The Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines has thrown his support behind a Manila-based group of young Catholics using the ...

Police in Merauke assaulted 11 Catholics protesting Archbishop Mandagi's backing of a state food project on indigenous land.

COMMENTARY: As the Sino-Vatican agreement remains confidential, its impact must be judged by outcomes — including how episcopal appointments, clerical formation and Church authority are evolving under ...

Pope Leo encourages reflection on the figure of the Good Samaritan, ahead of the World Day of the Sick, which will be ...

By Deborah Castellano Lubov "The compassion of the Samaritan: loving by bearing another's pain” is the theme of Pope Leo ...

MIDDLTEON - Playing once again in the Pete Frates Classic, Pope Francis boys hockey advanced to the tournament’s final for the fifth year in a row. Facing off with the Central Catholic Raiders Friday ...

WEST SPRINGFIELD – "Too close for comfort." That is how Pope Francis boys’ hockey coach Brian Foley described Thursday’s game, as Rocco DeLuca scored one of his game-high two goals to help Natick make ...

Pope Leo XIV holds a moment of prayer at the site of the 2020 Beirut port explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (Credit: Domenico Stinellis/AP.) Listen BEIRUT — Pope Leo XIV prayed ...

Jorge Mario Bergoglio was born in Buenos Aires December 17, 1936. He earned a chemical technician's diploma from his high school and entered the Jesuit novitiate in March 1958. As part of his Jesuit ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. BELÉM, Brazil — Pope Leo XIV this week urged countries at United Nations climate talks in Brazil to take “concrete ...

Growing up as a Muslim child of immigrants in Mainz, surrounded by a rich Catholic culture, I experienced firsthand both the beauty and the tension that can come from living between religious worlds.