St. Maximilian, a Conventual Franciscan, was arrested by the German Gestapo and placed in Auschwitz, the Nazi death camp.

U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly said during his successful election campaign he could end the war in Ukraine “in 24 ...

Celebrating St. Francis’ canticle today can trigger a rejuvenation of environmental awareness for the planet’s next 800 years.

Ministers with youth and young adults, educators, and other Church leaders from across the eastern U.S. will meet in ...

At his inauguration Mass, Pope Leo XIV said: "I was chosen, without any merit of my own, and now, with fear and trembling, I come to you as a brother" ...

It’s no secret that Pope Leo inherited a deeply divided Church. His first 100 days as Pontiff have been marked by symbolic ...

The new US ambassador to the Holy See may faithfully represent the White House's conservative agenda, but his appointment's ...

Pope Leo XIV was elected May 8, making Aug. 16 the 100th day since he stepped out on to the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica ...

Fluent in English, Spanish and Italian, Pope Leo XIV has so far preferred to speak Italian in public settings. Some Vatican ...

Past papal elections and the subsequent honeymoon period of the new pope have, in general, brought increases in donations to Peter’s Pence, an annual Vatican donation drive.

Kelly, who has served as supreme knight since 2021, remembered Pope Francis’ dedication to the most vulnerable.

Pope Leo on Wednesday criticised the "illusory security" of the global nuclear deterrence system, in an appeal on the 80th ...