2+ hour, 42+ min ago  (395+ words) ROME -- Pope Leo XIV on Saturday encouraged some of the wealthiest U. S. Catholics to keep giving to support his charitable works, in an audience that confirmed how the election of the first U. S. -born pope has invigorated American Catholics and their donations....

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (52+ words) TEL AVIV, Israel -- Israeli police prevented Catholic leaders from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to celebrate a private Mass on the Christian holiday of Palm Sunday for the first time in centuries, setting off a wave of criticism…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago  (617+ words) VATICAN CITY -- Pope Leo XIV prayed Monday in the Vatican with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Sarah Mullally, and vowed to keep working to overcome differences "no matter how intractable they may appear," in a historic meeting with the first female…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (554+ words) In the spring of 1972, Catholic bishops gathered in Atlanta for an historic event -- their first gathering under a policy that would allow journalists inside the doors of their meetings. Cardinal John Krol of Philadelphia, the conference president, promised to honor…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (438+ words) BATA, Equatorial Guinea -- Pope Leo XIV told inmates at one of Equatorial Guinea's notorious prisons on Wednesday that they are not alone, as he delivered a message of hope during a visit that drew attention to prison conditions, human-rights abuses…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (629+ words) MUXIMA, Angola -- Pope Leo XIV on Sunday recalled the "sorrow and great suffering" Angolans endured for centuries, as the American pope prayed at a Catholic shrine located at the site of an important hub of the African slave trade during…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago  (48+ words) ROME -- The Vatican on Wednesday announced a busy and lengthy foreign travel schedule for Pope Leo XIV in the first half of 2026, confirming the pontiff will visit Monaco, Spain and four African nations -- Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea. Pope…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (748+ words) Pope carries cross to mark Good Friday ROME -- Pope Leo XIV carried a wooden cross through all 14 stations of the Way of the Cross at the Colosseum on his first Good Friday as pontiff, marking the first time in decades…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (723+ 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…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (766+ words) VATICAN CITY -- Pope Leo XIV travels Saturday to the principality of Monaco, becoming the first pope in nearly five centuries to visit the glitzy Mediterranean enclave and highlighting how small states can punch above their weight on the global stage....