1+ week, 3+ day ago  (1181+ words) Midway through his first trip to Africa as the spiritual leader of 1. 4 billion people, Pope Leo XIV was forced to offer a gentle correction to the press corps traveling with him. "There has been a certain narrative that has not…...

1+ week, 45+ min ago  (1075+ words) Pope Leo XIV said on the papal plane April 23 that the Holy See does not approve of formalized blessings of same-sex couples, while stressing that Church unity "should not revolve around sexual matters" and that all people are welcome in…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago  (787+ words) As she approached her 98th birthday, Virginia Eidson was more concerned about her next life than her present one. It weighed on her that she had never been baptized. Born into a Cherokee, Choctaw, and Irish family in Oklahoma, her family…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (631+ words) A national garden in the nation's capital proposed by survivors of clergy sexual abuse promises to foster healing not only for survivors but also for the Catholic Church as a whole. "We can't heal alone," said Mike Hoffman, chair of…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago  (786+ words) Although the path to full communion has become "more difficult to discern," Catholics and Anglicans must continue on the path of dialogue and "proclaim Christ to the world," Pope Leo XIV said in his first meeting with Anglican Archbishop Sarah…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago  (1118+ words) On his last day in Equatorial Guinea, Pope Leo XIV reminded Catholics in the country to seek strength, justice and hope from the Gospel and the sacraments. "If you are oppressed by injustice, he is justice; if you are in…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago  (1178+ words) Roughly two months before celebrating a year on the throne of Peter, Pope Leo XIV became one of the most quoted global leaders on the planet. Papal diplomacy all the sudden became trendy. Be it the media spin obsessed with…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago  (393+ words) Organizers in Seoul, South Korea, announced five patron saints for World Youth Day 2027 that reflect the themes of truth, peace and love that are at the heart of the youth gathering. According to the Asian Catholic news site Licas News,…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago  (389+ words) St. Zita was born in the early 1200s. Her family was poor, but her mother taught Zita to rely on God and seek his will in every circumstance. By the time she was 12, and was sent to work in the home…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago  (123+ words) Multimedia Catholic News Saint of the day: Mark the Evangelist Today is the feast of St. Mark the Evangelist, sometimes called John Mark in the New Testament. He is the author of the second Gospel, which he wrote in Greek…...