VATICAN CITY (RNS) — As the Vatican unveils its crèches, Pope Leo XIV marks his first Christmas with a calmer tone and a ...

The pontiff offers something rare: a pastor-leader urging the church to reclaim the dignity of every person — not as an ...

For the world's 1.4 billion Catholics and for millions of other people as well, the Catholic Church's 2025 was primarily ...

NCR sat down with John Prevost, the brother of Pope Leo XIV. This first excerpt from that interview with the middle of the ...

“Any attack on individual Jews is an attack on the whole Jewish community and an affront to the Australian way of life,” ...

Before leaving for his first apostolic trip to Turkey and Lebanon in November, Pope Leo XIV issued reforms to the Vatican’s labor laws. Both recognize the rapid changes in the makeup of the Catholic ...

The nativity scene in St. Peter's Square comes from a different place every year. For Pope Leo's first Christmas as the pontiff, this year's display comes from Salerno, Italy.

Two gunmen targeted Jewish beachgoers at an event celebrating the first day of Hanukkah in an apparent terror attack at ...

The Sheinbaum administration will impose or increase tariffs on more than 1,400 products from countries including China, ...

Pope Leo XIV thanked Costa Rican artist Paula Sáenz Soto for donating a pro-life Nativity scene to the Vatican.

Sydney Archbishop Anthony Fisher and Bishop Conference President Timothy Costelloe call for prayer after a terrorist attack ...

Merriam-Webster chose “slop” for 2025 word of the year, citing the rise of low-quality AI-generated content and ...