13+ hour, 2+ min ago  (1099+ words) The American pontiff traveled to Spain dozens of times as a priest, but this is the first visit here by a pope in 15 years. And Spaniards turned out in droves to welcome Leo, with an estimated 500, 000 people " many of them…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago  (1198+ words) Until three years ago, Sara Cabral's faith experience was on trend with other Southern European youth " a "Catholic but never practicing" upbringing with little relevance to her life on Spain's Canary Islands. Then she listened to a song from a…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago  (1109+ words) Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, holds a prayer service to mark Palm Sunday in Jerusalem on March 29. Contributing columnist John Mc Caa wonders how the city must have been stirred by news reports of'the first Easter.' In…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (978+ words) Leo celebrated Mass before an estimated 100, 000 people outside the capital and again sought to encourage Angolans. He denounced the exploitation of their mineral-rich land and people, who still bear the scars of a brutal, post-independence civil war. "We wish to…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (758+ words) Leo celebrated Mass at Yaounde Airport before an estimated 200, 000 people, including President Paul Biya, 93, the world's oldest leader. The jostling, joyful atmosphere underscored the joy the third pope to visit Cameroon has brought the former French colony, where around a…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (942+ words) Pope Leo XIV's planned visit to the church in the town of Muxima on Sunday as part of his Africa tour is in recognition of it becoming a popular Catholic shrine after believers reported an appearance by the Virgin Mary…...

11+ mon, 4+ week ago  (828+ words) Latinos from across the U. S. gathered in Dallas on Sunday to celebrate their culture and growth inside the Southern Baptist Convention. The First Baptist Dallas hosted Celebraci'n Hispana, a space for Spanish speakers to share their faith and learn more about…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (869+ words) ROME " Pope Leo XIV said Sunday that God doesn't listen to the prayers of those who make war or cite God to justify their violence, as he prayed especially for Christians in the Middle East during a Palm Sunday Mass…...

4+ mon, 4+ day ago  (214+ words) Lent is a 40-day season observed by many Christians that begins with Ash Wednesday and leads into the final weeks of the church calendar before Easter. The dates shift each year, but the season's structure remains the same, according to…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (371+ words) Father Paolo Capra stood in a crowd outside an Istanbul cathedral on Friday, half a world away from his parish in Pleasant Grove. Capra was waiting for a glimpse of Pope Leo XIV. He had a simple request: for the pontiff…...