5+ hour ago  (509+ words) Italian Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, 68, is currently the Holy See's ambassador to the United Nations in New York. He replaces French-born Cardinal Christophe Pierre, who at age 80 is retiring as apostolic nuncio in Washington. Caccia served as the Holy See's ambassador…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (931+ words) Nearly 400,000 people registered in advance to see the bone fragments, which are contained in a slim, bulletproof Plexiglas case in the lower Basilica of St. Francis in the hilltop Umbrian town the medieval friar made famous. The Franciscans decided to…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (1219+ words) The Lenten period for penance started this week with Ash Wednesday, and some Catholic priests are happily bracing for long lines outside the confessional. The faithful across the United States are embracing anew the sacrament that has shifted from embarrassing…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (960+ words) As a teenager in southern India, Susai Jesu led 4:30 a.m. prayer services in his small Catholic village before the farmers went into the fields. He directed the choir, helped at Mass and soon began training for the priesthood. And as of…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (254+ words) Leo presided over a New Year's Eve vespers service in St. Peter's Basilica, giving thanks for the 2025 Holy Year that brought millions of pilgrims to Rome in the once-every-quarter-century celebration of Christianity. Leo will officially close out the Jubilee on…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (326+ words) Leo led the Christmas Day Mass from the central altar beneath the balustrade of St. Peter's Basilica, adorned with floral garlands and clusters of red poinsettias. White flowers were set at the feet of a statue of Mary, mother of…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1068+ words) At the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV presided over his first Midnight Mass in St. Peter's Basilica. In his homily, he marveled at the "wisdom" of the Christmas story " an infant Jesus born to save mankind. "In the face of the…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (227+ words) The consistory, as such gatherings are called, will be held Jan. 7-8, immediately following the Jan. 6 conclusion of the 2025 Holy Year, a once-every-quarter century celebration of Christianity. Leo's first few months as pope have been dominated by fulfilling the weekly Holy…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (763+ words) Pope Leo XIV on Friday named the Rev. Manuel de Jes's Rodr'guez, currently pastor of a predominantly Hispanic church in the Queens borough of New York City, as bishop of Palm Beach, Florida. The diocese is home to the Mar-a-Lago…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (404+ words) Leo tapped Bishop Richard Moth, 67, to replace the retiring Cardinal Vincent Nichols, 80, as the London-based archbishop of the largest British diocese in terms of Catholic population and priests. The appointment came a day after Leo named Bishop Ronald Hicks, 58, to…...