9+ hour, 4+ min ago  (710+ words) A gift today is a direct investment in journalism that belongs to you and keeps everyone informed. Pope Leo XIV announced Friday the appointment of the Most Rev. Evelio Menjivar-Ayala, an auxiliary bishop in Washington, D. C. , as the new leader of…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago  (836+ words) The encounter between Christianity's two most famous religious figures would have been unthinkable just a few years ago, given the divisions between their two churches over women's ordination in general and Mullally's appointment in particular. Leo acknowledged that "new problems…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (899+ words) Leo also asserted that countries have the right to control their borders but mustn't treat migrants worse than "animals," and lamented that the church's morality teaching is often reduced to sexual issues. After a trip that was dominated by the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (908+ words) A powerful rainstorm drenched the Malabo sports stadium and the estimated 30, 000 people who gathered before dawn for Leo's farewell liturgy. But the deluge let up before Leo arrived in his covered popemobile for a romp through the deafening crowd. Leo…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (1099+ words) Pope Leo XIV's 11-day tour of four African nations gave the usually reserved pontiff a global platform to speak out, in sometimes explosive terms, about problems on the continent, while preaching peace and uprightness in a world battered by war....

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (406+ words) The Vatican said an estimated 6, 000 people signed up to participate in the weekend pilgrimage, including representatives from big detention facilities in Italy and prison volunteers, wardens and prison chaplains from 90 countries. Included were a few groups of inmates who received…...

2+ week, 13+ hour ago  (777+ words) Leo traveled to the port city of Douala, Cameroon's financial and economic hub, on a day dedicated to encouraging the country's youth. Later Friday back in the capital, Youande, Leo has an appointment with students, professors and administrators at the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (795+ words) Leo's plane touched down at Luanda's international airport after the flight from Yaounde, Cameroon, where he celebrated a morning Mass before an estimated 200, 000 people. En route, he had further comments about his ongoing back-and-forth with U. S. President Donald Trump over the…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (808+ words) Leo's visit to Annaba, the modern-day Hippo, was a spiritual homecoming for the American pope on his second'full day in Algeria. He arrived Monday on a first-ever papal visit, against the backdrop of his calls for peace that have sparked…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (794+ words) The invitation-only conference in Rome, from Sunday to Wednesday, has proven so controversial that the Catholic universities initially associated with it have all denied official involvement. Thiel is a co-founder of Pay Pal and Palantir, the data-mining company that has…...