LATIN has been the official language of the Catholic Church. Papal documents are promulgated in Latin. Church documents, most especially laws, are binding in Latin. The Vatican’s official gazette is ...

An investigation approved by the Vatican concluded that Fr. Francis Xavier Truong Buu Diep was killed by two Japanese deserters seeking revenge after Japan's defeat in World War II.

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

More than 71% of participants said superiors are not selected through transparent criteria or a clearly defined professional ...

Adding some sweetness to the usual general audience-focused Wednesday, Pope Leo XIV was presented with two lambs Jan. 21 as ...

Pope Leo XIV blesses two lambs in the Urban VIII Chapel at the Vatican Jan. 21, 2026, the feast of St. Agnes. The lambs are ...

Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday received a pair of lambs to be blessed for the feast day of the Roman virgin and martyr St. Agnes — ...

Pope Leo XIV will celebrate the Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper at the Basilica of St. John Lateran on April 2, ...

Pope Leo XIV and leaders of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP), a community dedicated to the traditional Roman rite, ...

The announcement appeared last week in the calendar of papal liturgies published by the Prefecture of the Pontifical ...

Ironically, 2025 was a turbulent year the world over. After so much military aggression in Ukraine, rampant starvation in ...