Seven months into his papacy, Pope Leo XIV’s Chicago roots have helped frame both his spirituality and priorities.

The Philippine Church entered 2025 amid deep uncertainty, carrying the banner of the Jubilee Year of Hope as it confronted political turmoil and massive corruption. The year was marked by the death of ...

VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican on Monday gave a final accounting of its 2025 Holy Year, saying more than 33 million pilgrims had participated and that the only real dispute with the city of Rome ...

Thousands of people walked down Via della Conciliazione and through St. Peter’s Square to go through the Holy Door in the ...

Watch the Vatican’s Christmas Eve Midnight Mass and Christmas Day Mass live from St. Peter’s Basilica. Here’s how and when to ...

ROME — The Vatican unveiled its Nativity scene Monday and lit the 82-foot Christmas tree that towers above it in St. Peter’s Square as a band, chorus and dancers in traditional costumes from Italy’s ...

Indigenous leaders waited on the snowy tarmac at Montreal’s Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport Saturday as the precious cargo was unloaded from an Air Canada jet. The boxes contained more ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Leo XIV unveiled his first crèches, or Nativity scenes, as pope on Monday (Dec. 15), a longtime tradition signaling the start of Christmas festivities at the Vatican. The ...

Pope Leo XIV on Monday thanked Costa Rican artist Paula Sáenz Soto for donating a pro-life Nativity scene to the Vatican, named “Gaudium” (“Joy”), which features a pregnant Virgin Mary. “I thank the ...

Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service (WPFS) responded to four fires in the last 24 hours. Lakepointe Road fire Firefighters ...