15+ hour, 7+ min ago  (284+ words) April 27 (UPI) -- The archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev. Sarah Mullally, met and prayed with Pope Leo at the Vatican on Monday, a historic meeting that is the latest step in the Catholic Church and the Church of England improving…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago  (284+ words) April 24 (UPI) -- On this date in history: In 1704, the Boston News-Letter became the first U. S. newspaper to be published on a regular basis. In 1800, the U. S. Congress established the Library of Congress. In 1913, the Woolworth Building, designed by architect Cass Gilbert, an…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago  (268+ words) April 22 (UPI) -- On the final stop of his trip through Africa, Pope Leo XIV addressed officials in Equatorial Guinea on Wednesday, calling on people to work against inequality and exclusion and to safeguard natural resources. Speaking in Melabo, the nation's…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago  (326+ words) April 21 (UPI) -- On Tuesday, the first anniversary of Pope Francis' death, Pope Leo XIV remembered his predecessor with words about his messages of mercy, respect and fraternity. "I would like to remember Pope Francis, who left so much, who gave…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago  (553+ words) April 21 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump will read verses from the Old Testament that will be streamed across the country Tuesday evening as part of a week-long "America Reads the Bible" event to mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence....

1+ year, 3+ day ago  (417+ words) April 24 (UPI) -- Vatican authorities kept St. Peter's Basilica open all night as an estimated 50, 000 people lined up around St. Peter's Square and out of the Vatican City into Rome for a chance to view the body of Pope Francis as…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (209+ words) April 17 (UPI) -- Pope Leo XIV held a mass on Friday in Douala, Cameroon, in a stadium with an estimated 120, 000 people, marking Catholicism's growth in Africa. The pope discussed poverty, violence and corruption in his address to the people of Cameroon,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (895+ words) April 14 (UPI) -- Pope Leo XIV began his papal trip to Africa Monday, landing in Algeria, the ancient home of St. Augustine of Hippo, bringing peaceful messages to the country and its people. The trip includes stops in Cameroon, Angola and…...

4+ week, 22+ hour ago  (56+ words) upi. com Palm Sunday celebrations come to Jerusalem (10 images) Catholics celebrate Palm Sunday in Jerusalem on Sunday. The Israeli Home Front Command canceled the traditional Palm Sunday procession that takes place on Mount of Olives because of the ongoing United…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago  (526+ words) Feb. 25 (UPI) -- Pope Leo XIV will make a 10-day trip through Africa visiting four countries in a trip seen as significant to Catholics in the continent. The itinerary includes Algeria in north Africa, then Angola, Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea, in…...