Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has met with Pope Leo XIV and thanked him for the Vatican’s efforts to help return ...

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops focused on morality in its own campaign to end capital punishment, which was launched in 2005. And from time to time, popes have made special appeals to ...

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The US has suspended arms sales to Ukraine, the latest twist in Donald Trump’s changing approach to the war. President Donald ...

During both of his campaigns, current President Donald J. Trump aggressively courted Christians, netting support from 48% of Protestants, including 72% of white evangelicals, and 52% of Catholics.

The Gary Chamber of Commerce will host former U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly this month. Donnelly, also a former Democratic ...

President Donald Trump toured an isolated new immigration detention surrounded by alligator-filled swamps in Florida’s ...

Explore how Pope Leo turns to American Catholic conservatives amid Vatican's financial struggles, looking to stabilize the Church's strained budget.

Michael Pham is the first U.S. bishop appointed by Pope Leo XIV. And in another first, Pham is the first person of Vietnamese descent to be made a diocesan bishop in the U.S.

In 1988, the Roman Catholic Church excommunicated French Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre after he consecrated four bishops in defiance of Pope John Paul II ... In 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court blocked ...

Pope Leo XIV has lamented what he described as the rise of blunt power over the rules of international law as conflicts rage around the world and global institutions continue to fail to end abuses and ...