Pope Leo XIV and the co-founder of artificial intelligence company Anthropic will launch the pontiff’s first encyclical on ...

On that fateful day right before lunch, John Paul II rode slowly through St. Peter's Square in an open white jeep, and he ...

Francis' coffin reached St. Mary Major Basilica, his chosen burial place, following Mass in the morning at St. Peter's Square ...

Tucked away like a medieval castle a block from City Hall, St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church is a sanctuary for many Center City Catholics, and Father Thomas Betz, spectacled and steely, is ...

Consecrated by Pope Urban VIII on Nov. 18, 1626, St. Peter’s Basilica continues to welcome people of every country and creed to the tomb of the first pope. The vast church has drawn the faithful to ...

(OSV News) — The world had its eyes fixed on the 10th floor of Rome’s Gemelli Hospital in 2025, waiting, hoping and praying that Pope Francis would recover. The pope was admitted to the hospital Feb.

“An American Pope!” the ivory-jacketed bartender exclaimed, clearly excited on my behalf: an American sipping an Americano at his bar, La Minerva, in the lobby of the Roman hotel of the same name. I’d ...

Villanova and Notre Dame will attend a shared Mass at St. Peter's Basilica before meeting with Pope Leo XIV. Alberto Pizzoli / Pool/ AFP via Getty Images Villanova and Notre Dame will begin their 2026 ...

The Villanova and Notre Dame men’s and women’s basketball teams will be taking a Roman holiday next season. In a nod to the election of Pope Leo XIV, the first American Pope and a Villanova graduate, ...

The group representing the nation’s Catholic bishops has issued a statement in support of Pope Leo XIV’s remarks on the Iran war, an apparent rebuff of Vice President JD Vance’s admonition suggesting ...

Pope Leo XIV, a studious and soft-spoken cleric, and Donald Trump, an unapologetically bellicose and pugilistic politician, have long been on a rhetorical collision course. Now their disagreement over ...