For members of the Religion News Association, this was the kind of dramatic appeal that made the Chicago native the top ...

Since starting his second presidential term a year ago, Trump’s policies and actions have drawn ire on multiple fronts, ...

(RNS) – The Vatican’s second-highest-ranking official, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, said the Holy See received the invitation and ...

Pope Leo XIV has criticized the administration’s treatment of migrants, its antipathy toward Europe and the use of what he characterized as 'diplomacy based on force.' ...

In ancient Rome, hope was venerated as a minor goddess, Spes, but usually on a communal, national level. Politically, Spes ...

By Isabella H. de Carvalho Pope Leo XIV thanked the Neocatechumenal Way for their witness and work in spreading the Gospel ...

Citing recent events in Venezuela, Ukraine and Greenland, three cardinals said their statement was inspired by Pope Leo.

The zeal to evangelize and announce the Gospel must be tempered with charity and respect for an individual's conscience.

Three senior archbishops said recent events raise “basic questions about the use of military force” and have put America’s moral role “under examination.” ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Leo XIV warned diplomats of rising global volatility, fractured communication and a growing disregard for human life in his annual speech to representatives to the Holy See.

Pope Leo XIV expressed this appreciation when receiving Italy’s Inspectorate for Public Security for Vatican City, which is ...

Ahead of the Jan. 7-8 gathering, four cardinals each prepared a paper for the internal use of the cardinals taking part in ...