3+ hour, 23+ min ago  (189+ words) A Catholic priest appointed by Pope Leo XIV to become bishop of the Diocese of Tagbilaran on Tuesday announced he will decline the post. "After much prayer and careful discernment" I sincerely ask for your understanding regarding this change of…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago  (326+ words) Vatican City, Holy See'Pope Leo XIV met on Monday with the first woman to lead the world's Anglican Christians, the newly enthroned Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally, urging unity to evangelize more effectively. The papal audience at the Vatican was…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (520+ words) New Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally, the first woman to lead the world's Anglican Christians, heads to Rome and the Vatican this weekend for an audience with Pope Leo XIV. Mullally will meet the head of the world's 1. 4 billion Catholics during…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (389+ words) MALABO, Equatorial Guinea " Pope Leo XIV will hold an open air mass in Equatorial Guinea on Thursday (Friday, Manila time) to end a landmark 11-day trip across Africa that has been the US pontiff's first big international trip. The tour…...

2+ week, 22+ hour ago  (619+ words) MUXIMA, Angola " Pope Leo XIV spoke out against the "scourge of corruption" at a giant open-air Mass attended by 100, 000 worshippers near Angola's capital Sunday, before visiting a venerated historic shrine in the country scarred by poverty and inequality. Leo arrived…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (623+ words) Luanda, Angola'Tens of thousands gathered outside Angola's capital, Luanda, for a giant open-air Sunday mass led by Pope Leo XIV on the second day of his visit to the resource-rich country marked by deep poverty. Leo flew to Portuguese-speaking Angola…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (744+ words) I write this column from Rome. I witnessed first hand the things I write about here. Truly, it is a good time to be a Catholic. Pope Leo XIV gave the world a rare gift. He refused to speak the…...

1+ mon, 8+ hour ago  (549+ words) Vatican City, Holy See'Pope Leo XIVis set to mark Easter Sunday for the first time as pontiff, with the Middle East war casting a pall over the most important date in the Christian calendar. The US-born pope, who has emerged…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (668+ words) San Fernando, Philippines'Thousands of Filipinos and tourists flocked to a sun-bleached field north of Manila on Good Friday to witness one of the country's most blood-soaked displays of religious fervour, undeterred by rising fuel prices driven by the Middle East…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (244+ words) Thousands of Filipino faithful filled churches across the country on Palm Sunday, marking the beginning of Holy Week with a mix of joy and solemn reflection. In his Palm Sunday message for 2026, Catholic Bishops" Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) president…...