellow Chicago native Pope Leo to lead the Archdiocese of New York that oversees the spiritual lives of close to 2.5 million Catholics. He replaces Timothy…...
Pope criticizes prison overcrowding during special Mass for inmates, guards and families
3+ mon, 15+ hour ago (407+ words) By NICOLE WINFIELD and PAOLO SANTALUCIA The Vatican said an estimated 6,000 people signed up to participate in the weekend pilgrimage, including representatives from big detention facilities in Italy and prison volunteers, wardens and prison chaplains from 90 countries. Included were a…...
After flattening out, could drop in religious participation actually reverse?
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (48+ words) Even though the Pew Research Center said its data shows no clear evidence of a religious revival, J.P. De Gance, founder of a nonprofit ministry, said the stabilization of religion in America "may be the effect of the stabilization of the…...
Pope visits Istanbul’s Blue Mosque without praying as he focuses on unifying Christians
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (937+ words) By NICOLE WINFIELD, ANDREW WILKS and SUZAN FRASER Leo took his shoes off and, in his white socks, toured the 17th-century mosque, looking up at its soaring tiled domes and the Arabic inscriptions on its columns as an imam pointed…...
Pope Leo XIV brings messages of peace and Christian unity on trip to Turkey and Lebanon
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (380+ words) Pope Leo XIV is on'his first foreign trip'to Turkey and later Lebanon, marking an important Christian anniversary and bringing a message of peace to the region at a crucial time for efforts to end the war in Ukraine and ease…...
US bishops officially ban gender-affirming care at Catholic hospitals
4+ mon, 1+ day ago (782+ words) U.S. Catholic bishops voted Wednesday to make official a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender patients at Catholic hospitals. The step formalizes a yearslong process for the U.S. church to address transgender health care. From a Baltimore hotel ballroom, the bishops overwhelmingly…...
Catholic bishops elect new leader, stress immigration reform amid deportations
4+ mon, 2+ day ago (37+ words) Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City is known as being a more outspoken Catholic conservative, emphasizing his strong opposition to abortion and the death penalty. He praised Oklahoma for enacting a near total abortion ban in 2021....
When will abusing clergy face accountability? | EDITORIAL
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (19+ words) Editorial: More reports of sexual abuse from members of the clergy is a reminder that accountability must be consistent....